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...The FTC is planning to appeal the Microsoft/Activision ruling but it is fighting many M&A wars....
...Hamers added: “Colm brings valuable expertise in banking to the board and I’m looking forward to working with him to further shaping the future of UBS.”...
...One potential candidate mentioned frequently in the Swiss press was Philipp Hildebrand, former head of the Swiss central bank and now vice-chairman at BlackRock....
...It’s got a great energy, and I’m usually introduced to cool stuff because they’ve got a wall dedicated to books that their team is reading. We like to visit Portland Japanese Garden with our kids....
...“I’m feeling a bit exasperated,” admits Thomas Gottstein, chief executive at Credit Suisse, referring to the negative reaction to his bank’s $1.8bn second-quarter profit, up 19 per cent year-on-year....
...The 16,000 sq m building has been designed by the Japanese architect Tadao Ando and is due to open on March 21....
...The “migration into US-style investment banking for the most part has turned out to be a very bad adventure,” said BlackRock’s Mr Hildebrand....
...“I’m a settler by character, a diplomat, I’m always looking for that option and I would love to have a solution, a quick solution and settlement,” Ms-Louis-Dreyfus says of the dispute....
...Philipp Hildebrand. Formerly head of Swiss central bank, the SNB (2010-2012). Now vice-chairman, BlackRock, a full-time role....
...“I’m a great believer in local connectivity. Banks that have grown up in [a local] environment will do a better job at capital allocation. It’s an efficiency argument, not a nationalistic argument.”...
...According to Dealogic, small independent boutiques accounted for 16 per cent of M&A deals in 2014, doubling from 2008....
...He said: “I’m excited to be able to bring my experience and ideas to BlackRock as it executes on its mission of delivering exceptional investment performance.”...
...“I am probably more effective for it, although I’m not going to say it makes me a better person – that’s awful!”...
...Investigators obtained a search warrant for his home and stumbled across paintings purchased by Gurlitt’s father, Hildebrand Gurlitt, who was very close to the German high command....
...What if the answer was: ‘I’m sorry, we are short of cash’?” said Mr Provopoulos. “Under the then prevailing conditions, it would have led to widespread concerns and very likely panic among depositors.”...
...“I’m not a racing guy, I like to think of myself as an industrialist so I’m not doing this for fun, this is a serious industry . . . And we couldn’t have found a better partner than Chery....
...(Reuters) - Krugman: And I’m not so bad at politics, either....
...Editorial comment: Change of pilot not change of course Philipp Hildebrand did the right thing in stepping down as Switzerland’s central bank governor....
...“That’s not the kind of bet I’m buying into when I’m buying into bank debt,” he said....
...“I’m severely concerned,” said Raj Singh, chief risk officer at Swiss Re....
...HSIEH, Duke University Hedge funds and prime broker dealers: steps towards a “best practice proposal” PHILIPP M....
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