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...Private credit groups including Apollo, Ares and Blackstone are poised to write the largest direct loan on record as they continue to muscle in on a lucrative business traditionally dominated by Wall Street...
...“If you have your back to the wall and don’t have a history of operating from that perspective, you may not have those muscles readily available....
...Early VC investors in Mang-entangled AI start-ups may welcome the additional muscle — and valuations — the big tech companies provide....
Plus, venture capitalists head to the Middle East and Elliott flexes its muscle in Japan
...However, Robertson said “it looks like the FX market has now gained liquidity”, with some foreign investors now putting money into Nigeria as the exchange rate has become more realistic....
Specialist buyers may not get massive returns but high management fees can make up the difference
...“It’s a huge muscle flex by Millennium, they have capital and they’re neutralising a competitor.” For Millennium, a tie-up makes sense, according to several people familiar with the firm....
...During Google’s big I/O showcase event for developers — a protracted, glistening flex of the company’s new AI muscles — one of the keynote speakers dwelt on the risks posed by “bad actors”....
...We can’t sell the client equity, advice, M&A, treasury, payments, FX and derivatives,” Rowan responded on the earnings call....
...Just as machines augmented muscle in the industrial revolution, so AI can augment brainpower in the cognitive revolution....
...First, simply by beginning this conversation with allies, but also with China and Russia, we would exercise the muscle of co-operation....
Morgan Stanley, Neuberger Berman, SEI and Matthews Asia have launched or are poised to debut products
...EM corporates, on the other hand “are used to operating through uncertain macroeconomic backdrops that include not only high inflation, but also stagflation, FX volatility”....
...in cities from Anchorage, Alaska, to Johannesburg descend on identically laid-out gyms where, for 45 excruciating minutes, they tackle a circuit of high-intensity exercises that burn calories and build muscle...
.... £180, arcteryx.com Leki Makalu FX carbon walking poles Walking with poles is often sniffed at but the benefits include improved posture and stability, plus they engage upper body muscles for a more complete...
...Meanwhile here’s columnist Cat Rutter Pooley on why London can’t muscle in on Arm’s listing plans. Her conclusion?...
...Nevertheless, the CMA is flexing its muscles and the forthcoming regime will boost its corrective capabilities....
...This company shares a Russian director with “Velada LLC”, which was granted a concession by the Assad regime in Syria to explore for oil and gas....
...Griffin’s trading outfit has made more money from the retail trading boom than any other firm on Wall Street by paying various brokerages for the right to handle orders and providing the financial muscle...
...because holidays are a once or twice-a-year purchase, and can involve many elements and cost a lot, consumers are more likely to spend time on Google shopping around, giving the group more data and more muscle...
...News organisations would also be able to bargain collectively, increasing their muscle. Other countries are watching. Canada has said it is preparing similar legislation....
...Google and its parent Alphabet have, it claims, used their financial muscle to cut off access to key distribution channels and become “a monopoly gatekeeper of the internet”....
...“In India there is a sudden rise in muscle, confidence and ambition,” he said, “This could go anywhere, these are early days.”...
...Rival private equity groups, even those with little previous experience in sport, are now seeking to muscle in on the action....
...In November, the European Court of Auditors said Brussels lacked the legal muscle to restrain the likes of Facebook and Google from destroying competitors given that the sort of probes it typically conducts...
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