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...A break-up of M&G would mark a new chapter for a City institution that is one of the UK’s largest asset managers....
...However Andrew Crean, analyst at Autonomous, said that the industry needed the international clarity that IFRS 17 would create....
...A combination of personality clashes and question marks over the company’s performance have prompted Axa, which owns two-thirds of AllianceBernstein, to make radical changes....
...The combination of a U-turn on RSA and that downbeat organic outlook may mark a power shift in Zurich’s upper echelons....
...Andrew Crean, insurance analyst at independent research house Autonomous, last week upgraded his view of the shares from “neutral” to “outperform”, his most bullish stance in at least four years....
...The second attempt came in March and ended in farce when Mr Rudd decided not to run in a leadership contest triggered by arts minister and former Gillard backer Simon Crean....
...Mr Crean says: “We don’t see shorts as just a hedge....
...But it is unclear whether it was the 5 per cent increase in the pay-out, or the replacement of Mark Tucker as chief executive with finance director Tidjane Thiam, that underpinned the 13 per cent share price...
...said Simon Crean, the shadow treasurer. Mr Latham said earlier this week he was waiting for the government?...
...Andrew Crean said: “The business has very high returns and generates a substantial amount of surplus capital and cash.”...
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