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...to the end of the company life of SVF2 LLC....
...47) Messari Holdings Appears to be the operator of data platform Messari, which promises “industry leading research, data, and analytics tools”. It seems to be alive and well. Good on ’em....
...Last year, a report commissioned by the American Council for Capital Formation, a non-profit, found 139 purported “proxy adviser errors” across 94 different companies....
...While some remain on the more aggressive side, many stress that they are holding positions for longer and not clamouring for share buybacks or quick sales, but rather urging changes they claim will help...
...M&G said: “Our sole interest is in raising the standards of corporate governance and we think by doing this we’ll improve the value of our holdings on behalf of our customers.”...
...Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was up 0.1 per cent, with the energy sector holding up as the price of oil rose about $50 overnight for the first time since June....
...Markets are in a holding pattern ahead of the Federal Reserve’s two-day policy meeting which concludes on Wednesday, and expected easing from the Bank of Japan on Thursday....
...In commodity markets, Brent crude, the international benchmark, was flat at $36.94 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate was 0.2 per cent higher at $34.72....
...The dollar index, a measure of the US currency versus a basket of global peers, was 0.2 per cent higher today at 94.539, recouping Wednesday’s decline....
...Moves in the dollar and euro are mild, leaving the dollar index up just 0.1 per cent at 94.01, flirting with a five month low as traders price in a slower pace of potential Federal Reserve interest rate...
...In the meantime, the price of crude is holding near four month highs....
...Australian port and rail operator Asciano now has a decision to make after a consortium led by rival Qube Holdings finally formalised a A$9bn for the company, putting it in direct competition with an offer...
...US West Texas Intermediate touched $28.36 and was last quoted at $28.94, down 1.6 per cent....
...(Bloomberg) “Anadarko Petroleum is considering the sale of its holdings in oil and gas projects in China in a deal that could be valued at about $1 billion, sources familiar with the matter said, as it...
...One of the world’s largest makers of electrical connectors, Molex, is to sell itself to the holding company of the billionaire Koch brothers, after the controlling Krehbiel family opted to give up the company...
...Money funds’ ability to access the facility directly is an important dimension of the program, with 94 funds included on the reverse repo counterparty list....
...In China, for instance, 94 per cent of women use skincare products, the company said....
...(94.07) Commodities Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.30 at 106.23 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.53 at 98.38 100 Oz Gold (Comex) down -1.50 at 1,386...
...) at 3,948 Dax down -51.36 (-0.61%) at 8,348 Currencies €/$ 1.30 (1.30) $/¥ 100.64 (101.08) £/$ 1.52 (1.52) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.07 at 100.32 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.03 at 91.94...
...(Financial Times) “Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is prepared to offer more shares in his Kingdom Holding investment company to fund a big acquisition to expand his sprawling banking-to-hotels empire....
...Facebook rose 8.1 per cent to $25.94 as analysts at Bernstein Research said the market was underestimating the company’s potential revenue growth for the next two years, which would be driven by its mobile...
...The results failed to meet expectations from Wall Street analysts and shares of McDonald’s closed down 2.88 per cent to $88.94....
...Qatar Holding, Xstrata’s second largest shareholder, has come out against the terms of the miner’s merger with Glencore....
...MARKETS: Mixed Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +87.51 (+1.00%) at 8,840 Topix up +4.31 (+0.58%) at 751.65 Hang Seng down -182.33 (-0.93%) at 19,337 US markets S&P 500 down -2.29 (-0.17%) at 1,356 DJIA down -12.94...
...The London-based metals and agricultural commodities brokerage will pay £94.5m to buy Spectron Group, a leading broker of over-the-counter energy derivatives, from Imarex, a Norway-based freight and energy...
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