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...Murder in My Dreams by David Oakley (published via Amazon)The second crime novel in the assistant companies editor’s “The Napoleon Mysteries” series....
...Houlihan Lokey has agreed to acquire London-based Oakley Advisory. As part of the deal, Oakley managing partners Chris Godsmark and Christian Maher will join the investment bank as managing directors....
...Around his neck, a pair of wraparound Oakley glasses glitter with encrusted diamonds. On his finger sits a gigantic diamond globule given to him by a fan....
...The area is constantly regenerating, says Tom Martin, executive chair of Martin’s Properties....
...Robert Lindsay is a hoot as Moonface Martin, a gravel-voiced, B-list gangster trying — with limited success — to pass himself off as a priest....
...A cursory list of UK careers launched by public funding would include McQueen, Danny Boyle, Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) and Paul King (Paddington)....
...Deal blowsEU regulators have laid out anti-competitive concerns over the €7bn deal by EssilorLuxottica, the maker of Oakley sunglasses, to buy rival GrandVision....
...None of the other top 10 best paid bosses last year, which included Sir Martin Sorrell, who earned £70.4m at WPP, Rakesh Kapoor, awarded £23.2m at Reckitt Benckiser, Jeremy Darroch, on £16.9m at Sky, or...
...Although Mr de Swaan took up the joint role at Zurich temporarily last year after the departure — and subsequent suicide — of chief executive Martin Senn, he insists that it is healthier to split the positions...
...Additional reporting by Martin Arnold....
...Sir Martin faces a potential shareholder protest against his £70m pay award, which has made him comfortably the highest-paid chief executive of a FTSE 100 company....
...Martin Arnold, FT banking editor, discusses what’s behind the reshuffle with DD’s Arash Massoudi, M&A correspondent....
...Does [Sir] Martin Sorrell deserve £70m at WPP, Rakesh Kapoor £23m at Reckitt or Bob Dudley £13m at BP?”...
...Advertising group WPP is expected to find this out, again, at its June shareholder meeting, after confirmation on Friday that chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell will receive £70.4m for 2015....
...On a broader theme, it is simply the size of pay levels that is worrying some investors, with the likes of Sir Martin Sorrell at WPP set to earn £70m for 2015 and Reckitt’s CEO Rakesh Kapoor £23m....
...WPP shareholders have frequently protested against Sir Martin’s pay....
...Additional reporting by Vincent Boland, Madison Marriage and Martin Arnold...
...Mark Martin, head of UK equities at fund manager Neptune, said: “I am wary of areas that have the highest exposure to sterling weakness, such as the London property market.”...
Fund house suffers 13% fall in assets under management during the third quarter as investors flee
...Clive Martin, partner at EY, a consultancy, says: “Culture, ethics, behaviour and corporate integrity go to the heart of building a good business and this is relevant on the board and every level at a company...
Bank’s review of UK base looks at alternatives to Hong Kong
...approves Mr Staley it would mark the latest signal by the government of a more emollient approach to the City, following chancellor George Osborne’s recalibration of the banking levy and his ousting of Martin...
...I don’t think [chief executive] Martin Gilbert’s job is on the line, or [that the group is] about to go under, but there could be job cuts.”...
...No successor has emerged exactly because Martin’s shadow touches every area of the business.”...
...Aberdeen chief executive Martin Gilbert said the acquisition would “add to the range of alternative investment capabilities we already offer”....
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