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...A Gazprom director profited from a secret scheme linked to the construction of a multibillion-dollar gas pipeline between central Asia and China, according to documents seen by the Financial Times....
...PrettyLittleThing is run by Umar Kamani, the son of Boohoo co-founder and executive chairman Mahmud Kamani....
...V is for V-shaped recovery — predicted after every fall. W is for wallet — the easy to remember sequence of 34 alphanumeric characters. X is for ex — what you'll call your better half in six months....
...Woolery began his career at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, where he spent 17 years and rose to partner....
...But the Senate majority leader could still hold the option over Democrats to urge them to co-operate....
...V-A-C Collection, Whitechapel Gallery, London The Whitechapel’s admirable programme of bringing international collections to London continues with Mike Nelson’s selection of sculptural highlights from a...
...F&C’s multi-manager team, headed by Rob Burdett and Gary Potter, says the current “heightened volatility . . . does create opportunities for investors, but for the moment we are staying patient and not significantly...
...Group • Nationwide Building Society • Pinsent Masons (Yorkshire & Humber) • Pinsent Masons (West Midlands) • Slaughter and May • Telefónica UK (O2) • The Co-operative Group • UBS • Wates Construction...
...Mr Luis previously worked as the co-head of global high yield at F&C Asset Management....
...“In the last decade they have become better at controlling the level of discount,” said Jason Hollands at F&C....
...Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume One : Not For Turning, by Charles Moore, Allen Lane, RRP£30, 896 pages Published within weeks of Lady Thatcher’s death, Charles Moore’s biography is the...
...Indebted to MR James, but Moore’s account is entirely fresh and modern....
...MEMBER, MBE Manus Adamson, executive chairman, Construction Confederation. Foluke Akinlose, founder and editor, Precious Online, the network for women of colour....
...CONGRESSMAN PENCE: Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia. CONGRESSWOMAN CAPITO: Thank you, Mr. President, for joining us here today....
...A Gate at the Stairs By Lorrie Moore Faber, £16.99 As if the recent publication of her collected stories had not proved Moore to be one of today’s greatest American writers, along comes her fourth novel...
...So, if you want an easy life, I’d recommend avoiding the adviser who recommends a unit trust tracker (unless the tracker is from Fidelity, F&C, Scottish Widows or HSBC) and go the ETF route....
...The number of funds launching in this area is a reaction to the prevailing economic conditions of 2007, says Dean Cheeseman, co-manager of the multi-manager funds unit at F&C....
...The interest in Lombard, the insurer, Pantheon Financial and a majority holding in F&C, the asset management company, was from third parties and not a possible management buy-out, he said....
...It could decide to sell assets such as Lombard, its European wealth manager, Friends Provident International or a 52 per cent stake in F&C Asset Management....
...F&C Asset Management’s business is not Isa- driven – although it, too, has noticed a drying up of Isa business and a downbeat view on sales from intermediaries selling its products....
...F&C’s management and potential backers have explored a management buy-out, although a decision hinges on Friends’ strategic blueprint....
...Thanks to the gulf stream, winter temperatures rarely fall below 4°C, and sub-tropical trees and plants flourish....
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...Ted Scott, manager of the F&C fund, says “there is a gradual acceleration of money going into these funds, driven by above- average returns....
...The group’s asset management arm, F&C, has been restructured after poor performance. A new growth plan envisages increased investment to be financed by rebasing the F&C dividend....
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