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US buyout group is buying 50% of Soderberg & Partners in a deal valuing it at $1bn
...When the FT revealed that UBS had named Ralph Hamers, pictured centre, the mild-mannered head of Dutch bank ING, as its new chief executive, people in the banking industry were surprised....
...throw weight behind exchange start-up (FT) Julius Baer rebuked over anti-money laundering shortcomings (FT) Due Diligence is written by Arash Massoudi, Kaye Wiggins and Robert Smith in London, Javier Espinoza...
Blow for luxury group as it continues to grapple with industry downturn
...Two big scoops to start: UBS has appointed ING boss Ralph Hamers as its next chief executive, replacing Sergio Ermotti at Switzerland’s largest bank, the FT revealed on Wednesday night....
...Additional reporting by Javier Espinoza and Oliver Ralph...
Swiss packaging company bucks trend as other private equity owners shun IPOs
...Ralph Lucas, editor-in-chief of the Good Schools Guide, said the market was strong but faced challenges....
...Read Javier Espinoza and Patrick Jenkins’ full story here....
...Saudi Sovereign-Wealth Fund Plans to Raise Billions in Debt for Investments (WSJ) SCOR's CEO to fight for his job against an activist fund (Reuters) Due Diligence is written by Arash Massoudi, Javier Espinoza...
Neither household name has done well since stock market flotation in 2014
...Buffett sat down with DD’s own Eric Platt and the FT’s Robert Armstrong and Oliver Ralph last week for a wide-ranging interview days after Sloan, pictured lower down, stepped aside....
Cash acquisition from Permira extends push into consumer healthcare
...The DD write-up is brought to you by Oliver Ralph, the FT’s insurance correspondent who is following the story closely....
Cerberus and GoldenTree are expected to raise about €1bn selling minority stake
...One thing to start: join DD’s Arash Massoudi, the FT’s natural resources editor Neil Hume and local correspondent Ralph Atkins for an exclusive reader event in Zurich on November 22....
...Be sure to read the piece by the FT’s Oliver Ralph on the acquisition. Also read these two pieces on private equity’s deepening love affair with insurance: here and here....
...Zurich: November 22 Join the FT’s natural resources editor Neil Hume; Switzerland and Austria correspondent Ralph Atkins; and Arash Massoudi for an exclusive reader event, drinks and conversation....
...Zurich: November 22 Join the FT's natural resources editor Neil Hume, Switzerland and Austria correspondent Ralph Atkins and Arash for an exclusive reader event, drinks and conversation....
...RBC Capital Markets has hired Ralph Ibendahl as a managing director and Meena Samaan a director to its European utilities and renewables business. Before RBC, Ibendahl worked at Barclays....
...Data out over the past couple of weeks from insurer AIG and broker JLT suggests that the dealmakers are canny buyers of these policies, the FT’s Oliver Ralph writes for DD....
...Here is an analysis of the deal by the FT’s Scheherazade Daneshkhu and Ralph Atkins....
...Prudential has big businesses in the UK, US and Asia, as the FT’s Oliver Ralph explains....
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