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...Additional reporting by Javier Espinoza and Andy Bounds in Brussels, Richard Milne in Oslo and Amy Kazmin in Rome...
...Competition authorities had been worried that EssilorLuxottica — which was formed from the €50bn merger of the Italian maker of Ray-Ban, Luxottica, and the world’s leading lens maker Essilor — would have...
...On Thursday, MasMovil’s chief Meinrad Spenger met the EU’s competition boss Margrethe Vestager to make the case, people with knowledge of the meeting told DD’s Javier Espinoza....
...But officials in Berlin have been sharpening a new law to tackle some of the world’s largest tech companies and their anti-competitive behaviour, DD’s Javier Espinoza reports....
...But the maker of Ray-Ban and Oakley glasses has not yet committed to offloading shops as it argues that it might be too difficult to sell them at a time of particularly tough trading conditions because of...
...EssilorLuxottica, the maker of Ray-Ban and Oakley sunglasses, has to respond to those concerns in writing by the end of the month and will be able to meet regulators to defend its rationale for the acquisition...
...EssilorLuxottica, which also owns Ray-Ban, declined to comment....
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...EU regulators are canvassing independent opticians across the continent on whether Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica’s €7.1bn acquisition of GrandVision will drive up the cost of glasses, in a sign that Brussels...
...Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater had a rare blip in the group’s flagship Pure Alpha fund which ended the year almost flat. Its All Weather strategy was up 16 per cent....
...“The upside [of the UK leaving the EU] is that you take back control — genuinely — of the decisions,” Coscelli told DD’s Javier Espinoza and FT colleague Kate Beioley....
...The likes of JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon, pictured below, Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio, founder of the world’s largest hedge fund, Blackstone chairman Stephen Schwarzman and investing legend Warren...
...In an interview with DD’s Javier Espinoza, the bloc’s chief competition supremo said she wanted EU countries to buy stakes in their local companies to stave off unfair takeovers by state-backed groups....
...The strategy, known as quantitative trading, has pulled in billions of dollars and made Ray Dalio, Bridgewater founder, above, and Jim Simons, Renaissance founder, below, into two of the most powerful figures...
...junk bonds (FT) TechnipFMC delays split until market improves (Energy Voice) Impossible Foods raises about $500m in new funding (Reuters) H2O bond funds lose up to 50% of their value within weeks (FT) Ray...
...That didn’t pan out well for Bridgewater’s funds and Ray Dalio, the founder of the largest hedge fund in the world who has an almost cult-like following, was forced to admit that he had simply got it wrong...
...DD’s Mark Vandevelde spent months unpacking Brookfield’s accounts, and casting a ray of sunlight on the extraordinary family feuds that shaped one of the world’s great investment empires....
...Under the microscope EU regulators are canvassing independent opticians across the continent on whether Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica’s €7.1bn acquisition of GrandVision will drive up the cost of glasses...
...He will be replaced by Ray O’Toole. As part of the overhaul, Ann Gloag will retire from her position as non-executive director. More here + Lex....
...Bridgewater’s co-chief executive Eileen Murray is leaving the $160bn group, putting former Treasury official David McCormick in charge of the world’s largest hedge fund, founded by Ray Dalio after a longstanding...
...King & Spalding has hired intellectual property lawyer Brent Ray as a partner in the law firm’s trial and global disputes practice in Chicago. Ray was previously a partner at Kirkland & Ellis....
...In the run-up to the conference, essays by Ray Dalio of Bridgewater Associates and Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase about the case for reforming capitalism to sustain it have gone viral....
...to give green light for world’s biggest IPO next week (BBG) Freshfields lawyer found to have breached profession’s rules (FT) Saudi Arabia loses $2bn of output after attack on oil infrastructure (FT) Ray-Ban...
...Read Javier Espinoza’s full analysis on the private equity fees here and Robin Wigglesworth’s story on DE Shaw here....
...Ray Doody will move from London, where he is currently based, during the autumn, Global Capital reported. Another day, another departure at Tesla....
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