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...In 2020, the bank lost out to Morgan Stanley in the $7bn bidding war to buy US investment manager Eaton Vance....
...Richard Dalton of Savills says there is strong interest in small flats in Eaton Square — arguably London’s most prestigious address — with short leases....
...Richard Madden will assume the newly created role of European executive chair....
...Tim Richards, chief executive of UK cinema chain Vue, had been working on a bid for the 160-site Canadian chain but pulled out....
...The Danfoss chief executive said the focus remained “to acquire businesses” but that it needed to digest the Eaton assets first....
...The industry was already animated by the prospect of more consolidation even before Morgan Stanley’s swoop on Eaton Vance....
...In the past, prospective buyers wouldn’t even set foot in the residents’ garden on a viewing, says estate agent Richard Dalton, who is a director at Savills’ Belgravia office....
...Anne Richards, the head of $738bn asset manager Fidelity International, put it starkly....
...Eric Stein, chief investment officer for fixed income at Eaton Vance, said investors were “looking through” the period of uncertainty....
...“The market is obsessed with the fiscal package,” said Eddie Perkin, chief equity investment officer for Eaton Vance....
...In February Franklin Templeton acquired Legg Mason and last month Morgan Stanley agreed to buy Eaton Vance, two major deals in part aimed at getting the kind of economies of scale enjoyed by BlackRock and...
...Such a move could increase the appeal of stocks overseas, after years of US shares outperforming other developed markets, said Chris Dyer, director of global equity at Eaton Vance, a US fund manager....
...Stéphane Richard, chief executive of Orange, recently raised the possibility that the French group could team up with rivals to forge a pan-European mobile towers champion, saying that “there is something...
...Building materials manufacturer CRH added two non-executive directors to its board: vice-chairman and chief financial and planning officer of Eaton Corporation, Richard Fearon, and chief transition officer...
...“Actions that have taken place today are hoping to stem the risks in the future posed by slowing activity, strains on small business and employment,” said Yana Barton, a portfolio manager with Eaton Vance...
...“We’re in a period of uncertainty with trade tariff negotiations and global growth concerns so you can’t blame CFOs for being more cautious,” said Lew Piantedosi, director of growth equities for Eaton Vance...
...“Two properties that were on the sales market for more than £40m have instead been rented out for about £20,000 a week,” says Richard Dalton, head of flats at Savills Sloane Street....
...The ActiveShares approval opens up a fight between Baltimore-based Legg Mason, which oversees $758bn in assets, and Eaton Vance, a $457bn Boston-based rival....
...Yana Barton, a portfolio manager with Eaton Vance, has cut her exposure to Apple but believes there are attractive niches within the technology sector. “For Apple, we’re out of that stock....
...There are three arrivals at Parametric, a quantitative investment affiliate of Eaton Vance, the $470bn US asset manager....
...But the attitudes expressed by the couple’s patronising friends (Lucy Eaton and Clarence Smith) and Bri’s mother (Patricia Hodge) are still unnerving....
...Moelis & Company has hired Richard Barker as a managing director in the investment bank’s Houston office, providing financial and strategic advice to oil and gas clients....
...Around half of all buyers are from overseas, says Richard Gutteridge, director at Savills’ Sloane Street offices....
...“The investor base is fully supportive of M&A issuance because they need it,” says Richard Zogheb, co-head of Citi’s capital markets origination business in the Americas....
...“It is a risk to be aware of,” says Henry Peabody, a fund manager at Eaton Vance....
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