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...On the same day, L&G chief executive Sir Nigel Wilson decried the “perpetual drift” of companies away from London’s stock market, attributing it in part to a decline in equity holdings among pension funds...
...“Money market fund yields have kept pace with the rapid rise in short-term interest rates and are at their highest levels in over 15 years — making them incredibly attractive to investors,” said Shelly Antoniewicz...
..., Architectes de l’Urgence is a French NGO that has mobilised thousands of architects in 41 countries....
...The Orsay includes prominent examples from 1874: “Sarpédon”, Henri Lévy’s three-metre tale of heroism in the Trojan wars, immediately bought by the state; Jean-Léon Gérôme’s “L’Éminence Grise”, a story about...
...CVC Capital Partners, General Atlantic and L Catterton are among the prominent private equity groups considering going public, the Financial Times has previously reported....
...For Shelly Antoniewicz, senior economist at the ICI, rapid inflows into money market funds early this month were likely related to the demise of California-based First Republic, which had $93.5bn of deposits...
...black birds in “Wheatfield with Crows”; graceful arabesques in “Daubigny’s Garden”; the gleaming “Wheatfield with a Reaper”, where, Van Gogh insisted, death “takes place in broad daylight with a sun that floods...
...“We’ve been waiting for this moment for more than three years,” said Shelly Wu, director of Taiwan’s TKG+ gallery, on the preview day of this year’s Taipei Dangdai fair (May 12-14)....
...(Nor quite so much flood-lighting of the façade.) What to do?...
...Drawing à l’infini presents nearly a thousand works — notebooks, drawings and engravings. The drawings illustrate Picasso’s constant process of reinvention and renewal....
...The La Niña weather phenomenon is under way for the third year running, the first time in more than 20 years that a “triple dip” has occurred, putting countries already affected by floods and drought on...
...News round-up L’Oreal on the lookout for further acquisitions after Aesop, says chief (FT) BNP Paribas faces US fine over messaging violations (FT) Barclays shares slide after earnings reflect fading...
...The insurers in the stress test were not named in Monday’s letter, but the life-insurance units of groups including Aviva and L&G had been invited to participate last year....
...To mark the annual event, protest group Extinction Rebellion is hoping to flood London with 100,000 protesters over the weekend....
...Last year brought a series of devastating extreme weather events to countries around the world, from floods to wildfires and droughts....
...Towering timber fins echo the pitched form of traditional chalets while also retaining seven-metre-high walls of glass, which enable sweeping mountain views to flood into the slick triple-height sitting...
...The group also includes the most beautiful of the six simplified, tender-sombre “L’Arlésienne” portraits, depicting Madame Ginoux, proprietress of Arles’ Café de la Gare; only in this version are the flat...
...Finally, aspirant crime writers will relish the tips in Howdunit, edited by Martin Edwards (HarperCollins, £14.99); everyone from Dorothy L Sayers to current crime writers are on hand to inspire those hoping...
...“Something happens post-art schools, which flood the sector with young female artists who then disappear,” Ward says....
...Just outside Grenoble, the Col de l’Arzelier resort, for example, was founded in 1967 and by the 1980s had six lifts....
...That may reflect fears of bringing a new generation into a world of floods and wildfires....
...HSBC will pay $425m to acquire L&T Investment Management (LTIM), which manages assets of $10.8bn, and integrate the Mumbai-based company with its existing Indian asset management business that oversees $1.6bn...
...Today, consumers scout out cosmetics on social media and a flood of buzzy independent brands fronted by celebrities such as singer Rihanna and influencer Kylie Jenner that have sidelined the likes of Revlon...
...“The base rate changes are coming thick and fast,” says David Hollingworth, director at mortgage broker L&C....
...The protesters outside were chanting “O-I-L-Y, you ain’t got no alibi”. Shell had probably already clocked that they were on the hook for issues around climate change....
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