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...THE GREAT NORMALISATION, says Julius Baer. PwC is suffering from an acute case of “cautious optimism” - the only kind of emotion a consultancy is capable of....
...SSG’s co-investors include a who’s who of American billionaires, from New York Mets owner Steve Cohen to Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank....
...Smart reads A very Swiss scandal A $22mn alleged fraud at Julius Baer has cast a light on the opaque world of Zürich’s independent wealth advisers, the FT reports....
...After all, who wouldn’t want Steve Cohen, Izzy Englander, or Ken Griffin to oversee their hedge fund portfolio?...
...There’s Jeff Bezos and The Washington Post, biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong and the Los Angeles Times, and Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Steve Jobs and the majority owner of The Atlantic....
...“There was already a move but I think the pandemic has expedited it,” Mr Baer says....
...Thomson Reuters is close to naming Steve Hasker as its next chief executive, Reuters reported. He is a former president of Nielsen Holdings....
...Steve Bullock, the moderate Democratic governor of Montana, who has travelled to Iowa multiple times in recent months, is also seen to be eyeing a potential bid....
...It is relatively material at RBS, STAN and BAER compared with UBS, UCG, BARC and LLOY. STAN announced a $0.5bn buyback (20bps off CET1 ratio) with 4Q19 results and is 20% complete....
...Steve Bullock, the two-term Democratic governor of deep-red Montana and the second most popular Democratic governor in the country, according to Morning Consult, seems similarly devoid of scandal, angry...
...On the other side of the Atlantic, Steve Ells, founder of Mexican fast-food chain Chipotle is stepping back but not stepping down....
...Lei Jun used to stroll around in a black T-shirt on a stage in Beijing, his latest smartphone model in hand, evoking the image of Steve Jobs....
...Pictet, the Swiss private banking group, has hired Boris Collardi, poaching him from rival Julius Baer where he had held the role since 2009....
...Steve Barrow, head of G10 strategy at Standard Bank, said that the impact of a “no” vote in Italy’s referendum was far more open to question than that predicated by the Brexit vote, or even Donald Trump’...
...It is also a blow to Tim Cook, the chief executive, who has called the case “bizarre” and has defended deals struck by his predecessor Steve Jobs, and by Eddy Cue, Apple's internet services head....
...Steve Renfrew has joined Barclays as regional head of its wealth and investment division in the northwest of England. Mr Renfrew moves from RBS, where he was head of specialist banking....
...investigation into hiring practices revealed the close relationships between leaders of the tech world, turning up emails linking executives such as Google’s co-founders and Apple’s former chief executive Steve...
...● Steve Drew has moved to Henderson Global Investors as head of emerging market credit from Thames River Capital, where he was a partner and head of global and emerging credit....
...Denise Cote, a federal judge in New York, cited “admissions” by the late Steve Jobs, as well as emails and telephone calls between Apple, Amazon and publishing executives, as proof that Apple acted as a...
...“It is in the elite group of egregious tax loopholes – it has been in the president’s budget ever since he became president,” said Kenneth Baer, managing director at the Harbour Group who formerly headed...
...(Wall Street Journal) - Steve Jobs is posthumously vindicated. (Bloomberg) - Electric car ‘formula E’ race planned....
...In areas such as customer profitability analysis, the conventional data warehouse still has the edge, argues Tony Baer, principal analyst at research firm Ovum....
...It had its first taste of raising funds for external managers back in 2002, when it worked on an offshore fund for Julius Baer....
...The company announced that Steve Miller, its chairman, would step in as interim chief if needed, though in January Mr Benmosche reiterated he would stay until next year....
...The insurer said its chairman, Steve Miller, would step in as chief executive if Mr Benmosche left before his stated goal of stepping down in 2012....
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