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...Credit Suisse, UBS, Deutsche Bank, Santander and Jefferies declined to comment....
...Jefferies said CRH was likely to be eligible to join the S&P Total Market index in June, “which could drive the purchase of 35mn shares”....
...“Steve’s a very careful investor, and I’m assuming that he did his homework,” Wilbur Ross, a private equity investor who worked with Mnuchin in Trump’s cabinet, told the FT....
...“People that think this battle has been fought and won are way ahead of where I think the market is,” said Steve Bornstein, ESPN’s former chief executive who runs betting data group Genius Sports’ North...
...“I think it won’t be rubber stamping [Elon’s wishes] any more,” said Philippe Houchois, auto analyst at Jefferies....
...Companies that already process junked cars were well positioned to play a role in handling batteries, said Jefferies analyst Bret Jordan....
...Firms are in very different stages of preparedness,” said Steve Stone, a partner with Morgan Lewis who is advising several clients on the effects of expiring waiver....
...Investors were “sceptical following years of sub-par financial metrics”, said Philippe Houchois, an auto analyst at Jefferies. “The efforts are truly laudable,” said Dan Levy, analyst at Barclays....
...“There’s a fairly broad church of people who think that such high growth will be difficult for Hargreaves Lansdown to sustain in future,” said Julian Roberts, analyst at Jefferies....
...Steve West, the group’s chief executive, last week called for a new funding settlement for the sector that was being “squeezed hard”....
...“The vaccines provided an incredible return on investment from a societal perspective,” said Akash Tewari, analyst at Jefferies, an investment bank....
...Steve Seedhouse, an analyst at Raymond James, said the industry is discussing how to make high prices more acceptable, including by spreading payments over five years, or charging only if a treatment works...
...“It’s like Steve Jobs sitting in the passenger seat asking what I would like different on my computer,” says Runge excitedly. Runge is, by his own admittance, not a traditional auto enthusiast....
...“This was a change in tone”, said Jefferies analyst Andrew Uerkwitz who studies the company....
...He and chief executive Steve Rowe have used the pandemic to accelerate the pace of change as they seek to overhaul the group....
...Powell, of Jefferies in Hong Kong, says it is important to remember that the healthcare system “barely survived the first wave” in 2020....
...Chief executive Steve Rowe said the pandemic had accelerated the shift to shopping online and it was “prudent to look again at the estate, take advantage of market conditions and churn the stores”....
...Jefferies has appointed Philip Yates as vice-chair of its UK investment banking unit....
...The results indicate the new strategy “is having a demonstrable impact”, said Andrew Wade, an analyst at Jefferies....
...Jonathan Slone, one of the most high-profile finance veterans in Hong Kong, is resigning as Asia chair at Jefferies after less than three years in the role to pursue opportunities in private equity....
...Analysts at Jefferies said with its approach to “values-aligned investing”, Aperio “has been an early mover in recognising the demand for thoughtful ESG indexing that goes beyond the existing one-size-fits-all...
...Centerview Partners has hired three senior bankers from BofA Securities (formerly named Bank of America Merrill Lynch) as partners, based in Palo Alto: Jack MacDonald, Gary Kirkham and Steve Miller....
...Cannabis in the US is still a highly fragmented industry with an estimated 27,000 companies which handle marijuana, according to Jefferies....
...Another Freshfields alum, Barry O’Brien, left the magic circle for Jefferies in 2014....
...“The weakness is totally baffling,” said Thomas Simons, an economist with Jefferies. “Nothing in the lead-up to today suggested that we would see a weak number.”...
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