Hints and tips:
...P&G’s shares rose about 85 per cent during that time and the US group followed through on Trian’s demands to simplify its structure in 2018....
...Like previous winners — including Helen Fielding and Terry Pratchett — Everett received champagne, a complete set of PG Wodehouse and will have a pig named after his winning book, a nod to Wodehouse’s fondness...
...The classic example is Tesco’s Terry Leahy, regarded as one of the great retail managers of his generation when he quit....
...Dobell stepped down from the fund and left M&G at the end of 2020....
...Top-10 shareholder Terry Smith, of Fundsmith, said it had “lost the plot” after seeking to define the purpose of brands such as Hellmann’s mayonnaise....
...“Terry basically said, ‘this is sandbagging — your numbers are way off,” Yeung says....
...Shares in the FTSE 100 company have trailed peers such as Nestlé, P&G and even Danone in the past year. Investors such as Fundsmith’s Terry Smith can expect Unilever to continue trying their patience....
...Angharad Lyddon’s stylish Irene benefits from firm mezzo tone and Patrick Terry sang and played a restrained Andronico....
...“Nelson is actually helpful,” says a person close to P&G’s board....
...P&G’s shares have sharply outperformed Unilever during that period. “Activist investors will look at P&G and say: Is there a similar thing to be done at Unilever?”...
...Peltz’s stint at Unilever will probably be a smoother one than at P&G, where he waged a bitter proxy battle, Lex notes....
...said Terry Smith, founder and chief executive of Fundsmith, who said he had more than £250m invested in the funds he manages, which is “a substantial proportion of my wealth”....
...Andrew Mountford: Tougher than it needs to be....
...M&G’s £2.5bn property fund and a range of bond funds run by Natixis subsidiary H2O Asset Management were also hit....
...Andrew Mountford: The question is confounding as it mixes up short term and long term issues....
...Dorset; T Alderson, Stevenage; Amanda Riddle, Essex Polymath 1,003: R Rutter, Shropshire Crossword 16,052: Trevor Mason, Hertford; Gareth Daves, Newport; Charles Barraclough, London Polymath 1,002: Terry...
...M&G chief executive John Foley said earlier this year that the group was reviewing its value house style, which underpins its former blockbuster Recovery fund....
...Mr Astolfi previously worked as head of Italy and Greece at M&G Investments....
...Andrew Mountford: `Loosen’ is such a vague term....
...Debenhams’ executive chairman, Terry Duddy, said the claims would be “vigorously defended” and were “without merit.”...
...It might be just as logical — free-associating the g-word — to suppose that humans become rogues by being placed in a gallery. Yet perhaps they do....
...Fundsmith Equity, run by renowned investor Terry Smith, does not include transaction fees in its fact sheet, but has published them in Mr Smith’s annual letter to shareholders....
...Smaller Companies AJ Bell Fundsmith Equity Stewart Asian Pacific Leaders Jupiter European Schroder US Mid Cap Woodford Equity Income Merian North America Equity Vanguard FTSE UK Equity Income Index M&G...
...Two funds from Carmignac, the French boutique, and an equity fund run by Terry Smith, who set up a UK-based asset management company in 2010, appear in the top 20....
...Terry Smith, chief executive of Fundsmith, linked the strong inflows to the equity fund’s strong performance despite the Brexit vote....
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