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...And yet consumer insurance remains largely undisrupted. The biggest motor insurers in the UK, for example, are the same ones that were around a decade or two ago — Aviva, Admiral, Direct Line et al....
...Then, the hidden leverage and maturity mismatch in pension funds’ and insurance companies’ portfolios — generally supposed to be long-only — could pose a policy challenge....
...Prosecute fraud, maybe regulate crypto exchanges like casinos, and keep the SEC et al out of it. This is a disagreement about how to cordon off crypto so that when crypto burns, it is controlled....
...Several of the worst-performing companies in the index, including Hippo and Root, focus on personal lines of insurance such as home and auto....
...Andrew Garthwaite et al at Credit Suisse has had a fiddle about with the model portfolio, resulting in insurers getting a push....
...The V-shaped recovery in consumer spending feels too bullish in our view....
...Our insurance company wrote to say we would no longer be covered. The woman who looked after my 88-year-old mother told me she was going to leave....
...And, as lockdown measures are softened, the return of the likes of Gregg's, Starbucks et al to the UK FtG market will increase competition....
...There’s not much precedent to support the idea that Shina et al can walk away based on a MAC clause: WPP was forced against its will to buy Tempus in 2001, Guy Hands couldn’t scrap a bid for East Surrey...
...for accounting firms to adequately scrutinise companies’ books that also line their pockets with huge advisory fees....
...From what we see,the company’s current approach to fixed-cost allocation is completely appropriate, but the effects are magnified by effectively being a one-product company....
...Wednesday’s development in the NMC vs Muddy Waters et al saga saw Krupa Global Investments, a Czech activist fund, say apropos of nothing that it holds positions equivalent to just over 0.4 per cent of the...
...Many French cinema owners, who are putting pressure on Cannes to resist Netflix et al, see the streamers’ disruptive attitude as an incursion into their territory....
...“[South Korea et al] probably don’t belong in an emerging market index, particularly on the debt side,” added Mr Huebler, who said EM investors generally think they are targeting “countries that have a risk...
...La Française is heavily involved in the Grand Paris project, working with insurance clients to build on three sites as part of the government’s plan to upgrade infrastructure....
...Methodist Church Church in Wales Church of Scotland Investors Trust Ecofi Investissements (Credit Cooperatif Group) Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Company Epworth Investment Management Limited ERAFP...
...Addison Lee, the mini cab company that was bought by Carlyle just months before Uber et al made it on to the scene....
...Could the same happen in New York or Crystal City? “Amazon” Cuomo et al will hope not....
...“This happened right after we closed it,” said one person involved in the Bain deal, referring to how the trade war has put the buyout on the line after months of tough negotiations....
...Insurance? You get the picture. But just because it’s a mainstay of the modern investing scene, does not mean all is well inside the company....
...If it is not assured of pan-EU access to clients from London, then Paris is the next best hub, given the location there of a clutch of asset management companies (Amundi, Axa et al) for which its staff execute...
...I have seen no data to show how Facebook and Twitter et al advance happiness or social cohesion....
...company at around €1.6bn, according to people close to the matter....
...Its celebrated alumni — Shackleton and Captain Scott, Wilfred Thesiger, Ranulph Fiennes et al — were typically former public-school boys and army officers, deeply rooted in the establishment and celebrated...
...Shares in European and Japanese container lines, including AP Moller Maersk and NYK Line, fell on Wednesday....
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