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...Former Morgan Stanley banker Sadek Wahba’s I Squared Capital is worth billions....
...Tobias Nordblom, Alexandre Dussaucy, Corinne Schreiber and Valérie Legat will be managing directors at the firm. Merlin Entertainments has appointed Karim Hajjar as chief financial officer....
...David Solomon of Goldman Sachs, James Gorman of Morgan Stanley and Jane Fraser of Citigroup are among those expected to attend the November forum following Hong Kong’s decision to scrap its hotel quarantine...
...Goldman Sachs chief executive David Solomon, Morgan Stanley’s James Gorman and Citigroup’s Jane Fraser will attend a financial forum in Hong Kong designed to restore the city’s reputation as Asia’s top financial...
...Hong Kong leader John Lee on Tuesday dismissed concerns about the turnout for the global forum, with the chief executives of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley still attending....
...Jonathan Pruzan, Morgan Stanley’s chief operating officer, told a conference last week: “To be frank, I think people are surprised that more hasn’t happened.”...
...The event followed the selection of Valérie Pécresse by France’s centre right Les Républicains party on Saturday to stand in next year’s presidential election....
...Valérie Baudson, the deputy chief executive who was responsible for the launch of Amundi’s ETF business in 2008, will become chief executive in May....
...“The time to open accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia is now,” Morgan Ortagus, US state department spokesperson, said on Twitter on Friday....
...Out front was Morgan Stanley, followed by Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase....
...Morgan Stanley has hired Seema Hingorani, founder of Girls Who Invest, as a managing director in the bank’s investment management team....
...RPC: inelastic plastic (Lex) Uber, Lyft get IPO feedback as latest shutdown looms (BBG) Delivery start-up DoorDash reaches for over $6bn valuation in new funding (WSJ) Mike Ashley ditches Patisserie Valerie...
...Morgan Stanley repeated “overweight” advice on Johnson Matthey, saying the sell-off “is overdone given the current absence of facts”....
...Behind the Money: Patisserie Valerie This week, Behind the Money digs into the fall of coffee and cake chain Patisserie Valerie....
...She joins from Morgan Lewis and will be based in Shanghai and New York. Valérie Blandeau will join Pinsent Masons in Paris as the head of the firm’s employment and reward team....
...During his five years in charge, the collapse of outsourcer Carillion and café chain Patisserie Valerie have been low points....
...Today’s Small Talk column focuses on Pâtisserie Valerie and UK casual dining chains: Many Londoners of a certain age have a soft spot for Pâtisserie Valerie — or Pat Vals as it is known to loyal customers...
...Previously, she worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley. She started her career as a chartered accountant with PwC....
...She is also on the board of Morgan Stanley. Law firm Dorsey & Whitney appointed Bill Stoeri as its new managing partner for a three-year term....
...OQ verdict: After Carillion, Conviviality and Patisserie Valerie, this was not unexpected but does not make for reassuring reading....
...Break the duopoly of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley on big tech deals, especially after JPMorgan recently lost two of its most senior tech bankers....
...Shares in the parent Kinder Morgan were up 3 per cent at $16.83....
...Morgan Stanley, another major player in the kingdom’s fee chase, couldn’t even manage to muster up a reaction or statement, declining to comment to DD....
...Valérie Pécresse, president of Ile-de-France region, said France was rolling out the “red-white-and-blue carpet” for UK bankers....
...The Sport of Kings, by CE Morgan, Fourth Estate, RRP£16.99/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, RRP$27 This epic feat of storytelling about the lives of a horse-breeding dynasty in Kentucky confirms Morgan as a torchbearer...
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