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...They brim with pretty well all the super-established names — Agnes Martin, Robert Rauschenberg, Louise Bourgeois, Willem de Kooning, Ellsworth Kelly — as well as lesser-known ones such as Vincent Fecteau...
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...The tower is designed for the Luma Arles complex, a €100m redevelopment of the city’s old SNCF rail yard, funded by Swiss-born art collector and pharmaceuticals heiress Maja Hoffman, who grew up in Arles...
...Matthew Vincent Rumoured private equity deals at Metro Bank would do nothing to solve its capital or digital challenges. But a takeover by a plc bank, or a merger with another challenger, just might....
...Other pieces — by Vincent van Gogh, Francis Bacon and Jenny Saville — have been snapped up at record prices by Asia-based collectors, most of whom hail from China....
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...Charlie Hoffman, managing director of HSBC Private Bank, is sceptical of multi-family offices “who impose another layer of fees” but offer a “stunted” selection of alternatives....
...Knowing the correct way to (over)react to apparently minor nuisances is all part of the job, Hoffman suggests....
...Better by a little was Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud’s Poulet aux Prunes....
...… HSBC firsts HSBC executive director Vincent Cheng is retiring after 33 years at the bank....
...Warren Vincent, portfolio manager at Crossbridge Capital, agrees that the fallout from the credit crunch has left investors cautious....
...“We saw large inflows in ‘09 when there was a flight to the safety of HSBC balance sheet,” said Charlie Hoffman, managing director at HSBC Private Bank. ”Our AUM did not underperform the MSCI World index...
...Charlie Hoffman of HSBC Private Bank advises investors to gain exposure to hedge funds according to their risk and tax status. He gives clients three options....
...Can any actor add anything new, even if behaviourally more accurate, to Dustin Hoffman’s performance? Hugh Dancy does the stammer, the averted eyes, the dorky sweaters and the sweetness of nature....
...Dustin Hoffman is a divorced New York jingle composer, threatened with the sack....
...Prospective investors include Vincent Bolloré, a French billionaire with whom Pininfarina has an electric car venture, and Ratan Tata, chairman of the Indian group, who was in Turin just two weeks ago....
...But Charlie Hoffman, senior director at HSBC Private Bank, argues that “you need a multinational bank with a proper global footprint, that can book assets in Singapore, Geneva or wherever”....
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