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...issues its latest monthly oil market report UK, November CPI and producer price index (PPI) inflation rate figures US, Federal Open Market Committee’s interest-rate decision Results: Inditex Q3, Tui FY, Weber...
...registering for the FT’s virtual Global Banking Summit — broadcasting live today and tomorrow — featuring panellists including Deutsche Bank chief operating officer Chandra Mallika and UBS chairman Axel Weber...
...Summit, van Steenis played his part by hosting a conversation with his old BoE boss — Mark Carney, now the United Nations Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance — and his current boss, UBS chair Alex Weber...
...Mr Hamers was handpicked by UBS chairman Axel Weber, and his appointment was given the green light by headhunters and Finma, the Swiss financial regulator....
...In an open letter sent last month to Christophe Weber, the French chief executive of Takeda, the shareholder group said: “You are plunging headlong into a massive financial commitment that could threaten...
...Henderson Park was set up in 2016 by Nick Weber, a former executive at Goldman Sachs and the hedge fund Mount Kellett....
...Weber Shandwick’s employee activism survey records 38 per cent of employees confirming they have spoken up to support or criticise their employers’ actions over a controversial issue....
...Takeda’s chief executive, Christophe Weber, had signalled that assets from its troubled acquisition of Nycomed would be considered for sale. Xiidra, however, had been part of the Shire portfolio....
...Christophe Weber, chief executive, said Nycomed was among the company’s “non-core assets” that it could consider jettisoning but denied that the $13.7bn acquisition of the Swiss drugmaker had been a flop...
...While there are investor concerns about the high level of debt and the rising competitive threat to Shire’s haemophilia business, Christophe Weber, Takeda’s chief executive, has pitched the deal as pivotal...
...Resonanz Capital has been co-founded by Vincent Weber, chief executive, Ivo Zonev chief investment officer, and Iliyan Iliev, chief operating officer. It has launched with mandates worth more than €1bn....
...Other investors grilled Mr Weber on the company’s declining share price and expressed concerns about whether Takeda could maintain its dividend....
...Mr Weber has also said Takeda evaluated the pressure on Shire’s haemophilia franchise from a new rival drug made by Swiss pharma group Roche before arriving at the £46bn valuation for Shire....
...Mr Weber has stressed that the company plans to reduce debt to two times ebitda within three to five years, using the cash flow generated by the combined group....
...Christophe Weber, chief executive of Takeda, has expressed confidence in winning the shareholder vote, saying the deal would accelerate the group’s transition into a global pharmaceuticals player....
...In an interview with the Financial Times, Mr Weber said Takeda had evaluated the threats before arriving at a £46bn valuation for Shire....
...One of these, Takeda boss Christophe Weber, now finds himself at odds with another — investor activism. The Frenchman must believe he has contained opposition to a takeover of Irish rival Shire....
...Takeda’s aggressive pursuit of Shire has been widely seen as reflecting Mr Weber’s mission to propel the company into the ranks of the world’s top drugmakers....
...“Of course for us, the sooner the better but we are dependent on the authorities,” Mr Weber said....
...“I’m very comfortable about the assumptions we took,” Mr Weber said....
...Christophe Weber, Takeda’s chief executive, was reported by analysts who attended as saying that buying Shire would accelerate the Japanese group’s transformation and that it can afford a deal without sacrificing...
...“But we want [Takeda chief executive Christophe] Weber to protect Takeda’s 230-year tradition and manage the company in a sustainable and stable manner.”...
...It has taken a foreigner in the form of Takeda’s French boss Christophe Weber to use Abenomics this boldly....
...Takeda takes confidence Takeda boss Christophe Weber is clearly more confident of gaining investor approval for his £46bn takeover of Shire than the market....
...Although Mr Weber may not agree with some of their views, he admits that family members hold a “moral weight”....
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