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...It was our only bidder and was prepared to take over WaMu immediately. Amid the turmoil of that time, the transaction avoided disruptions for WaMu’s customers and was reassuring to the markets....
...There’s also a possibility that large asset managers, such as hedge funds, could come in and push for a better deal. Others, though, aren’t waiting around....
...American Tower believes that there will be a convergence between wireless and wireline networks as 5G mobile technology gains acceptance. Its shareholders remain sceptical....
...But there is a growing acceptance that the investment industry too must play a role in the transition to a low-carbon economy, especially as demand for ESG investing soars....
...and custody and the environmental impact of cryptocurrencies, and concluded that “developments in the near term are likely to prove decisive as the currency balances at the tipping point of mainstream acceptance...
...Steve Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management put in $750m while Ken Griffin’s Citadel added another $2bn. Melvin appeared to reach acceptance quicker than the market by exiting the bet against GameStop....
...Bearish positions in the card issuer Discover and subprime auto lender Credit Acceptance have also risen. Bank stocks are “as out of favour as you get”, said Mike Mayo, analyst at Wells Fargo....
...The use of ESG in investment decisions has become more mainstream in Europe, with a growing acceptance that issues linked to climate change and poor corporate governance can affect the long-term financial...
...“There is no sale of any asset or any technology,” said one person directly involved in the protracted negotiations, which were carefully calibrated to avoid triggering resistance from either Beijing or...
...Our competitive position is dependent on our continuing ability to attract and develop recording artists and songwriters whose work can achieve a high degree of public acceptance and who can timely deliver...
...Acceptance of the intervention from China has not come easily....
...Sophie Palagos, head of the financial institutions team at Paris-based asset manager Ostrum, which has €275bn of assets under management, said that although the “quality of Scope’s analysis is good”, the...
...Credit Acceptance Corp, one of the largest of the non-bank lenders, has six warehouse lines worth a total of $1.2bn, for example, according to its most recent annual report....
...Banks providing financing for leveraged deals usually insist that the buyer has full access to the target’s cash flows and uses some of the company’s assets as collateral....
...There is growing acceptance, he says, that mental illness has “parity” with physical problems....
...Key numbers: Comcast third-round bid £17.28 a share Fox third-round bid £15.67 a share Acceptance threshold 50 per cent Bottom line: This is finally a done deal: it has an acceptance threshold of 50 per...
...“Given the level of activity there has been a growing investor acceptance of the asset class,” said Mr Sable. “There is a wider range of investors looking at these [deals].”...
...The sale of the Fox-Disney stake in Sky will push Comcast over the acceptance threshold for its offer, meaning that the company can begin working with Sky....
...It has set its acceptance threshold at 50 per cent plus one share, which means it will complete its deal even if it fails to acquire a 39 per cent stake currently held by Fox that is being sold to Disney...
...All the same, says JPMorgan’s retail chief Gordon Smith: “WaMu was a very good acquisition.”...
...In December 2015 Ben Weinger started betting on a fall in the shares of Credit Acceptance Corp, a Detroit-based supplier of car loans to people who might struggle to pay them back....
...The offer was conditional on CTG reaching a minimum acceptance of 50 per cent plus one share of EDP’s voting rights....
...HNA has emerged as China’s most acquisitive company, snapping up about $40bn in assets worldwide in the past three years....
...While selling off non-core assets has long been considered taboo, the example from Toshiba is expected to accelerate such sales this year....
...Hedge fund magnate Paul Tudor Jones has invested in a brace of artificial-intelligence powered “quantitative” hedge funds, underscoring the increasing acceptance that the industry will need to turn more...
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