Hints and tips:
...Starmer has accumulated a long shopping list of policies including a £6bn-a-year home insulation scheme, scrapping the House of Lords, making it easier for trade unions to take strike action, eliminating...
...Did pension funds kill the UK equity market? And how can they be harnessed to revitalise it?...
...Some asylum seekers are staying in a squat on Brussels’ Rue de la Loi, just next to the headquarters of De Moor’s party, CD&V....
...Li feared the worst, but the ticket collector merely waved him through, signalling his support for the protesters by making a V sign with his hand and smiling....
...As part of the deal, Fairfax will invest $200mn in JAB’s consumer fund JCP V.The group, which also owns brands such as Pret A Manger, Krispy Kreme and Panera Bread, estimates that revenues and gross written...
...Right now is a decent entry point in global equities. They’re cheap by historical standards. US equities a little bit less so. Those are a little more expensive than historical standards....
...the around Rs135bn raised last year, although it is far more modest than that year’s initial target of Rs1.75tn, which was later slashed to Rs780bn as fallout from Covid-19 spread through the economy at home...
...However, if more detailed approaches are combined with ESG data, these investors can determine which companies to add to a sustainable portfolio, says Andrea Webster, who leads finance system transformation...
...Let us know what fintech predictions you have for the rest of the year at imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com....
...An alternative, Risc-V, has gained a foothold, with Intel announcing its support this month....
...During the pandemic, China’s exports have been driven by strong demand abroad while imports have been curbed by slower consumption at home....
...“Companies have underdelivered the IPO promise,” said Tracy Dolin-Benguigui, a Barclays equity research analyst who covers insurance companies....
...As always, reach out to us at imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com with thoughts and topics....
...Mike Lewis, head of US equities cash trading at Barclays, said that while he expected the drop in the stock market to be shortlived, investors were no longer baking in a powerful V-shaped recovery....
...Equities were falling on Friday and volatility measures were rising. Wall Street’s “fear gauge” — the Cboe Vix — sat at 30, well above its long-term average of just below 20....
...“Thousands of you . . . have had to leave your homes and be separated from your fathers and mothers....
...“The deep-V recovery we saw in the second half of 2020 has continued into 2021, with sales activity continuing to strengthen across all territories,” said Simon Cleaver, CloudCall CEO....
...More loans were allegedly given by Cox & Kings to V Hotels, a struggling beachfront property bought by Peter and Urrshila’s father, Ajit, in 2001....
...to a new study FT analysis shows £19bn of pandemic-related business was awarded by the UK government without seeking rival bids A medical committee in India has recommended the use of Russia’s Sputnik V...
...Tristram Hunt is director of the V&A and a former MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central....
...It is burning through NZ$65-NZ$85m a month and is likely to have to raise new equity by mid-2021, say analysts....
...But their California-bound graduates also bring with them issues resulting from centuries of caste discrimination in their home country....
...That could pose a threat to buoyant US equity markets, say FT correspondents Aziza Kasumov and Colby Smith, with investors now scrambling to find the tipping point for equities....
...Blackstone founder Stephen Schwarzman received at least $615m, while Apollo’s Leon Black took home at least $225m....
...You’re also probably a little nervous about the equity market, so housing feels like a pretty good place to put your money.”...
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