Hints and tips:
...(Gillian Tett) Hire women, boost returns Diversity can pay, according to Willis Towers Watson, which advises on $4.7tn (£3.95tn) in assets....
...Ardern described the comments as “insulting to all women”, while Nicola Willis, deputy leader of the opposition National party, said Henry had a “completely outdated world view”....
...The West Virginia legislation drew opposition from Republican state senator Eric Nelson. In an interview with Moral Money, Nelson warned of the legislation’s “unintended consequences”....
...The turnround follows a period of net outflows for nearly every quarter since the first quarter of 2017, with the exception of the third quarter of 2018, when the category drew $2.2bn in net inflows....
...The high-profile suspension last year of an M&G property fund, which had more than £2bn in assets, and Neil Woodford’s failed Woodford Equity Income fund, which had more than £3bn, drew regulatory scrutiny...
...It was why Mr Catlin set up Convex, and French insurer Axa paid $15bn for rival XL in 2018 in a deal that drew heavy criticism at the time....
...Simon Gergel, head of UK equities at Allianz Global Investors, agrees, recalling the words of Mr Dye, with whom he worked at Phillips & Drew. “He used to use the analogy of a brick and elastic....
...Blackstone’s top leaders want nothing more to do with the aggressive trades, which drew bad press — and regulatory flak....
...The desire to switch into institutional investment drew him to an MBA at his alma mater which would lead to the introduction to Cambridge Associates....
...“It’s very much a Denney moment,” says Sam Willis, the trust’s creative lead....
...For years he drew two CEO salaries — Renault and Nissan — and now has the income from his chairmanship of Mitsubishi Motors....
...Leading female participants, including the professional jouster Nicky Willis, donned full body armour and lances and rode against their male counterparts....
...Wylie Projects Alex Orr Managing Director, Orbit Communications (in a personal capacity) Robert Palmer robertpalmerconsultants@gmail.com Ray Perman Author and journalist Willis Pickard Former editor...
...It drew the attention of the UK regulator after research showed three-quarters of contracts were awarded without a competitive tender....
...As 2014 drew to a close, Rosneft, Russia’s state-run oil company, faced a dire situation....
...However, their end-to-end tax rate would soar to 40 per cent if they were a higher-rate taxpayer when they drew their income, or 52 per cent if they remained a top-rate payer throughout their life....
...The International Council on Clean Transportation, which drew up the 60-page report, had tested 15 vehicles: it found they produced an average of seven times the legal limit for the gas....
...China’s fund industry drew international attention last year when it emerged that 25 Chinese fund groups had cracked the elite list of the world’s 500 largest asset management companies compiled annually...
...It was young, cheerful, and – as you’d expect from creative director Alasdhair Willis – highly commercial....
...Experts said the spike in sales was largely explained by the launch of Mr Woodford’s UK equity income fund in June, which drew combined retail and institutional funds of £1.7bn....
...The report drew on evidence from interventions in other areas such as drugs, alcohol and sexual health....
...In the 1930s, episodic movie “serials” such as Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon drew cinema audiences week after week....
...There are different ways such strategies could manifest themselves, adds Simeon Willis, principal consultant at KPMG, the professional services firm....
...The architects of the project, rather than trying to introduce something foreign, drew on a popular hobby in Jamaica....
...Willis is in talks with other insurance groups to set up a similar scheme....
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