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...Holdings of UK-listed companies by British pension and insurance funds have plunged from about half of their portfolios to 4 per cent over the past two decades, according to data from Ondra....
...With VKontakte and the other companies in the VK network, Gazprom-Media, one of the largest media holdings in Russia, now controls a vast swath of Russians’ online world, in addition to its TV channels,...
...Nor is there the regulatory apparatus, supervision and deposit insurance that are provided for conventional money by the state....
...The reintroduction of a 20-year Treasury, last sold in the 1986, is seen attracting “robust demand from corporate pensions, insurance companies and others, but would find less demand from foreign buyers...
...The UK, like much of Western Europe, needs to reposition itself post the pandemic, in a changing and growing global economy....
...Porsche Automobil Holding, VW’s holding company, has in recent years been Europe’s largest corporate issuer....
...“We are seeing a new level of competition,” says Wolfgang Weynell, senior vice-president at Lufthansa Technik, one of the world’s top 10 maintenance repair and overhaul companies....
...Rejecting global criticism of its hosting of the 2022 Fifa World Cup, Qatar is pushing ahead with investments abroad....
...Caesars and Texas utility Energy Future Holdings were among the largest “take private” deals of the boom years....
...Investment strategy: A value investor and a disciple of Ben Graham, Mr Watsa invests via his insurance company Fairfax Financial Holdings....
...-based Permira Advisers , Italian private-equity fund Clessidra, Italian fund FSI, Qatar Holding LL and French buyout firm Ardian…” (WSJ) “India’s Gland Pharma said on Thursday U.S. private equity firm...
...Wasu Media Holding Co for more than $1bn on Tuesday....
...He points to the example of the liberalisation of India’s insurance industry in the 1990s. The biggest growth there occurred among domestic companies, not international firms....
...And it is not just companies and real estate that take their fancy....
...Qatar Holding, the FSA and SFO as well as Barclays all declined to comment. Sheikh Hamad – who is also the chairman of Qatar Holding – could not be reached for comment....
...(Bloomberg) HSBC’s Ping An exit in jeopardy: “HSBC’s $9.4bn sale of its stake in China’s Ping An Insurance has been thrown into doubt after Thai buyer CP Group lost funding for some of the 15.6 per cent...
...commissioner and board trustee, Colorado Public Employees Retirement Association 1994 Insurance commissioner, State of Colorado 2000 Vice-president for corporate affairs, Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance...
...– notably Samsung Life Insurance, which owns 7.5 per cent of the company....
...New issuance of products in which the principal is backed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, were 39 per cent of the market, up from 32 per cent the prior year....
...Alongside them are insurance companies, fund managers and pension funds that also have little incentive in agreeing to the negotiated terms....
...Brit Insurance looks to have signalled an interest in becoming a big operator in the market for buying closed insurance companies by appointing Mark Cloutier as its new chief executive in place of Dane Douetil...
...Innovation Group , which provides software and outsourcing services to insurance companies, slipped 1.4 per cent to 17¾p even after revealing annual profits before tax of £10.2m – compared with a £1.7m loss...
...Apple may now be worth more than any company in the world. But the future flow of ideas, and the spread of R&D, is globalising. So too is American-educated talent....
...Insurance companies and smaller pension funds in Europe are expected to increase their exposure to private equity, but their cheques are likely going to be too small to compensate fully for the drop in demand...
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