Liam Proud
@LiamWardProud
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From @Breakingviews: Gymnasts know that failing to fully commit to a move increases the chances of landing face-first. Noel Quinn, boss of $124 billion HSBC, risks something similar with his half-hearted jump further into Asia, writes @LiamWardProud https://t.co/iU6jtS0LIh
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From @Breakingviews: Credit Suisse traders have given CEO Thomas Gottstein a strategic quandary, writes @LiamWardProud https://t.co/PsGhY8gtdX
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It should be a bigger story that Rupert Murdoch just used his control of the media in Australia to pressure the government into a dubious scheme whereby American tech companies are now forced to pay for *linking* to Australian news websites.
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Why is every European startup run by the same 3 guys? https://t.co/eLvIjX12lT
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From @Breakingviews: Vivendi may hand 60% of Universal Music to investors. Eliminating a discount on the French group’s shares could unlock 7 billion euros of value. But controlling shareholder Vincent Bolloré benefits most, writes @LiamWardProud https://t.co/3cXVDDXr8a
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From @Breakingviews: The only surprising thing about Vincent Bolloré’s plan to spin off a chunk of Universal Music is that he didn’t think of it sooner, writes @LiamWardProud https://t.co/7KNNromO0f
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Vivendi is spinning off 60% of $40 billion label Universal Music, home to Taylor Swift. That will unlock value for investors, but the canny plan also cements tycoon Vincent Bolloré’s grip on power, says @LiamWardProud https://t.co/rozvW9dcaB
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Fun fact: If you go ₁₀10²⁹ meters away there's an exact copy of yourself. And if you go ₁₀10¹¹⁵ meters away there's an exact copy of our entire observable universe. https://t.co/F8Qox1V0sw https://t.co/UvZ7blyh4r
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Marketplace middlemen like $6 billion Virtu Financial seemed like the main winners as Reddit-using punters poured cash into shorted stocks like GameStop. But appearances can be deceptive, writes @LiamWardProud: https://t.co/QgXIzSadT0 https://t.co/4KQZ4KcUQd
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We asked fourteen of Britain’s biggest banks to disclose the racial diversity of their UK workforces. This is what we found: https://t.co/keB2CLuMai
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From @breakingviews: The UK’s austerity guru George Osborne shows better timing as banker, says @LiamWardProud https://t.co/jLedE2UdLo
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From @Breakingviews: Ex-finance minister George Osborne is in many ways an odd hire for the advisory firm boutique Robey Warshaw. Yet political savvy is ever more critical in M&A given state meddling, @LiamWardProud writes https://t.co/u7YPslLDCh
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"BaFin's rejuvenation starts with finding a new boss" @LiamWardProud wrote SEVEN MONTHS AGO https://t.co/zQOJfh449D
Felix Hufeld will leave the helm of Germany’s financial watchdog BaFin, the finance ministry has announced. Read @LiamWardProud’s take from July: https://t.co/Sy72bMLT88 https://t.co/pnRAPhfa3p
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Retail investors have found a neat trick: pile into heavily shorted stocks, forcing bearish hedge funds to buy and sending prices up. But the danger is that the squeezers get stuck with exposure to dicey companies, says @LiamWardProud https://t.co/D1qZkCwlPS
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This means Handelsblatt wasn't entirely wrong - the estimated efficacy in over-65s is *6.3 per cent*. But what the story missed is that this figure is completely useless. They just don't have enough data to say anything meaningful. https://t.co/oinzhHTLVG
Here it is: the crucial table showing Germany's calculations on the AstraZeneca vaccine's efficacy in over-65s. And good God, look at that confidence interval! For over-65s there was only one infection in the treatment group and one in the placebo group. https://t.co/edUPhaL7sS
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As Qualtrics seeks a $15 billion IPO, here’s @LiamWardProud on why its German parent company will SAP its market value. https://t.co/b5RKNdgupr https://t.co/BkOe0bWjAa
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More empirical evidence: the vast majority of the drop in economic activity in the COVID19 crisis is due to "individuals’ voluntary decisions to disengage from commerce rather than government-imposed restrictions on activity":
https://t.co/45pafIuRbQ https://t.co/6mD5dT9xuA
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How small can Jack Ma's Ant get? On a bank-like valuation, barely a tenth of its previous $300 bln-plus price tag. My latest via @breakingviews https://t.co/zBfoxcFGDU
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