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Friday, 5 March, 2021

Financial & markets regulation
Greensill: in the shadows Premium
Finance group is a minnow but provides a useful illustration of where risks can lie
Friday, 5 March, 2021

Aggreko PLC
Aggreko: not so perfidious Albion Premium
Albion’s main risk is that other PE bidders may have spotted the same opportunity
Friday, 5 March, 2021

Jonathan Guthrie
Best of Lex: of super-deductions, Spac surges and category errors Premium
UK Budget/corporation tax, offices after Covid, UK listings/Spacs, Square/Jack Dorsey, and more
Friday, 5 March, 2021

Travel & leisure industry
Motel stocks: checking in Premium
Never mind the missing bellhops and poolside service, investors should seek out US roadside chains
Friday, 5 March, 2021

Agricultural commodities
Pork ETF: piggy bank Premium
Penghua’s fund, and other vehicles that will follow, will give investors easy access to fat profits
Thursday, 4 March, 2021

Square Inc
Square/Jack Dorsey: A to Z Premium
Square does not need a music service. But it does represent a real challenge to traditional banks
Thursday, 4 March, 2021

Melrose Industries PLC
Melrose/executive pay: engineered returns Premium
Sale of Nortek is welcome news for directors’ remuneration
Thursday, 4 March, 2021

BT Group Plc
UK budget/BT: deductive logic Premium
Telecoms group is one winner of Sunak’s ‘super deduction’ but boost will only be temporary
Thursday, 4 March, 2021

Singapore
Singapore offices: notice to vacate Premium
Long-lasting change is on the cards as people continue to work from home
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Thursday, 4 March, 2021

Technology sector
Okta/Auth0: identity cheque Premium
Authentication software is a growing sector though rewards may not appear for some time
Wednesday, 3 March, 2021

Private equity
Las Vegas Sands: hit me Premium
Apollo Global Management has announced purchase of the Venetian resort
Wednesday, 3 March, 2021

Hiscox Ltd
Hiscox: courtroom drama Premium
Reduced exposure to risky US cyber and casualty lines should minimise expensive future surprises
Wednesday, 3 March, 2021

UK Budget
UK Budget/corporate tax: Sunak’s £17bn City raid Premium
The chancellor has sent a message to companies to expect no more favours
Wednesday, 3 March, 2021

Rio Tinto PLC
Rio Tinto: the spare chair Premium
Investors ignore the instability at the top at their peril
Wednesday, 3 March, 2021

Industrial metals
China/commodities: blue steel Premium
Public infrastructure spending, and emission targets, will determine the earnings trend for local steelmakers
Wednesday, 3 March, 2021

Private equity
Lex Letter from New York: private equity’s high nursing home death rates Premium
Study finds PE management led to 10% increase in short-term mortality of Medicare patients
Tuesday, 2 March, 2021

London fights for its future
UK listings/Spacs: the crown duals Premium
City-boosting proposals are not enough to offset lack of EU financial services trade deal
Tuesday, 2 March, 2021

Danone SA
Danone: half measures Premium
Accountability, sustainability and diversity are increasingly — and rightly — sought by big investors
Tuesday, 2 March, 2021

Target Corp.
Target: model student Premium
Higher margin in-house lines both pad profits and act as a bulwark against Amazon’s reach
Tuesday, 2 March, 2021

Greensill Capital
Greensill/Credit Suisse: finance dance Premium
The finance company’s problems are a blow for the Swiss bank’s chief who is keen to wipe the slate clean
Tuesday, 2 March, 2021

Renishaw PLC
Renishaw: to be precise Premium
The co-founders will have to deal with close scrutiny after putting business up for sale
Tuesday, 2 March, 2021

Zoom Video Communications Inc
Zoom: venturing out Premium
The video call software company has plans for an independent future
Monday, 1 March, 2021

Space industry
Rocket Lab/Spire Global: Spacs, the final frontier Premium
Space companies are a moonshot borne aloft by the rocket fuel of cheap money
Monday, 1 March, 2021

Trustpilot
Trustpilot: approval seeking Premium
Site must satisfy public appetite for honesty and corporate hunger for promotion
Monday, 1 March, 2021

Travel & leisure industry
Cruise liners: fear and floating Premium
Vessels offer a leveraged bet on travel recovery but it is better to stay on the dock and wave them off

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