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UK pension insurance market may hit record volumes next year – Mercer

LONDON (Reuters) - The market for insuring British defined benefit, or final salary pension schemes may reach record levels next year, consultants Mercer said on Thursday, as more firms seek to remove this risk from their balance sheets. Around two trillion pounds ($2.68 trillion) is tied up in such schemes, which guarantee a set annual income to pensioners and are expensive and...

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Paris enjoys Brexit bonus with estimated 4,735 extra finance jobs

PARIS (Reuters) - Brexit has lead to 4,735 financial sector jobs shifting to France since Britain voted to leave the European Union in 2016, French lobby group Paris Europlace estimates. European capitals have been jostling to attract business from London in the wake of the Brexit referendum, especially among banks, asset managers and other financial services firms. Paris Europlace said...

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FirstGroup posts half-year loss as travel curbs continue to hurt

(Reuters) - British transport operator FirstGroup Plc swung to an adjusted pretax half-year loss on Thursday, hurt by continued pressure on its UK rail and bus divisions as restrictions related to the pandemic prolonged the travel slump. The company, which ferries millions of passengers in buses and trains, said adjusted pretax loss was 73.3 million pounds ($97.80 million) for the six months...

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Sportswear retailer Frasers raises 2021 forecast after strong first-half

(Reuters) - Mike Ashley's British sportswear group Frasers reported a 25% rise in first-half core earnings on Thursday and raised its annual forecast, boosted by online sales and store reopenings after lockdowns. For the six months to Oct. 25, Frasers made underlying earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of 226.3 million pounds ($301.93 million), compared with 181.2 million pounds a...

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Marston’s posts annual loss, sees challenging winter ahead

(Reuters) - British pub operator Marston's Plc warned on Thursday that winter months would be both challenging and uncertain with 780 of its pubs remaining closed after the fresh coronavirus-induced lockdown in November, as it posted an annual loss. The Wolverhampton, UK-based company said underlying pretax loss for the year ended Oct. 3 was 22 million pounds ($29.35 million), compared with...

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Top investor BlackRock to expand climate talks with companies in 2021

By Simon Jessop and Ross Kerber LONDON/BOSTON (Reuters) - BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) on Thursday said it would more than double the number of companies it engages with over climate-related issues to over 1,000 and laid out stronger goals on other fronts for portfolio firms ahead of the upcoming shareholder meeting season. BlackRock, the world's biggest asset manager with around $7.8 trillion in assets,...

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Exclusive: Goldman escalates diversity push at portfolio companies; activists want more

By Ross Kerber and Simon Jessop BOSTON/LONDON (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) Group's asset-management arm will pressure U.S. companies to appoint more women and members of under-represented groups to their boards, an executive said, but will stop short of setting specific numerical targets for racial and ethnic diversity as some activists urge. While the bank is not alone on Wall Street...

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Britain signs free trade deal with Singapore

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Britain signed a free trade deal with Singapore on Thursday, the latest in a series of agreements Britain is trying to broker around the globe as it prepares to end its transition out of the European Union on Dec. 31. Britain's secretary of state of international trade Liz Truss and...

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China to Collect Extra Anti-Subsidy Duties on Australian Wine

(Bloomberg) -- China will start collecting extra duties on Australian wine from Friday, further ratcheting up tensions with Australia and handing another blow to a local industry already hit by tariffs last month. Anti-subsidy tariffs of between 6.3%-6.4% will be charged on the wine imports, starting Dec. 11, China’s Commerce Ministry said in a statement Thursday. That comes on top of anti-dumping tariffs...

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Australia Gets Paid to Borrow in First Sale at Negative Yields

(Bloomberg) -- Australia just joined New Zealand, Japan and most Europe nations in selling short-term bills at a negative yield. The auction of three-month Australian notes saw A$1.5 billion sold an average yield of 0.01%, though buyers who bid most aggressively at the sale received a yield of minus 0.01%. The negative yield means that the nation is being paid to borrow from...

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