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MPs write to BoE about LV= tie up with Bain Capital By Jean-Baptiste Andrieux 13 th May 2021 2:45 pm MPs have written to Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey to highlight their concerns about the proposed demutualisation of Liverpool Victoria (LV=). The letter also expresses worries about its potential sale to US private equity company Bain Capital. It is dated 10 May 2021 asks pointed questions about the central bank’s interactions with LV= in the past. It is fr...

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Clients ‘are entitled to know’ if he ‘benefited from the sale to Bain Capital’ The chair of the all-party parliamentary group for mutuals (AAPG) has written to LV= chairman Alan Cook to understand his motivations for the sale of the insurer to US firm Bain Capital and whether he received any remuneration for it. In a letter seen by International Adviser, Gareth Thomas MP said that Cook has been “the one constant in the leadership of LV=” during its conversion to a limited company ...

Source: Link Group’s Dividend Monitor In Other News FE fundinfo has added Richard Watts (Jupiter), Anthony Srom (Fidelity) and Terry Smith (Fundsmith) to the 2021 Alpha Manager ‘Hall of Fame’ list. The Hall of Fame, which recognises managers who have been ‘Alpha-rated’ consistently over a period of seven years, now stands at 51 managers in total. To gain an Alpha rating, fund managers are ranked according to their track records since 2000, with extra weighting applied to those w...

They allege a lack of openness and transparency surrounding LV=’s plans to demutualise. The questions in the letter to Cook asked about the demutulisation, his personal financial interest and several other matters (see table below). Demutualisation What were the instructions given to Fenchurch Advisory? Whether you will publish your full terms of engagement with Fenchurch Advisory? Your personal financial interest What would your remuneration be as chairman of the new Bain owned business incl...

Tireless Merseyside mums who never stopped fighting for justice for their children Merseyside is full of inspirational women who have campaigned for justice Updated Gee Walker set up the Anthony Walker Foundation in memory of her son who was murdered in 2005 A tumultuous time for our city - sign up for the Liverpool Echo newsletter so you dont miss the big storiesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to se...

STOCKTON – After decades of serving the community and touching the lives of countless families in Stockton, Alan Cook is retiring as director of Family Ministries at Central United Methodist Church. Incredibly, says someone who’s had a hand in everything from educating children and arranging dinners for struggling families to ministering to families and helping build homes for the needy all over the world, the part of retirement he’s most looking forward to isn’t hitting the beach or s...

MP Gareth Thomas has written to LV= chief executive Mark Hartigan requesting answers to a list of questions ahead of a hearing into LV='s takeover by private equity firm Bain. LV= first announced its sale to Bain Capital in December 2020, but has hit a few stumbling blocks since. Earlier this month, Thomas, chair of