The Pulse with Francine Lacqua 8/26/2026

Bloomberg Markets Wednesday 26 August 2026, 11:47 UTC 1 min read

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"The Pulse With Francine Lacqua" is all about conversations with high profile guests in the beating heart of global business, economics, finance and politics. Based in London, we go wherever the story is, bringing you exclusive interviews and market-moving scoops. Today's guests: Simon MacAdam, Capital Economics, Deputy Chief Global Economist; Anna Leach, Institute of Directors, Chief Economist.

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Mark Walter's TWG Global, in an extraordinary statement Tuesday morning, blasted what it called "multipronged attacks" against the holding company and its subsidiaries, and said "despite what has been reported, there has been no fraud" at those companies. The statement came amid a flurry of media reports about Walter's empire and federal criminal and civil investigations into the accounting for related-party financial transactions by two of his insurers "TWG and the Group 1001 insurance...

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