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		<title><![CDATA[Resolution Reports Weaker Friends Sales]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Insurance-focussed takeover vehicle Resolution RSL reported a drop in sales at Friends Provident, its first acquisition, but said it planned further deals as the sector remains ripe for consolidation.Resolution, which completed the acquisition of Friends Provident on November 4, said the insurer had sales of 505...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:34:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Resolution in $3.1 Billion Friends Buy, Sees More Deals]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Myles Neligan and Clara Ferreira-Marques LONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Britain's Resolution RSL, an acquisitions vehicle founded by entrepreneur Clive Cowdery, clinched its first deal on Tuesday with the 1.86 billion pound ($3.1 billion) takeover of insurer Friends Provident FP. Resolution, created last year to buy life insurers and asset managers,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:41:27 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Resolution clinches 1.86 billion pound Friends deal]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Myles Neligan and Clara Ferreira-Marques LONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Britain's Resolution (RSL.L), an acquisitions vehicle founded by entrepreneur Clive Cowdery, clinched its first deal on Tuesday with the 1.86 billion pound ($3.1 billion) takeover of insurer Friends Provident (FP.L). Resolution, created last year to buy life insurers and asset managers,...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Friends in talks with Resolution, deal seen soon]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Clara Ferreira-Marques LONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - British life insurer Friends Provident (FP.L) has agreed to talks with suitor Resolution after receiving a revised offer valuing it at 1.9 billion pounds ($3.2 billion), sending its shares up almost 8 percent. Though no deal in the on-off saga has yet been agreed,...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Friends is wary on bond defaults]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[FRIENDS PROVIDENT set aside 217m last year for potential losses on corporate bonds as the recession threatened to take a heavy toll on borrowers. The extra reserves on the life insurers 2.1bn of corporate bonds took those provisions to 500m, it said yesterday.   Concerns have mounted about insurers...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[New chief cheers up Friends Provident]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Investment Column    Our view: Hold   Share price: 81.5p (+ 8.1p)   They waited a long time for him, but Trevor Matthews seems to be doing the business at Friends Provident. The Australian chief executive's garden got a six-month overhaul before his notice period with...]]></description>
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