Alastair
Americannoun
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Alastair Pinder, head emerging markets and global equity strategist at HSBC, recommends leaning into equities in markets that “appear to have been unfairly punished.”
From Barron's • Mar. 22, 2026
Jersey's Senior Scientific Officer for Invasive Species, Alastair Christie, said the reporting tool would save time to allow the team to "concentrate on prompt nest destruction or appropriate actions".
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
Bank of America Chief Financial Officer Alastair Borthwick, speaking to journalists, said the bank just isn’t seeing this bifurcation.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 14, 2026
“All of the metrics that we can see tell us the consumer remains resilient and is in great shape,” Alastair Borthwick, the bank’s chief financial officer, said on a call with reporters.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
Normally I sit next to Alastair Nurton in Maths but this morning Alastair Nurton was sitting next to David Ockeridge.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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