Hints and tips:
...One thing to start: Rupert Murdoch is stepping down as chair of Fox and News Corp....
...The UN said it “continues to support innovative finance solutions” and will “support those efforts when called upon”....
...Microsoft president Brad Smith met with UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt to find ways to push the deal through, telling the FT in June the company was “in search of solutions”....
...Credit Suisse’s top executives will share a SFr350mn ($380mn) bonus pool if they pull off a radical restructuring designed to restore the fortunes of the scandal-hit bank, said people familiar with the matter...
...The ethics charter now forms part of Schneider’s essential training for all staff and Wexler credits it as one of the foundations of its award-winning ESG policies....
...DD has marvelled at the nonstop fireworks in distressed credit markets and yet, we continue to be surprised at what arises....
...Write to the FintechFT team at imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com. You can build it, but will they come?...
...These included credit card terms and conditions, and the process behind fulfilment of mortgages....
...It has had to raise more than $1bn from its existing investors and tap credit lines from banks to shore up its financial position....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on December 8 2021. ©2021 Nikkei Inc....
...The industry faces a PR crisis; COVID-19 and big pharma’s pioneering role in providing a solution to the pandemic may be a counterbalance to these reputational issues....
...She previously worked as head of securitised product solutions structuring at Barclays....
...Freeh, 70, said the buyout of Freeh Group International Solutions, for an undisclosed sum, would give his two-dozen strong team a bigger platform....
...Hurricanes, forest fires and extreme heat also pose credit risks for airports....
...The solution increasingly for some: flipping burgers in order to flip an asset later....
...“I would say that, as a team, we've pretty well discounted a uniform V-shaped recovery. The question is, is it U-shaped, is it W-shaped or parts of it L-shaped?”...
...Xerox wants to give HP’s board its walking papers We’re all guilty of overusing the David v Goliath trope but in the case of Xerox and HP, it really does apply....
...Appearing via video link from a locked down Madrid, Ms Botin said those estimates were based on a “V-shaped” recession — a sharp shock followed by a rapid recovery, but stressed this was only one possible...
...The developer of Fortnite has come up with a novel solution to the entertainment industry’s perennial problem of finding the next hit, as the blockbuster success of its “battle royale” shooter game begins...
...WPP will also reduce is planned capex from £400m to v£300m....
...Corp bonds QE has been done before (they hold £10bn) still a potential route if credit mkts do seize up down the line....
...Only wearables are going to be in the hundreds of millions,” says Manish Nigam, head of Asian technology research at Credit Suisse....
...Companies do so many different activities that it is very hard to construct a portfolio that provides an effective solution to global warming.”...
...“By thinking in that way, we are able to get closer to our clients, to stay relevant and to deliver more innovative solutions outside of traditional lending,” said Andrew Hinchliff, CBA group executive of...
...He credits Uber with delivering the functionality to make a novel legal idea work in the real world. “The technical people there never said ‘no’,” he says....
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