David M. Baker

December 4, 2023

...Last week I told you what I found interesting about marathons and this week I’m going to run with it (forgive me, both for this joke and all the awful ones to follow)....

April 14, 2024

FT Live

Due Diligence Live

Where leaders in investment and finance meet

News in-depthPrivate equity

Private equity groups step up pursuit of white-collar partnerships

...Baker Tilly secured a $1bn investment led by H&F in February....

March 18, 2024

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd

Japan’s biggest brewer Asahi cuts down on the booze as consumers go teetotal

...“We’ve always said we want to do M&A, but there is currently no target for us.”...

April 14, 2024

FirstFT

FirstFT: Global M&A drought ends as blockbuster deals double in first quarter Premium

...Here’s more on the regions driving a nascent recovery in the M&A market....

March 28, 2024

Adventurous InvestorDavid Stevenson

Fintech finally starts to add up for investors

...David Stevenson is an active private investor. He has holdings in Chrysalis, Augmentum, Funding Circle and Nubank. Email: adventurous@ft.com. X: @advinvestor....

April 19, 2024

FT Live

Innovative Lawyers Awards Asia-Pacific

Celebrating innovations from both law firms and in-house teams in the region

ReviewMusic

Laufey review — Icelandic singer who has made teenagers mad about jazz

...“I’m a goddess on stage, human when we’re alone,” sings Laufey in “Goddess”, her latest single and her final song at the Roundhouse....

March 14, 2024

News in-depthGreggs PLC

Greggs on a roll as low prices and savvy marketing aid rapid expansion

...“I’m sure that there’s a lot of development that doesn’t see the light of day but you’re able because you’re running your own production lines, and you can capture that margin,” said Stevenson....

March 8, 2024

Q&AFT Magazine

David Yarrow: ‘What trait do I find most irritating in myself? That I’ve never got better at golf’

...As a photographer, Harry Benson, a Glaswegian — I’m showing my slight bias here, as a Scotsman....

March 9, 2024

Transcript

Transcript: It’s central bank week!

...But I’m curious, why are these companies going after the NLRB right now?...

March 18, 2024

ReviewAlbums

Sam Lee: Songdreaming — beautiful and unsettling

...“Sometimes I’m plagued by . . . what we’ll leave behind.”...

March 6, 2024

Special ReportWomen in Business

Interview: Stefanie Drews on rethinking strategies for women in finance

...And I remember that particular moment deciding, ‘I’m just not going to do it that way anymore . . . instead I’m just going to focus on performance’....

March 8, 2024

OutlookDavid Pilling

The Sisyphean struggles of Africa’s aspirant middle class

...“I’m looking forward to making sure all my plans work well.” He is doing better than most. The future of Zambia, and of Africa, rests with millions like him....

March 28, 2024

ReviewAlbums

Fela Kuti: Box Set #6 — Idris Elba curates records by the Afrobeat provocateur

...Ginger Baker had a go, leading with his own collaborations with the late Nigerian Afrobeat provocateur....

December 15, 2023

FT Magazine

I scream, you scream, the Danes all scream for cream-filled fastelavnsboller

...“I’m being really conservative, but I don’t like when they start putting all kinds of weird things in, like pistachio and liquorice,” Hahnemann says....

February 14, 2024

FT Live

Innovative Lawyers Summit

Guiding business in a new global age

Jo Ellison

Help, I’m addicted to wealth porn

...It’s wealth porn, and I’m addicted to it — largely because, in my experience, most rich people have appalling taste....

March 1, 2024

News in-depthGhana

Ghana’s masked man reveals tactics behind unorthodox presidential bid

...“I’m not a comedian — I’m an entrepreneur, I’m a visionary, I’m a philanthropist. When I can combine those things that gives me the credibility to add value to society,” he said....

January 19, 2024

UK foreign policy

David Cameron says Ukraine aid is in US interest after meeting Donald Trump

...“I’m here to offer my opinion, to meet with anyone who wants to talk to me about it,” Cameron said, describing the meeting with Trump as in line with precedent....

April 9, 2024

News in-depthJapanese business & finance

Nippon Steel’s US bet could be ‘catalyst’ unleashing Japan M&A wave

...Another head of M&A at a global investment bank said the Nippon Steel deal “would inspire other Japanese companies to act”....

December 20, 2023

FT SeriesHouse & Home Christmas Special 2023

Bruges is in full Christmas mode but no gifts for local homebuyers

...“We like to call it Disneyland,” says David Fonteyne, general manager at Found & Baker estate agency. “For residents, it takes a lot of the comfort away....

December 6, 2023

Due Diligence

How not to handle a mega-deal Premium

...JPMorgan’s vice-chair of investment banking Andy Lipsky and co-head of strategic investor group M&A Haidee Lee are leaving the bank, according to a person familiar with the matter....

April 19, 2024

Special ReportNorth America Innovative Lawyers

Legal ‘change makers’ ambitious for impact

...David CohenPartner Reed Smith David Cohen leads the firm’s global records and electronic discovery team....

December 5, 2023

David Beckham

Beckhams more than double revenue at business empire

...The US group also owns Hunter wellington boots and Ted Baker brands....

December 29, 2023

Namibia

Namibia’s veteran president Hage Geingob dies aged 82

...“I’m not going to be around for the elections so don’t panic,” he said on social media site X....

February 5, 2024

Adventurous InvestorDavid Stevenson

My left-field investment ideas for 2024

...But I’m not about to let that stop me putting out some adventurous investment thoughts for 2024....

February 1, 2024

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