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...“The irony of being in the Financial Times is that I don’t really have finances as such,” he smiles....
...Four decades of population growth went at least temporarily into reverse in 2021, and the City has lost some finance jobs to Paris and Milan....
...As ever, drop me a note at sid.v@ft.com if you’ve got thoughts and ideas for upcoming Future of Money newsletters....
...If you’ve got thoughts about this or a topic that would suit a future installment of the Future of Money, email me at sid.v@ft.com....
...with so many [things to consider] like inflation, oil prices and the US interest rate, the year started on a positive note [for the privatisation drive],” said N R Bhanumurthy, vice-chancellor of the Dr B...
...Email me at sid.v@ft.com. Reach Imani at imani.moise@ft.com. PS I’ll be interviewing Jonas Templestein, the co-founder of Monzo Bank, at the FT Future of Finance summit on June 16-17....
...“The topmost business families of India do not move without consulting good astrologers,” said Anupam V Kapil, an astrology columnist for the Times of India....
...As ever, drop Imani (Imani.Moise@ft.com) or myself (Sid.V@ft.com) your emails with thoughts and suggested topics for coverage. Have a great week!...
...Some investors lamented at the time that the delegation sent to Boston and London represented the “B-team”, given that the finance minister at the time, Luis Caputo, had travelled to New York, Los Angeles...
...For CMBS borrowers, the finance industry has found caches of “FF & E money”....
...Back then I argued that the “bank” shape was oddly relevant since the need to “fix” finance after the collapse of Lehman Brothers would cause an initial economic rebound to subsequently flatten out, creating...
...But this will not be the momentary stumble followed by a V-shaped recovery of administration and deal-sponsor lore....
...“Comparing this with the Lehman crisis, this time customers are not spending any money, and a V-shaped recovery will be difficult....
...That compares with Saudi Arabia’s promised increase of supplies by 2.5m b/d alongside an eventual 1m b/d boost to capacity. Other Russian producers have argued against Mr Sechin’s aggressive approach....
...To offset the fiscal impact of the revenue drop, we estimate that oil prices would need to average a little under USD48/b this year rather than the USD37/b we currently assume....
...It will certainly require evidence of a V-shaped economic recovery to ignite demand for cyclical and value stocks....
...Yes, the numbers are bigger, but the shock, while not a V is shorter and sharper than that crash, and the pre-crisis fiscal situation was strong....
...As Liaquat Ahmed explained in his book, “Lords of Finance,” it has always been thus....
...In light of these events as well as PSM’s speaker of the board Beaujean confirming that he is open for talks, we believe the news flow from the corporate finance angle will remain high....
...The IMF is authorised to do so by Article V, Section 2(b) of the IMF’s Articles of Agreement, which constitute an international treaty among the 189 IMF member countries....
...(FT) Warren v Wall Street? Elizabeth Warren is one of the country’s most prominent critics of Wall Street firms and big banks....
...Macron v Di Maio France has summoned Italy’s ambassador in Paris after deputy PM Luigi Di Maio accused Mr Macron’s government of worsening African poverty and stoking a refugee crisis....
...Standard Chartered is one of the biggest banks in commodity trade finance. More here....
...On Sunday he blocked a eurosceptic finance minister proposed by a nascent populist government, prompting its collapse and calls for his impeachment....
...(FT) Metro has no plan B The FT sits down with the head of Metro, the German group, who says the company has “no plan B” if a billionaire shareholder is successful in a legal challenge to its plans to split...
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