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February 23, 2024

Lloyd’s of London attracts biggest ‘Names’ syndicate since 1990s

...“If you look at any index, any platform, you’d expect that [private investor share] to be higher,” Lloyd’s chief executive John Neal told the Financial Times....

March 28, 2024

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John Wood Group PLC

It’s probably Britain’s fault when stocks fall, even when it’s not

...In February 2023, Wood said it had rejected takeover approaches from Apollo. Sparta’s concern was such that shortly afterwards, its stake in Wood crossed the 3 per cent disclosure threshold....

April 16, 2024

News updates from April 16: Powell says inflation fight will take ‘longer than expected’; China GDP jumps 5.3%

Activist investor Sparta calls on Wood Group to move listing to US or go private

...John Wood Group, the FTSE 250 engineering services company, should either move its listing to the US or consider going private, said activist investor Sparta Capital Management....

April 16, 2024

John Wood Group PLC

Activist investor calls on Wood Group to consider New York listing

...John Wood Group, the FTSE 250 engineering services company, should either move its listing to the US or consider a sale, activist investor Sparta Capital Management said on Tuesday....

April 16, 2024

ReviewHistory books

Chris Bryant’s James and John — when British men were hanged for being gay

...The very last two men to be executed, in November 1835, were James Pratt and John Smith....

March 22, 2024

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Future of Retail

Securing long-term business growth with technology innovation

LexUK companies

No, a US listing cannot fix every UK company’s problems Premium

...Wood is no CRH or Flutter....

April 16, 2024

Lex PopuliInvestments

If you like a company, should you buy its shares?

...Wood is no CRH or Flutter....

April 19, 2024

Person in the News

Sarah J Maas: the ‘romantasy’ writer who could save publishing

...The Throne of Glass series was followed by a second, beginning with A Court of Thorns and Roses, a book she had begun writing while a jobless recent graduate about a huntress who lives in a snowy wood, looking...

February 17, 2024

FT Asset Management

Elon vs Tesla shareholders

...Cathie hits the comeback trail Cathie Wood — I think still the only woman in finance who is often known by her first name alone — is back....

February 5, 2024

Letter

Letter: Is obesity predestined by ‘the fat controller’?

...J Wilson Carswell London W12, UK...

January 12, 2024

J Sainsbury PLC

Sainsbury’s to cut costs by £1bn and launch share buyback

...J Sainsbury’s fresh plans to boost shareholder returns and cut a further £1bn in costs over the next three years drew a lukewarm response from investors on Wednesday after the supermarket chain also disclosed...

February 7, 2024

Markets InsightToby Nangle

What’s wrong with the Shiller Cape benchmark for markets?

...More than half a century later, in 1988, economists Robert Shiller and John Campbell investigated whether this approach could help predict aggregate stock market returns. They found that it could....

February 5, 2024

Scoreboard

Roger Federer’s lesson for Tiger Woods Premium

...Nike still dominates basketball, but its other categories face more competition”, said John Kernan, managing director at TD Cowen. “Brands cannot be all things to all people anymore.”...

January 13, 2024

John Lee

A year of takeovers can fuel my portfolio

...Direct Line, Spirent, Mattioli Woods, Wincanton and others have either been sold or are “in play” in 2024, with big jumps in their share prices....

March 20, 2024

FT Live

Future of Asset Management Europe

New fund firm models for Europe's resurgence

Interiors

The Collect craft fair 2024: from the surreal to the ephemeral

...Steven John Clark Since establishing his design practice denHolm in 2020, Melbourne-based Scottish artist Steven John Clark has been celebrated for his striking sculptural furniture....

February 25, 2024

Investments

Directors’ deals: Breedon chair buys into US push

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April 12, 2024

Markets InsightJohn Plender

Spiralling US public debt risks action from bond vigilantes

...In which case we are in similar territory to the collapse of the Bretton Woods exchange rate regime in the early 1970s, which unleashed two decades of high inflation and enduring financial instability....

February 26, 2024

Sainsburys Bank PLC

Sainsbury’s to exit core banking business

...Many British retailers including Marks and Spencer, John Lewis and Tesco, entered financial services in the 1990s, at a time of strong lending growth....

January 18, 2024

Transcript

Transcript: India’s digital transformation

...People are chopping wood for funeral pyres, which are wafting out pungent smoke....

December 20, 2023

LexUK retail industry

The lessons from UK supermarkets’ misadventures in banking Premium

...Others, such as John Lewis, which have suggested they can use shoppers’ brand affection to find success in unrelated sectors should take note....

January 18, 2024

ReviewFiction

North Woods by Daniel Mason — tales from a haunted house

...North Woods by Daniel Mason John Murray £16.99/Random House $28, 384 pages Join our online book group on Facebook at FT Books Café...

September 1, 2023

FT SeriesHTSI spring menswear special 2024

Menswear accessories to put a spring in your step

...Gucci maple-wood skateboard, £1,650 Set design, Manon Everhard at Streeters. Photographer’s assistant, Emilie Zasso. Stylist’s assistant, Yakiv Kotlik...

March 12, 2024

Nike Inc

Nike races to keep from losing ground to more nimble rivals

...Federer’s effect on On Running could be a template for Woods, who left Nike this week after 27 years....

January 13, 2024

News updates from January 12: China pledges to ‘smash’ Taiwan independence, US wholesale inflation declines

Risers and fallers in Europe

...John Wood Group: Shares in the UK-based engineering company climbed 2.8 per cent after it reported revenue for its 2023 financial year of around $6bn, up 9 per cent year on year....

January 12, 2024

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