John P. Sweeney

December 15, 2023

News updates from December 15: Rudy Giuliani ordered to pay $148mn to 2020 election workers, Israel mistakenly kills three hostages in Gaza

S&P 500 opens lower as Fed official tempers rate cut speculation

...Stocks had been poised to open higher but the S&P 500 dropped 0.2 per cent in early trading after John Williams, head of the New York Federal Reserve, said that rate cuts were not the priority for policymakers...

December 15, 2023

FT Live

Future of Asset Management Europe

New fund firm models for Europe's resurgence

Insurance

Lloyd’s of London chief calls for quick insurance payouts on Baltimore bridge

...Lloyd’s boss John Neal told the Financial Times that the incident had the potential to produce the largest marine insurance claim in history, topping the crash of the cruise ship Costa Concordia in 2012,...

March 28, 2024

Moral Money

What’s next on John Kerry’s green agenda? Premium

...Lululemon’s shares have surged 49 per cent over the past 12 months — easily beating a 4.6 per cent rise for the S&P Retail Select Industry index....

January 17, 2024

On Wall StreetJennifer Hughes

A boring IPO market is a good one — for now

...Today it’s very different,” said John Wolff, chief investment officer for the public equities fund at venture capitalist Insight Partners....

April 20, 2024

News updates from February 27: Hungary backs Sweden’s Nato bid, FTC sues to block Kroger-Albertsons merger

Asia-Pacific equities fall as investors analyse US Fed interest rate comments

...Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was flat. On Friday, New York Federal Reserve president John Williams said the US was on track to cut interest rates “later this year”....

February 26, 2024

FT Live

Commodities Asia Summit

Enabling decarbonisation in a time of disrupted trade flows

News updates from February 27: Hungary backs Sweden’s Nato bid, FTC sues to block Kroger-Albertsons merger

Computer maker Lenovo bucks downward trend for Hong Kong and China stocks as week opens

...On Friday, New York Fed president John Williams said the US was on track to cut interest rates “later this year”....

February 26, 2024

The Long ViewJohn Plender

Great reversals in markets are now under way

...john.plender@ft.com...

January 5, 2024

News updates from January 25: US economy grows 3.3% in fourth quarter, ECB keeps interest rate at 4%

NextEra Energy posts ‘best-ever year’ for renewables orders

...Full year net income of $7.3bn was up from $4.2bn the previous year and ahead of the $6.9bn pencilled in by Wall Street analysts, according to S&P Capital IQ....

January 25, 2024

Transcript

Transcript: The west is losing patience with Israel

...Investors were very, very excited by all this news and the S&P 500 jumped by 1.4 per cent. We’ll get even more monetary policy news soon....

December 14, 2023

HTSI

What makes Elton tick?

...“It’s an auction for people who enjoy Elton John and his music....

February 5, 2024

On Wall StreetWilliam Cohan

What is the point of proxy fights?

...Peltz secured a board seat for his son-in-law, and then in October 2018 got Immelt’s successor John Flannery replaced by CEO Larry Culp....

February 23, 2024

Exchange traded funds

Synthetic convertible ETF aims at Magnificent Seven bond problem

...ing] uncapped exposure to the S&P 500, while buffering against the possibility of significant losses”....

February 26, 2024

Transcript

Transcript: Superintelligent AI — The Utopians

...social benefits taken away by our bad decision system, in terms of having non-consensual porn being made about them through a text-image system, or going all the way back to 2013 when Professor Latanya Sweeney...

November 21, 2023

Hedge funds

Decline of the star stockpicker: investors pull $150bn from equity hedge funds

...But funds gained 6.1 per cent on average, compared with the S&P 500’s 26.3 per cent gain....

February 7, 2024

FT Live

Future of Asset Management North America

New models for the next age of fund management

Climate change

Exxon leads industry fight against UN plans to limit plastic

...Global demand for plastics, which makes up 50 per cent of petrochemical demand, is expected to nearly double by mid-century, according to S&P Global Commodity Insights....

April 22, 2024

Corporate bonds

Companies rush to issue bonds to forestall US election volatility

...This story has been amended to clarify the job titles of John McAuley and Richard Duffield at Citi....

March 31, 2024

Life & Arts

FT Weekend Quiz: Jørn Utzon, Led Zeppelin and Ivy League

...John Redmond, a supermarket assistant manager, and Kayleigh Kitson, a promotions rep, were the two main characters in which hit British sitcom of the 2010s?...

January 12, 2024

FT Asset Management

JPMorgan’s active ETF push

...Many are now snapping up options tied to the S&P that profit if the market keeps on rising....

March 18, 2024

Global Economy

When will the Bank of Japan next raise interest rates?

...New York Fed president John Williams at a conference on Thursday said he did not feel any “urgency” to cut interest rates because of current levels of inflation....

April 21, 2024

News updates from December 15: Rudy Giuliani ordered to pay $148mn to 2020 election workers, Israel mistakenly kills three hostages in Gaza

US stocks mixed on Fed officials’ caution about rate cut outlook

...The benchmark S&P 500 was down 0.3 per cent, while the Nasdaq Composite was up 0.2 per cent after New York Fed president John Williams and Atlanta Fed president Raphael Bostic indicated that the pace of...

December 15, 2023

HTSI

Is there something I should glow? Duran Duran unveil a lava lamp

...What does Rhodes think about a possible remake with actress Sydney Sweeney?...

October 12, 2023

Moral Money

BP’s outback adventure Premium

...It costs less than $3 per kilogramme for “grey” hydrogen production from fossil fuels, S&P said in a report this year....

March 6, 2024

Disrupted Times

Nvidia chip frenzy drives markets to new heights

...The boost from its earnings helped push the S&P 500 index and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite to new highs. The ripples spread far beyond the US....

February 23, 2024

Energy Source

What to make of falling gas prices Premium

...S&P Global Commodity Insights estimates approximately 6-10 per cent of European industrial gas consumption is gone forever due to demand destruction....

February 29, 2024

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