Joseph T. Last

April 25, 2024

Sovereign bonds

Ukraine creditors form committee as Kyiv seeks debt restructuring

...“Now we know the debt is unsustainable, it doesn’t make sense to kick the can down the road.”...

April 16, 2024

FT Live

Africa Summit

Africa in a complex world

News in-depthAnglo American PLC

Why South Africa is Anglo American’s ‘poison pill’

...It has a rapport with the government, and understood the lay of the land, and if this vanishes, I don’t see BHP filling that gap.”...

April 26, 2024

Currencies

Asia’s central bankers struggle to contain strong US dollar

...“Fast forward to today and central bankers in Asia can’t really at least currently [count on] a weaker US dollar and [Federal Reserve] rate cuts,” said Adarsh Sinha, head of the Asia rates and currencies...

April 20, 2024

Investments

BofA’s elephant in the room

...Joseph Wilkins is a funds correspondent at FTAdviser. Look at this graph....

February 2, 2024

Asset allocation

The quantitative ‘climate change’

...A replay of the quant winter is unlikely — as long as rates don’t collapse again....

January 24, 2024

FT Live

The Global Boardroom: 8th Edition

FT journalists in conversation with leaders in business and government

FT Magazine

We just got a Michelin star. Now what?

...Just please don’t expect tweezer food. Lauren Joseph is a writer and chef at Dorian Follow @FTMag to find out about our latest stories first...

February 28, 2024

News in-depthEgypt

Demand for Egyptian debt surges after $55bn bailout and investment package

...“The US doesn’t want Egypt to be destabilised because there would be repercussions for Israel and the region....

April 16, 2024

Ghana

Ghana’s debt restructuring deal falters after IMF rebuff

...Bondholder talks are the next stage but Ghana also needs to formalise the deal with official creditors, IMF staff said as they gave the green light for the bailout to continue last week....

April 15, 2024

News in-depthForeign aid

Development funds dash for donor cash at World Bank and IMF meetings

...last week....

April 15, 2024

Fund management

Franklin Templeton plans to take top-performing turnaround fund to new markets

...“They have returned a lot of capital, but for me, buybacks at a discount don’t count as restitution to the people it was intended for,” said Dominic Bokor-Ingram, senior portfolio manager for emerging and...

March 6, 2024

Sovereign debt

Zambia agrees deal to restructure nearly $4bn of bonds

...Zambia’s limbo was an “indictment” of the global system for sovereign debt restructuring, Hichilema told the Financial Times last week, as he pushed creditors “to just walk the extra mile and close this...

March 25, 2024

Sovereign bonds

New York moves to rewrite law on sovereign debt default recovery

...“We don’t want our tax dollars bailing out the private sector. We also want to prevent behaviour among creditors that’s harmful....

March 6, 2024

News updates from March 25: Boeing CEO to step down; UN Security Council calls for Gaza ceasefire

Zambia reaches revised bondholder deal and moves closer to exiting default

...Zambia’s official creditors including China have already signed up to debt relief, which made a private creditor deal the last hurdle to leaving a 2020 default behind....

March 25, 2024

The Henry Mance Interview

Joseph Nye: ‘You can coerce by economic means’

...For several decades, Joseph Nye has been one of the influential thinkers in international relations....

January 15, 2024

FT Live

Future of Asset Management Europe

New fund firm models for Europe's resurgence

Kenya

Kenyan shilling soars after $1.5bn bond issue eases default fears

...“Sell your dollars and get back to business and don’t do any speculation anymore,” he added....

February 15, 2024

Venezuela

Venezuela to regain place on JPMorgan debt indices

...Last month, Washington reimposed sanctions on state miner Minerven after Venezuelan courts upheld a ban on the candidacy of opposition leader María Corina Machado....

February 22, 2024

Zambia

Zambia’s $13bn debt stand-off an ‘indictment’ of global system, says president

...Many bondholders have privately blamed China for blowing up last year’s agreement and for a lack of clarity and transparency....

March 20, 2024

InterviewFilm

Love and conflict in Palestine: ‘Shoshana shows how political violence forces people into opposite camps’

...“We didn’t want to load the dice one way or the other.” The timing of Shoshana’s UK premiere at last year’s London Film Festival could not have been more unfortunate....

February 9, 2024

Zambia

Zambia says it has signed debt restructuring deal with China and India

...Zambia agreed outline terms to modify $6.3bn in debt owed to official lenders last year....

February 24, 2024

International Development Association (IDA)

World Bank lender to poorest nations seeks record funding haul

...He did not specify a target, but IDA raised $23.5bn from donor countries in 2021, the last round of fundraising. That sum was raised to $93bn after tapping capital markets....

March 17, 2024

Ukraine

Hedge fund pushes for power firm to be excluded from Ukraine debt deal

...Naftogaz, the state gas company, restructured foreign currency bonds and exited default last year after negotiations in which VR Capital played an integral role as a significant holder....

April 19, 2024

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

News in-depthSouth Africa

South Africa’s opposition splinters in battle against ANC

...“Some people say we can’t afford it. We say, we can’t afford not to have it,” he said, promising to leverage the “considerable capacity” of the private sector to raise economic growth....

January 2, 2024

Enuma Okoro

Joseph and the value of ordinary lives

...He didn’t seem to question the idea that God could speak to him, that there were portals of spiritual communication available in his ordinary life....

December 22, 2023

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