Hints and tips:
...Take a break from the news V-necks have been verboten for as long as most of us can remember, writes Teo van den Broeke....
...Despite the downbeat business activity news the UK government said a major investment conference next month would provide the “rocket fuel” for business expansion....
...But Gautam Puntambekar, country executive for Bank of America, says that “when you talk about semiconductors, Malaysia is invariably part of the conversation”....
...Other events include a major Van Gogh exhibition in September. From May 10; Find information, tickets and programme here....
...We would also expect questions around the intentions for the N. America division. In our view Mondi is a good capital allocator and will not consolidate the market for consolidation’s sake....
...As one supply-chain finance specialist put it to FTAV: “You’re really putting your supplier in the role of a bank”. And this does not necessarily mean that banks are not involved at all....
...Modi brushes aside a question about a recent relaxation of US-China tensions, saying they are “best addressed by the people and government of America and China”....
...moment immortalised in one of the most famous rock ’n’ roll photographs of all time....
...Gary Stevenson So really, how did the banks determine who they give the internships to? And what it comes down to is CV and cover letter. And LSE has a lot of very wealthy students....
...No way back on N Ireland There is no path back to a pre-Brexit Northern Ireland, writes Robert Shrimsley, and only when the ultras and unionists have accepted this will there be hope for a deal everyone...
...When I last spoke to Goodall in February 2022, the company had just raised $20mn in a funding round led by Bank of America and Edenred Capital Partners....
...Other banks have been doing this for a while, like JPMorgan and Citigroup and European banks too. Owen explains why Goldman is getting into this now....
...We operate in the UK, North America, Canada, US and now in the EU plus peripheral Europe. We have a lot of clients in the private equity space and in private credit....
...The plans included launching a business in the Philippines, where the bank has already started applying for a banking licence, and acquiring a payments company in Latin America....
...Existing investors include major banks and payment players such as Lloyds Banking Group, Barclays, Mastercard and Nationwide, with a total fundraise of $217m....
...In need of a little lighter entertainment? Well, it’s a good week for major sporting tournaments with the start of both Wimbledon fortnight and the Tour de France, which this year begins in Copenhagen....
...Macron is now Europe’s most powerful politician, says chief foreign affairs commentator Gideon Rachman, and could help the EU become a major geopolitical power, on a par with China and the US....
...As always, reach out to us at imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com with thoughts and topics....
...“I’ve been called the most persistent person in America,” he says. “And I take that as a compliment.”...
...This push for digital started with Bank of America more than a decade ago, and now it’s gone all the way down into very small financial institutions....
...But America is more fragmented, and starting a community around a product requires an understanding of that group, which might be vastly different in LA, Seattle or New York....
...Joe Biden’s pick to head up a major US bank regulator has hit back at her critics in Congress and Wall Street, accusing some of them of singling her out for being a woman and a minority candidate....
...Despite the recent choppiness of financial markets, 51 per cent of US equity fund managers out performed the stock market in January, according to Bank of America....
...Throughout the year nearly every major retail bank, from Bank of America to Santander, has rolled out new features to help consumers avoid the proverbial “$35 cup of coffee”, when overextending your account...
....” — Athul N Ravunniarath, New York, New York...
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