Mark T. Morris

March 5, 2024

Deutsche hires former Citi banker Alison Harding-Jones as global M&A head

...Harding-Jones starts next week based in London and will report to Mark Fedorcik, co-head of Deutsche’s investment bank, according to a statement on Thursday....

January 4, 2024

FT Live

Strategies for Trading Interest Rate Volatility

Understanding the rate environment and capitalising on fluctuations

Climate change

Cambridge-led coalition of universities threatens banks over fossil fuel financing

...“The treasurers in this group all share a common goal, which is to manage money in a way that doesn’t contribute to the financing of fossil fuel expansion and to find something that aligns with the IEA Net...

February 15, 2024

Nomura Holdings Inc

Nomura hires former top UK Treasury official Tom Scholar as European chair

...In 2020, Britain’s former top civil servant Mark Sedwill joined investment bank Rothschild & Co. Nomura has had a chequered past in investment banking....

December 1, 2023

UBS Group AG

Activist Cevian places €1.2bn bet on UBS

...“The notion that large companies can’t be changed is not right. There are many levers you can pull . . . we believe that UBS can become significantly more profitable over time.”...

December 19, 2023

UK tax

Inheritance tax shock for thousands of wealthy families

...“Leave it until your 80s, and the risk becomes far greater that you won’t survive the full seven years.” Morris also highlighted the large amount of tax some failed gifts had attracted....

March 14, 2024

FT Live

Finance Disrupted at TNW Conference

Shaking The Foundations Of Finance | Formerly Future of Finance

Tesla Inc

Tesla shares rise on plans to accelerate launch of ‘more affordable’ models

...That marks Tesla’s first year-on-year quarterly drop since the start of 2020....

April 24, 2024

Tesla Inc

Tesla steers back towards cheaper cars

...“If somebody doesn’t believe Tesla is going to solve autonomy, they should not be an investor in the company.”...

April 25, 2024

Transcript

Transcript: Discover what’s in Capital One’s wallet

...It marks the biggest test for chief executive CS Venkatakrishnan. I’m joined now by the FT’s Stephen Morris to talk about this. Hey, Stephen. Stephen MorrisHello. Marc FilippinoAll right....

February 21, 2024

Tesla Inc

Tesla shareholders braced for worst results in 7 years

...“Plans for Model 2 will likely get most attention but don’t expect a satisfying answer,” Levy said. The company’s quarterly results are also expected to be underwhelming....

April 22, 2024

Jacob Rothschild

Jacob Rothschild, British financier, dies aged 87

...He told the newspaper: “I don’t, you know, usually give interviews. So if you decide to write anything, I’d rather it wasn’t about me.”...

February 26, 2024

News in-depthTesla Inc

Tesla’s ‘gravity-defying’ powers at risk as EV market slows

...“I honestly don’t know what levers he pulls. There is no new product, and he won’t take further price action.”...

April 5, 2024

Monzo Bank Ltd

Monzo targets £4bn valuation in fresh funding round

...A bump in valuation for Monzo would mark an improving climate for financial technology start-ups, following a period of turbulence amid rising interest rates and regulatory scrutiny....

February 20, 2024

Goldman Sachs Group

Unrest at Goldman challenges Solomon’s fragile peace

...“It’s a lot of promises to too many people and they can’t follow through on everything,” said one former Goldman investment banker....

February 23, 2024

Barclays PLC

Barclays to return £10bn to shareholders

...The plan is the first major strategy update at Barclays since 2016 and marks the biggest test for Venkatakrishnan since he succeeded Jes Staley in November 2021....

February 20, 2024

FT Live

Bank of the Year Awards 2024

Recognising the best in banking globally

European banks

Rate rises hand European banks a €100bn windfall

...“I don’t think [over] the next decade the gap will be as large. I think there’s opportunities for the Europeans”, he said....

December 29, 2023

UK Budget 2024

Rich non-doms ‘dismayed’ by Hunt’s decision to end tax breaks

...Mark Davies, a tax adviser to non-doms, said some clients were very annoyed. “I’ve been asked by a number of people to profile other places that might be suitable,” he said....

March 8, 2024

Barclays PLC

Barclays chief under pressure to win over sceptics with strategy update

...“We don’t expect revolutionary changes to strategy, but believe Barclays’ evolution under Venkat can reset the medium-term investment case positively.”...

February 17, 2024

UK Budget 2024

‘British Isa’ aims to boost ailing equities

...“At the moment, outflows of funds from UK equities are depressing valuations and mean there aren’t available funds for [initial public offerings],” he added. “These new measures are no panacea.”...

March 6, 2024

Standard Chartered PLC

StanChart chief laments ‘crap’ stock price as profits jump

...“I don’t think there is a Trump overhang [on our shares]. There is a US-China overhang,” Winters said....

February 23, 2024

ReviewAlbums

The Last Dinner Party: Prelude to Ecstasy — ornate debut lands amid hype and controversy

...“And what I’m feeling isn’t lust, it’s envy,” Morris sings in “Beautiful Boy”, a gripping slow-burner about male entitlement. Her accent is cut-glass....

February 1, 2024

InterviewFilm

Filmmaker Errol Morris on interviewing le Carré and Rumsfeld — but why he won’t touch Trump

...When Errol Morris was a private detective, he didn’t always introduce himself as such....

October 18, 2023

News in-depthMergers & Acquisitions

Bob Diamond and Rich Ricci are banking on a City revival

...“Maybe we don’t deserve to exist, but if we don’t that means there is no mid-cap public market, and that is terrible for the UK.”...

January 17, 2024

News in-depthBoeing Co

Airlines count cost of Boeing’s production slowdown

...“That will cost a little bit, but it doesn’t cost nearly as much as overstaffing by 40 airplanes.”...

April 25, 2024

Banks

UBS chair aims for ‘bloodless coup’ with Ermotti succession

...“The easy losses are getting rid of headcount, the sticky ones are allocated in control functions, data, IT,” Kelleher added. “2024 is the first year we don’t have the cover of the ‘easy’ costs.”...

November 28, 2023

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