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...And here to talk to me about it is the FT’s Asia editor Robin Harding. Hey, Robin. Robin HardingHi, there. Sonja HutsonAll right, Robin, let’s start with the BoJ’s decision to raise interest rates....
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...Despite a spate of aggressive M&A swelling its assets to $1.4tn, its share price has sagged over the past decade, giving it a current market cap of $13.6bn....
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...BNY Mellon has once again resisted the temptation to work in a Boney M reference. Schroders is banging on about a “3D reset” again....
...Beyond the boundaries of his front door, however, when someone other than his little Havanese dog will see him, it’s a different story: “If I’m out in the world socialising then I’m wearing Rick Owens,”...
...I’m always amazed by the sloppiness of the reasoning of some of the people advocating for private equity. And some of them are my friends....
...This is going to reinvigorate M&A, stimulate capital markets activity and stoke the bull run”? Or do you think: “Investors must still be high on those smooth, backward-looking historical returns....
...Robin Lane Fox Well, I mean, I have to say, I’m not hoping. I know it will....
...Speaking at the Financial Times Global Banking Summit on Wednesday, Quinn said: “I’m not a fan of just unleashing inappropriate amounts of risk taking.”...
...I’d settle for a signature from people who are so close that I already know their news or from those who are so famous that mere acknowledgment is a gift (I’m still waiting)....
...In a radical break from their business model of paying fines, lobbying and advising CEOs how to wreck their careers through stupid M&A deals, several banks are looking to break into the hot new phenomenon...
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...“I’d say I’m braver now, possibly even fearless in the work context.”...
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