Hints and tips:
...June 20 to September 8; further information and tickets here ‘Naomi’, V&A South Kensington An ode to the life and work of supermodel Naomi Campbell....
...The argument is persuasive enough that she has already helped convince high-profile names such as MacKenzie Scott and Tsitsi Masiyiwa to move toward group giving....
...A banner of brilliantly embroidered paisley — the textile pattern of ancient Indo-Iranian origin so utterly co-opted by the British — fluttered by the lake in the Madejski courtyard....
...“[They] happened to be the most liquid asset that those entities had to liquidate in order to cover their leverage and margin issues,” said Scott Kleinman, co-president of Apollo, on an earnings call....
...As always, reach out to me (imani.moise@ft.com) or Sid (sid.v@ft.com) to share your feedback on today’s newsletter. Happy reading!...
...Monday The UN Ocean Conference, co-hosted by the governments of Kenya and Portugal, begins in Lisbon UK, the Wimbledon tennis tournament begins at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in south...
...Afterwards, I spent three years researching and co-writing a book, Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas, with Mayer....
...Latham & Watkins has hired Scott Miller as a private equity and M&A partner in Houston and Susan Yoon Parker as a private equity and banking partner in Boston....
...Email me at sid.v@ft.com. Reach Imani at imani.moise@ft.com. PS I’ll be interviewing Jonas Templestein, the co-founder of Monzo Bank, at the FT Future of Finance summit on June 16-17....
...She was also once dashing through New York in the 1990s with Scott Cook, co-founder of financial software maker Intuit, and running slightly late for a meeting despite skipping lunch....
...Not exactly fit for the V&A, but it worked just fine in a foyer around the corner from the Gare du Nord....
...In the UK, the proliferation of “new” masters has been spearheaded by Bendor Grosvenor, co-presenter of the BBC television series Britain’s Lost Masterpieces....
...Instagram v influencers Instagram’s recent shift to facilitate more direct ecommerce on the platform is likely to provide a new source of revenue for influencers....
...Where to seeMary Quant at the V&A (vam.ac.uk); till Feb 16. Zandra Rhodes: Fifty Years of Fabulous at the Fashion & Textile Museum (ftmlondon.org); Sept 27 2019-Jan 26 2020....
...Idexx said in October that the animal health market had experienced a “V-shaped recovery”....
...Here’s what you suggested: Coca-Cola, Walgreens-Boots Alliance, AIG and Inditex. Now back to the show . . ....
...The US acted in a co-ordinated fashion after the 2008 financial crisis and has been rewarded by a boom. The S and P Index is up over four times since....
...Job moves Scott Gottlieb is stepping down as head of the US Food and Drug Administration after two years in the job....
...(Noyer v, to drown; noyer n, walnut.) “He’s not drowning and he hasn’t cracked,” quipped one observer....
...So far, results from Evercore, Lazard, Greenhill & Co and Houlihan Lokey are out....
...Harry Keogh, a Coutts & Co banker, has resigned with immediate effect following allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards female co-workers, the Wall Street Journal reported....
...JPMorgan Chase has named Michele Iozzolino and Tobias Heilmaier as co-heads of corporate finance coverage in Germany based in Frankfurt....
...Job Moves Blackstone also appointed Ken Caplan and Kathleen McCarthy as global co-head of the real estate division....
...On display at the V&A is a panel of floral marquetry attributed to Marc Simon that once decorated the ship’s deluxe Beauvais suite....
...“Embroidery is special because it’s freehand, almost like painting with a needle,” says Clare Browne, co-curator of the V&A exhibition....
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