Stephen H. Copple

February 5, 2024

News in-depthPrivate equity

Private equity groups step up pursuit of white-collar partnerships

...Baker Tilly secured a $1bn investment led by H&F in February....

March 18, 2024

FT Live

Bank of the Year Awards 2024

Recognising the best in banking globally

News updates from February 5: King Charles diagnosed with cancer, McDonald’s blames war on weak sales

Private equity buys majority stake in US accounting firm Baker Tilly

...H&F’s investment also underscores the growing interest of private equity in professional services firms, and represents a return to large-scale dealmaking in the US accounting sector after a hiatus caused...

February 5, 2024

Inside Politics

BBC’s app can tell us the political weather

...Now try this I was really impressed by the Amsterdam Museum’s temporary home at the H’ART Museum (at Amstel 51) on my holiday: a really well-put-together account of the city, its complicated history and...

February 20, 2024

InterviewAccountancy

RSM rules out radical changes to accounting partnership model

...For 12 years until 2011, the firm — then known as RSM McGladrey — was part of the publicly listed tax preparer H&R Block. “It made us into a national firm, which was great....

January 3, 2024

US employment

‘Stunning’ US jobs growth of 353,000 far outstrips estimates

...Stephen Stanley, chief US economist at Santander, said that although January’s 353,000 jobs figure was “exaggerated by seasonality”, the data was “strong across the board”....

February 2, 2024

FT Live

Due Diligence Live

Where leaders in investment and finance meet

Federal Reserve

Powell says Fed rate cuts in March are ‘not base case’

...Stephen Stanley, chief US economist at Santander, described the Fed’s statement as a “nice balance between getting rid of the hiking bias but adding that they are not close to easing yet”....

January 31, 2024

Letter

Letter: Bankman-Fried’s parents may reap what they sow

...I read with interest Stephen Bush’s empathetic article “The problem with power parents” (Opinion, September 26) describing the ignominious outlook of financial ruin for Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried,...

September 27, 2023

US banks

Don’t worry, it was just a “scam”

...Here’s a helpful snapshot of Heartland’s balance sheet (h/t Bank Reg Blog): High share of uninsured deposits? Nope. More than 70 per cent of Heartland’s were backed by the FDIC, as of March 30....

August 1, 2023

Due Diligence

The Morgan Stanley of Europe? Premium

...Stephen Scherr has stepped down as chief executive of car rental chain Hertz....

March 19, 2024

The Week Ahead

UK party conference season begins while Spain wrestles with coalition plans

...Read Stephen Bush’s excellent Inside Politics newsletter for insightful commentary....

September 24, 2023

Special ReportFuture of AI

‘Humanoid’ robot wave signals change on the production line

...Its latest Phoenix model is 5ft 7in tall, weighs 70kg, and can walk at up to 5km/h. It is operated by humans but, Rose forecasts, will eventually mimic human memory, sight, sound and touch....

March 26, 2024

Letter

Letter: Action is needed to let Ukraine use Russia’s frozen assets

...Institute for Peace, the US Ambassador to Ukraine 2006-09 Amb Carlos PascualUS Ambassador to Ukraine 2000-03 Amb Steven PiferSenior Fellow, Brookings Institution, the US Ambassador to Ukraine 1998-2000 Amb Stephen...

November 3, 2023

HSBC Holdings PLC

HSBC shareholders reject Ping An-backed split proposal at AGM

...One group sang to the tune of YMCA, “H-S-B-C, get your money out of H-S-B-C . . . they’re selling greenwashing lies . . . investors complicit up to their eyes”....

May 5, 2023

UnhedgedRobert Armstrong

The Fed: no secrets, no promises Premium

...Stephen Stanley, chief US economist at Santander, said “the new language reveals somewhat of a hiking bias”....

May 4, 2023

FT Live

Managing Operational Risk in M&A Transactions

Examining the value of business licensing and property tax in the deal cycle

The Week Ahead

Testing times for Trump

...Rishi Sunak is still the UK’s prime minister — though not for long, according to Inside Politics newsletter writer Stephen Bush....

December 10, 2023

FT MagazineRobert Shrimsley

Graduation days are all about the parents, stupid

...I’m not knocking their career achievements but, in entertainment terms, they’re not exactly Stephen Fry....

August 4, 2023

MBA

MBA ranking 2023: business school profiles

...LC Joint highest climber: Maryland: SmithThe Robert H Smith School of Business in the US is one of two equal highest climbers, up 28 places to 57th....

February 12, 2023

Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture

Investors and regulators focus on food tracing

...Planet Tracker, a London-based pressure group, noted in March that clothing giants such as H&M Group and Inditex have heads of traceability, while “many large food companies typically do not”....

July 13, 2023

First Republic

The ‘three Js’ who put together a rescue deal for First Republic

...Additional reporting by Stephen Gandel in New York...

March 16, 2023

The Week Ahead

Biden rolls out infrastructure plan and Fed publishes stress test results

...Dame Elan Closs Stephens becomes acting chair at the BBC....

June 25, 2023

FT Magazine

A photographer’s journey to the eye of the storm

...Stephen Mayes, his longtime friend and executive director of the Tim Hetherington Trust, recalls the first time he encountered Tim’s work....

April 4, 2024

Tyson Foods Inc

Tyson Foods launches board review over new CFO’s arrest

...He is the 32-year-old son of Tyson chair John H Tyson and the great-grandson of the founder of the American meat-processing company....

November 14, 2022

The Art of Fashion: Fantastic Shapes

Behind the seams at the museum

...All photographed for the FT by Stephen Burridge Model, Mila H at Milk Management; photographer’s assistant, Emily Cockram; hair stylist, Yoshitaka Miyazaki; make-up artist, Jane Richardson Find out about...

April 5, 2023

The Week Ahead

Power to the people

...For more insights, read FT columnist Stephen Bush’s Inside Politics. As well as the Union, the Westminster government has to worry about the unions....

March 12, 2023

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