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News in-depthFrench economy
France’s spending turns into political liability for Macron
...Credit rating reviews from Moody’s on April 26 and S&P on May 31 could result in downgrades....
April 9, 2024
LexHelen Thomas
The Lex Newsletter: Living in an Ozempic world Premium content
...The US pharmaceutical company — whose shares are up 130 per cent over the past year and is now a top-10 S&P 500 stock — chose the week of the Oscars to launch an advert called “Big Night”....
March 15, 2024
FT Live
The Global Boardroom: 8th Edition
FT journalists in conversation with leaders in business and government
Wednesday, 4 DecemberDigital Conference
News in-depthChina Vanke Co Ltd
State-linked Vanke is latest Chinese developer hit by confidence crisis
...Vanke still has an investment-grade rating at S&P and Fitch, the latter of which downgraded it in October, citing weak sales....
March 15, 2024
LexHelen Thomas
The Lex Newsletter: Is BILGE the next threat to London? Premium content
...You can argue about how big the UK market valuation discount really is, compared with the crude price-earnings basis that values the S&P 500 at double the FTSE 100....
February 16, 2024
Bet365 Group Ltd
Bet365 chief Denise Coates’s salary rises to £221mn
...Coates also narrowly trumps the best-paid executives in the US S&P 500, where Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman earned $253mn last year (he separately received about $1bn in dividends) and Alphabet’s Sundar...
January 8, 2024
Chinese economy
Steel and GDP figures fuel scepticism over China’s data
...“There are inconsistencies in the data set that was just released,” noted Louis Kuijs, head of Asia economics at S&P and a former World Bank economist in China....
January 21, 2024
FT Live
Future of Asset Management Europe
New fund firm models for Europe's resurgence
Tuesday, 12 NovemberLondon, UK
Chinese economy
Chinese state banks cut deposit rates in bid to stimulate growth
...The average net interest margins for all Chinese commercial banks is set to fall to 1.76 per cent in 2023, down 0.17 percentage points from 2022, according to S&P Global China Ratings, and is expected to...
December 22, 2023
News updates from February 22: Global stock markets hit record highs, Nvidia smashes record for one-day valuation increase
What to watch in North America
...Thomas in Minneapolis....
February 22, 2024
Oil & Gas industry
Oil and gas firms face virtually no extra borrowing costs, S&P finds
...They’re going to have a piece of the energy pie, just a bit less of it,” said Thomas Watters, managing director at S&P Global Ratings and another of the report’s authors....
November 17, 2023
Mortgages
UK mortgages and services data point to stronger fourth quarter
...Thomas Pugh, economist at leading audit, tax and consulting firm RSM UK, said the credit growth “should support a rebound in economic growth in November and December, after a dismal October, that could prove...
January 4, 2024
News in-depthChinese economy
China’s data ‘black box’ puzzles economists
...That is a very important question for the markets and policymakers alike,” said Louis Kuijs, chief Asia economist at S&P Global. “Everyone is asking, ‘Is the Chinese economy stalling?’...
July 23, 2023
Dalian Wanda Group Co Ltd
Dalian Wanda bond uncertainty fuels high-yield trading volatility in Asia
...“We believe the company faces significant execution risk in unfreezing offshore cash that could be pledged for onshore borrowings,” S&P analysts noted....
July 20, 2023
Gillian Tett
The Magnificent Seven is not the only concentration America should worry about
...Without them, it jumped just 12 per cent: a tech sector tail has been wagging the S&P 500 dog....
January 4, 2024
Chinese economy
China moves to shore up investor confidence in the economy
...China’s benchmark CSI 300 index of Shanghai- and Shenzhen-listed stocks is down more than 2 per cent this year, compared with a rise of almost 14 per cent for the S&P 500....
August 18, 2023
HTSI
How old-wives’ remedies became big business
...P our in the lavender-infused oil and stir to melt together. Once the beeswax has melted, remove the double boiler from the heat. Stir in a suitable dilution of essential oils....
January 23, 2024
FT Live
Moral Money Summit Americas
Unlocking opportunities for a greener and fairer world
Tuesday, 15 OctoberNew York, USA
UK housebuilding
Steep falls in housebuilding drive contraction in UK construction
...Thomas Pugh, economist at consulting group RSM UK, said: “The economy probably contracted in Q3 and, at face value, the PMIs are pointing to another contraction in Q4, which would mark the start of a recession...
November 6, 2023
Transcript
All eyes on Jackson Hole
...That’s if you look at the S&P 500, Europe’s Stoxx 600 and China’s CSI 300 indices. The MSCI index of global stocks is on course for its worst month since last September....
August 23, 2023
Lex is more
How investors are underpricing climate risks
...S&P recently upgraded Miami bonds to AA on this basis, even though the city expects the sea level to rise by up to 21 inches (53cm) by 2070....
August 17, 2023
FirstFT
FirstFT: Global public equities supply shrinks at fastest pace in 25 years
...The S&P 500 experienced its sharpest decline since the middle of February and US government bonds also rose as investors sought safe-haven assets....
April 5, 2024
Bertelsmann SE & Co KGaA
Bertelsmann sells Dutch TV operations after blocked merger attempt
...The sale of RTL Nederland values the Dutch operations roughly at a 50 per cent premium compared with RTL Group, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence....
December 15, 2023
UK economy
UK business activity contracts for third consecutive month
...But Thomas Pugh, economist at RSM UK, said: “Growth is likely to remain marginal over the next year, meaning that it wouldn’t take much of a deterioration, in sentiment or economic conditions, to tip the...
October 24, 2023
US employment
US economy added 199,000 jobs in November
...The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite each gained 0.4 per cent to close at their highest levels in about 20 months....
December 8, 2023
US employment
US bucks expectations with 216,000 new jobs
...The S&P had edged upwards 0.1 per cent by midday trading on Friday, after losses earlier in the week....
January 5, 2024
Unhedged
Consensus calls for cuts, confidently Premium content
...But as Richmond Fed president Thomas Barkin told CNBC yesterday: I’m sceptical that price setters at this point are going back to pre-Covid . . ....
November 30, 2023
Disrupted Times
Inflation eases in the US and eurozone raising hopes of rate cuts
...Shares in New York were higher in late-morning trading, with the S&P 500 up 0.2 per cent and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 0.4 per cent higher....
March 1, 2024

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