Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Venture capitalists are struggling to raise money, signalling the end of an era of “megafunds” and a slowdown in start-up dealmaking over the coming years. Globally, venture firms raised $30.4bn from university endowments, foundations and
The bankruptcy of Iowa City’s Mercy Hospital is closer to an end with the resolution last week of a dispute between the committee of unsecured creditors, which had filed a complaint on March 25, and trustee Computershare Trust and bondholder representative Preston Hollow Community Capital. The plan support agreement reached raised the estimated dollar amount
Singapore topped the list on the Economist Intelligence Unit’s business environment ranking. franckreporter | E+ | Getty Images Singapore, Denmark and U.S. are the best places in the world to conduct business, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit business environment ranking. “Singapore will remain the best geography in the world to do business, as it
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Gary Gensler testifies during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill September 12, 2023 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images The annual two-day “SEC Speaks” event kicked off Tuesday, offering clues to what the priorities will be for the Securities and Exchange Commission in the coming
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Nato is drawing up plans to secure a five-year military aid package of up to $100bn, in a bid to shield Ukraine from “winds of political change” that could usher in a second Trump
When his partner decided to retire, bond attorney Brian Quint shuttered his San Francisco law firm and joined Stradling Yocca, Carlson & Rauth. Quint & Thimmig closed March 31 — exactly 27 years to the day that it opened on March 31, 1997. Brian Quint started work as of counsel at Stradling on Monday. Brian
Kristalina Georgieva, Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), speaks during the China Development Forum 2024 at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on March 24, 2024 in Beijing, China. China News Service | China News Service | Getty Images China has two choices right now: return to its old economic policies, or choose reforms to spur
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK tax myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. A group of 3,000 private equity dealmakers shared an annual carried interest windfall of about £5bn in the 2022 tax year, highlighting the large sums at stake in the UK debate over how these payouts
Munis were little changed Monday as U.S. Treasuries sold off and equities ended mixed. Following the conclusion of the first quarter, munis are seeing losses for the year with the asset class returning negative 0.39% for the year and March returns were at 0.00%, noted Jason Wong, vice president of municipals at AmeriVet Securities. The
Three senior members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards were killed on Monday in an air strike on the consular section of Iran’s embassy in Damascus, an attack that Tehran has blamed on Israel. The death of Brigadier General Mohammad-Reza Zahedi, a prominent commander of the Revolutionary Guards, marks a significant escalation in hostilities that have engulfed
Issuance in March increased for the third consecutive month, helped by a surge in refundings and several billion-plus dollar deals, as increased demand and fewer economic headwinds led to greater issuer confidence. March’s volume rose 7.1% to $36.405 billion in 532 issues from $34.008 billion in 601 issues in 2023. Issuance in March is above the
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks from the hallway outside a courtroom where he attended a hearing in his criminal case on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star in New York City, U.S., March 25, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters A court ruling that slashed Donald Trump‘s civil fraud appeal bond
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Companies are rushing to meet their financing needs before the US election this year, in a bid to get ahead of potential market volatility in the final stages of the presidential race. Corporate borrowers have
With tax season in full swing, the muni market is underperforming and facing selling pressure as investors move out of short-term paper to pay tax blls. However, these dynamics have not made the asset class an undesirable option for investors and most expect demand to remain strong. Munis are returning negative 0.06% month-to-date, while USTs
In this article AVGO LULU MU Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Lululemon logo is seen on the building in Santa Monica, United States on November 12, 2023. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images The U.S. stock market witnessed a strong run in the first quarter of 2024, but uncertainty looms as investors await
The surge of money flooding into artificial intelligence has resulted in some crypto-like hype that is obscuring the incredible scientific progress in the field, according to Demis Hassabis, co-founder of DeepMind. The chief executive of Google’s AI research division told the Financial Times that the billions of dollars being poured into generative AI start-ups and
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board voted 11-1 to adopt its congestion pricing toll structure, the first of its kind in the nation and a key source of funding for the MTA’s upcoming capital projects. The vote will allow congestion pricing to be implemented as planned in mid-June. However, the congestion pricing plan is
Adam Neumann of WeWork and Victor Fung Kwok-king, right, chairman of Fung Group, attend a signing ceremony at WeWork’s Weihai Road location on April 12, 2018 in Shanghai, China. Jackal Pan | Visual China Group | Getty Images Adam Neumann has submitted an unsolicited bid in excess of $500 million to acquire WeWork out of
Sky Xu, the intensely private Chinese billionaire founder of fast-fashion group Shein, will be thrust into the spotlight when the ecommerce group, once valued at $100bn, launches its planned listing next year. There is scant information available online about the man whose company’s explosive growth was made possible by the social media age. Shein’s website
New Yorkers are feeling less satisfied and more uneasy today than they were only six years ago, according to a survey done by the Citizens Budget Commission. The results of the CBC’s 2023 Resident Survey released March 19 reveals that Big Apple residents rate their quality of life much lower than they did in a
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