April 27, 2025
Financial Assets

Warner Bros Discovery looks to avoid break-up with smaller asset sales

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Warner Bros Discovery’s senior management is looking to avoid a break-up of the company as executives race to reverse the Hollywood group’s plunging share price, according to people familiar with the matter.  Following a fall

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REPORT: Tottenham, Southampton negotiating a full-season loan for Alejo Veliz

Tottenham Hotspur have a glut of young attackers in the squad right now, and despite the addition of Europa League there just aren’t enough minutes to go around for everyone. So it’s likely we’ll see one or both of Alejo Veliz and Dane Scarlett head out on loan this season, and possibly also Will Lankshear,

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global selloff, Aramco earnings in focus

‘Consumers are very cost conscious,’ says Barclays’ head of retail Karen Johnson, head of retail at Barclays, discusses the lender’s latest consumer spending report and the impact of seasonal weather and events on spending patterns. ‘We have to strap ourselves in for a bit of volatility,’ portfolio manager says The coming weeks are expected to

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How the Bank of England is wasting billions in public money boosting banking sector profits

The Treasury is predicted to cover £100bn worth of loses at the Bank of England in the next five years – there are better ways we could spend this money. With a new report showing the Treasury has covered over £45 billion worth of losses at the Bank of England since 2022 and £100 billion

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IX Swap Meetup Recap: RWA Tokenization May Transform Finance

Web3 industry leaders highlighted that tokenization is enabling faster transactions and greater liquidity across financial markets, fundamentally altering how value moves within economies. These were highlighted at the Tokenization Manila | 2024 event held on May 29, 2024, at the PDAX office. Panelists include:  Nichel Gaba, PDAX CEO  Tracy Li, Chinabank AVP – Emerging Technologies

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Japanese Bond Yields Jump After Weak Auction

What’s going on here? Japanese bond yields shot up on Tuesday after a disappointing 10-year JGB auction, rebounding from sharp declines earlier in the week. What does this mean? The 10-year Japanese Government Bond (JGB) yield spiked to 0.95% following a lackluster auction, finally settling up 13 basis points at 0.885%. This uptick came after

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Asian and European stocks rebound amid global volatility

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Japanese stocks surged on Tuesday, leading markets higher across Asia in a striking reversal of the previous day’s global sell-off, as European stocks also recouped some of their losses. Amid warnings from traders to expect

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Virgin Money UK PLC Resolvability Assessment

      VIRGIN MONEY UK PLC (Company or Virgin Money UK)   LEI: 213800ZK9VGCYYR6O495   6 August 2024   VIRGIN MONEY UK PLC RESOLVABILITY ASSESSMENT   The Company has today published its Resolvability Assessment in line with Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) guidance. The Bank of England (“BoE”) has also published its assessment of the resolvability

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Sebi fines JM Financial Asset Management, former CEO for flouting rules | News on Markets

The order came after Sebi received a news article in July 2020, reporting an unusual 19.9 per cent increase in the Net Asset Value. | File photo: PTI 3 min read Last Updated : Aug 01 2024 | 6:13 PM IST Capital markets watchdog Sebi has imposed penalty totalling Rs 2 crore on seven

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State-Backed Leasing Firm Misses $55.9 Million Bond Payment

Shanghai Industrial Financial Leasing Co. Ltd., a state-backed leasing firm and a major funding source for local government financing vehicles, has missed the interest and principal payments on a 400-million-yuan ($55.9 million) private placement bond, highlighting the company’s deepening debt woes. On Aug. 1 the company warned it might be unable to repay a bond

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