2023-08-08
Financial Times Front Page 8th of August 2023
The Financial Times notes that private equity firms are now offering deal sweeteners such as fee discounts to investors.
The Financial Times notes that private equity firms are now offering deal sweeteners such as fee discounts to investors.
Companies in Europe have directly lost at least €100bn due to the Ukraine war, with energy firms most affected, according to the Financial Times.
FT Weekend discusses cuts in lending rates, raising hopes that mortgage levels may have peaked, despite the Bank of England’s recent interest rate hike to a 15-year high.
Interest rates hitting a 15-year high without signs of easing is the lead story in the Financial Times.
The Financial Times discusses how Donald Trump’s legal team is resisting US prosecutors’ request for a “speedy trial” over charges that he conspired to subvert the 2020 election.
Business leaders’ warnings have led to the abandonment of plans for a post-Brexit rival to the EU’s ‘CE’ quality mark, according to the Financial Times.
An increase in mortgage approvals and a five-year high in consumer credit growth is the focus of the Financial Times.
The Financial Times critiques the government’s decision to dilute carbon reforms, thus making it less expensive for industries to pollute within the UK than in the EU.
The Financial Times reports that despite rising ticket costs, determined travellers have helped push airline profits to new highs.
Peter Flavel, Coutts’ Chief Executive, has resigned in the wake of the Nigel Farage banking incident, according to a story in the Financial Times.