Can the UK financial regulator really end rip-offs?
New Consumer Duty regulations are, in principle, good for investors, but time will show what they mean in practice
Financial & markets regulation
Where Blackstone will hunt for its next trillion
Plus, CVC has broken a buyout record. Now what?
Mergers & Acquisitions
Start-ups seek to challenge Nvidia’s dominance over AI chip market
A shortage of company’s in-demand products provides opportunity to fledgling semiconductor groups
Artificial intelligence
Trump Spac to settle SEC fraud charges
Blank-cheque company planning to take former president’s media company public will pay $18mn fine if deal goes through
Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial & markets regulation
Political views should not be a bar to banking services
More clarity is needed over rules related to high-profile individuals
Financial & markets regulation
South Africa calls end to long run of interest rate hikes
Central bank keeps benchmark at 8.25 per cent after inflation returns to target range
Central banks
When US safety nets undercut the financial system
The Federal Home Loan Bank system and the role of collateral could cause another SVB-style shock
Financial & markets regulation
Goldman’s artificial unintelligence
Past performance IS indicative of future returns, actually
Artificial intelligence
Can clean energy investment outlive Joe Biden’s IRA?
Also in today’s newsletter, oilfield services hit by shale patch slowdown
Shale Oil & Gas
Turkey lifts interest rates for second consecutive month in effort to tame inflation
New central bank chief increases one-week repo rate by 2.5 percentage points to 17.5%
Central banks