Inside Goldman Sachs’ private equity partnership with China
Plus, Europe’s challenger banks face challenges of their own and investors pull back on alternative investments
Mergers & Acquisitions
Are Fridays dead?
Have workers introduced a four-day week by stealth?
Work-life balance
Visitors to France to spend record sum in boon for tourism industry
Travellers to fork out as much as €67bn this year in latest sign of post-pandemic rebound in global travel
Travel & leisure industry
The SEC failed to prove that dog wags tail, court rules
Futures and cash markets . . . what’s the difference, really?
Financial & markets regulation
Lessons from a reflective Jackson Hole
Central bankers need to adapt to an era of global economic upheaval
Central banks
Grayscale scores big court win against SEC over bitcoin ETF
Price of crypto token shoots higher after regulator’s decision to reject application found to be ‘arbitrary’
Financial & markets regulation
Goldman Sachs takes another step back from consumer banking
Plus, how Subway’s private equity buyer plans to finance its $9.6bn buyout
Mergers & Acquisitions
GAM: Niel’s pitch invasion forces Liontrust out of takeover deal
Clients will not like turmoil, no matter who runs the business
Mergers & Acquisitions
Hashdex aims for first US spot bitcoin approval with novel filing
Little-known Brazilian asset manager believes it can assuage SEC concerns around risk of manipulation
Financial & markets regulation
German wages rise at record pace in second quarter
Increase of 6.6% boosts consumer spending power but fuels concern about inflationary pressures
Consumer trends