JPMorgan steps up securitisation effort ahead of new US capital rules
Bank moves to take loans off its balance sheet after a Federal Reserve push for tougher standards
Financial & markets regulation
How the tyres fell off a Blackstone private credit deal
Plus, General Atlantic’s secondaries pivot and the pharma bankruptcy hurting opioid victims a second time over
Mergers & Acquisitions
Saudi Arabia pours millions into digital theme park start-up
Gulf kingdom provides most of the $55mn raised by HyperSpace in latest move in tech and leisure industries
Travel & leisure industry
Sam Bankman-Fried committed ‘fraud on a massive scale’, prosecutors allege
Opening arguments begin in FTX founder’s closely watched criminal case
Financial & markets regulation
UK financial regulator warns higher interest rates will hit private assets
FCA chief Nikhil Rathi confirms it is looking into where ‘build-up’ of risks have taken place
Financial & markets regulation
Superdry sells South Asian intellectual property in deal with India’s Reliance
UK fashion retailer signs partnership with Indian conglomerate in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh
Mergers & Acquisitions
Premier League: broadcast auction rejig plays to a foreign crowd
International bidders could help revive annual domestic screening fees, which have flatlined
Travel & leisure industry
China lithium: falling prices do not mean falling margins
Long-term demand for electric vehicles and the batteries that power them should deter panic selling
Electric vehicles, Batteries
Sultan al-Jaber: COP28 lightning rod confronts his critics
A revealing conversation with the summit’s president, who is under heavy fire
Batteries
US to offer leniency to companies reporting misdeeds at businesses they buy
New Department of Justice enforcement policy seeks to encourage more disclosure of potential misconduct
Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial & markets regulation