FirstFT: Putin vows to retaliate for Moscow drone attack
This article is an on-site version of our FirstFT newsletter. Sign up to our Asia, Europe/Africa or Americas edition to get it sent straight to your inbox every weekday morning Good morning. Vladimir Putin has vowed to retaliate against what he claimed were Ukrainian drone strikes on Moscow, which exposed Russia’s growing vulnerability to blowback […]
FirstFT: Turkish presidential race too tight to call
This article is an on-site version of our FirstFT newsletter. Sign up to our Asia, Europe/Africa or Americas edition to get it sent straight to your inbox every weekday morning Today’s big story is Turkey’s elections, with current leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and rival Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu locked in a tight battle for the presidency this […]
FirstFT: Chinese tourist spending rebounds to pre-pandemic levels
Good morning. This article is an on-site version of our FirstFT newsletter. Sign up to our Asia, Europe/Africa or Americas edition to get it sent straight to your inbox every weekday morning Good morning. Chinese tourist spending during this week’s labour day holiday has exceeded pre-pandemic levels for the first time, in a sign of […]
FirstFT: UK Labour leaders meet private equity bosses as party confirms tax plan for sector
Good morning. This article is an on-site version of our FirstFT newsletter. Sign up to our Asia, Europe/Africa or Americas edition to get it sent straight to your inbox every weekday morning UK opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves have held a series of meetings with private equity bosses to discuss […]
FirstFT: US regulators seek buyer for SVB
Good morning. This article is an on-site version of our FirstFT newsletter. Sign up to our Asia, Europe/Africa or Americas edition to get it sent straight to your inbox every weekday morning Good morning. We continued to learn more about the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and its knock-on effects over the weekend. Below, we […]
FirstFT: EY ‘pauses’ plan to split
Good morning. This article is an on-site version of our FirstFT newsletter. Sign up to our Asia, Europe/Africa or Americas edition to get it sent straight to your inbox every weekday morning Our top story today is about EY “pausing” its plan to split in two amid fierce partner infighting over the fate of its […]
FirstFT: Harris Associates sells entire stake in Credit Suisse
Good morning. This article is an on-site version of our FirstFT newsletter. Sign up to our Asia, Europe/Africa or Americas edition to get it sent straight to your inbox every weekday morning Our top story today is a scoop on one of Credit Suisse’s longest-standing supporters selling its entire stake in the scandal-hit Swiss bank. […]
FirstFT: Singapore’s GIC scales back China investments
Good morning. This article is an on-site version of our FirstFT newsletter. Sign up to our Asia, Europe/Africa or Americas edition to get it sent straight to your inbox every weekday morning Singapore’s GIC, one of the world’s largest investors in private equity funds, has scaled back commitments to China-focused private equity and venture capital […]
FirstFT: Fed slows rate rises while ECB to stick to half-point increase
Good morning. This article is an on-site version of our FirstFT newsletter. Sign up to our Asia, Europe/Africa or Americas edition to get it sent straight to your inbox every weekday morning The US Federal Reserve increased its benchmark interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point yesterday, marking a return to a slower, […]