Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. EQT has acquired specialist UK investor Coller Capital for up to $3.7bn, as the Swedish buyout firm seeks a foothold into the booming market for ageing private capital assets. The Stockholm-listed group said on Thursday … Read more
BitGo Holdings, a cryptocurrency custody company, has announced the pricing of its initial public offering (IPO) ahead of its shares’ expected debut on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The company priced its IPO at $18 per share, above the earlier indicated marketing range of $15 to $17 per share, according to an official announcement … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: The upcoming Broadway adaptation of Sidney Lumet’s gritty classic Dog Day Afternoon has added three to its cast, with John Ortiz, three-time Tony Award nominee Jessica Hecht and Spencer Garrett joining the previously announced Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach in the production. Ortiz will play Detective Ferrara. Ortiz’s TV credits include Apple TV+ Bad … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK borrowed a lower than expected £11.6bn in December, providing a boost for chancellor Rachel Reeves after last year’s tax-raising Budget. The shortfall between government income and spending was below the £13bn forecast by … Read more
Teyana Taylor, a newly crowned Golden Globe winner for her turn as revolutionary Perfidia Beverly Hills in Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, took on the persona of another strong woman in a promo ahead of her guest-hosting stint this week on Saturday Night Live. In the promo, Taylor is having a conversation with … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US companies myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The number of S&P 500 companies providing security and protection benefits has nearly doubled since 2020, a report shows, as corporations respond to growing safety threats to senior executives. Data from research group ISS-Corporate shows … Read more
Institutional investors aren’t likely to be the ones to push Bitcoin to new highs this year without a market-moving event, according to macro researcher and FFTT founder, Luke Gromen. “If you’re counting on institutional investors to run it from you know 90 to you know 150, if that’s your plan, that’s probably not going to … Read more
For over after hour, they dangled on the edge, their lives in grave jeopardy: six school kids and two adults stranded in a cable car suspended 900 feet above the ground. The unfolding drama in a remote section of Northern Pakistan in August 2023 seized the world’s attention as rescuers tried to save the trapped … Read more
Layer-1 blockchain protocol Saga has paused its SagaEVM chainlet after it suffered a $7 million exploit that saw unauthorized funds bridged out and converted into Ether. The Saga team announced in an X post on Wednesday that it had paused the Ethereum-compatible chain at block height 6,593,800 in response to the exploit. In a follow-up … Read more
Global markets are rebounding after Donald Trump retreated from a threat to hit European countries with tariffs and said he was close to a framework deal over Greenland. Markets in the US and Europe are expected to open higher on Thursday following rallies in Asia. Gold fell almost 1 per cent while the US dollar … Read more