Sam Bankman-Fried lacks cover of systemic risk
[ad_1] MELBOURNE (Reuters Breakingviews) – Sam Bankman-Fried couldn’t be blamed for mulling over past financial scandals with a degree of envy. The former boss of bankrupt crypto exchange-cum-hedge-fund FTX was…
Guest view: Protecting Earth’s underground heroes
[ad_1] Reuters Reuters AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Every day across the world, an area roughly the size of 1,000 football fields is paved over to make way for freeways, parking lots and construction…
The ghost of Instagram haunts Microsoft’s future
[ad_1] Reuters Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) – Facebook is Microsoft’s antitrust boogeyman. The U.S. regulatory agency, the Federal Trade Commission, is seeking to block the software titan’s $69 billion…
Banks’ buyout-debt machine defies quick jumpstart
[ad_1] Reuters Reuters LONDON (Reuters Breakingviews) – Bankers in Europe have found a creative way to keep their buyout-debt machines ticking over: keep some of the risk themselves. It may…
HKEX alum helps Macau take micro-step into finance
[ad_1] Reuters Reuters HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews) – Small is beautiful. Hong Kong’s former stock market Chief Executive Charles Li, key driver of the wildly successful bilateral Stock Connect programme…
ANALYSIS-For China’s COVID policy, change comes in small increments
[ad_1] By Tony Munroe BEIJING, Nov 6 (Reuters) – China is sticking with a strict COVID-19 containment strategy nearly three years into the pandemic, potentially disappointing investors hoping for a…