Lex | Financial Times

Accessibility help Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer

Tuesday, 22 June, 2021

Semiconductors
Japanese chipmakers: trillions of dollars of state support required to catch rivals Premium
Despite being home to several semiconductor companies, they all specialise in less sophisticated chips
new
Tuesday, 22 June, 2021

Avis Budget Group Inc
Avis/US car rentals: supply squeezes mean tourists pay up Premium
The vagaries of the auto industry are behind eye-popping rates for holidaymakers
Monday, 21 June, 2021

US retail
DIY retailers: falling lumber prices will not knock down returns Premium
Spending on homes should remain elevated for some years to come
Monday, 21 June, 2021

Agriculture
CNH Industrial: agricultural tech deal should narrow discount with rivals Premium
Maker of New Holland tractors plans to buy Raven Industries for $2.1bn
Monday, 21 June, 2021

HSBC Holdings PLC
HSBC: billionaire boom supports Asian wealth management drive Premium
Bank’s dominant position in Hong Kong gives it an edge as it prepares to expand in region
Monday, 21 June, 2021

Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC
Wm Morrison/private equity: shareholders should not accept cut-price deal Premium
CD&R’s bid underprices its vision for the supermarket group, which owns most of its stores
Sunday, 20 June, 2021

Technology sector
Big Data: reasons to be anxious, Pt 3 Premium
Earth’s digital footprint is so large that it is difficult to comprehend
Saturday, 19 June, 2021

Environment
Carbon counter: ESG activism will give mile-high snub to executive jets Premium
Company pledges to cut CO2 emissions are at odds with high-polluting private aircraft
Friday, 18 June, 2021

JPMorgan Chase & Co
JPMorgan: buying Nutmeg without getting dummied Premium
Well-known brand could help build a bridgehead into the UK retail banking market
Promoted Content
Friday, 18 June, 2021

Media
Privatising Channel 4: the not-so-great, half-baked British sell-off Premium
Switching owners means rewriting the terms of engagement
Friday, 18 June, 2021

Inchcape PLC
Inchcape: profits prove traditional car dealers are still in the race Premium
Shares trading at a discount to fashionable peers are one reason to bet on UK distributor
Friday, 18 June, 2021

Companies
Best of Lex: inflation predation, bitcoin and Bolloré Premium
Vix | Iceland banks | US chief executives’ pay | FTC | Big Four
Thursday, 17 June, 2021

Aon PLC
Aon/Willis: for trustbusters, happiness is a smoking gun Premium
Competition authority alerted after brokerages noted merger’s big cost savings
Thursday, 17 June, 2021

The Honest Co
Honest: not enough soggy bottoms Premium
Baby products start-up will need more than star power to sustain its earlier revenue growth
Thursday, 17 June, 2021

Dr Martens Clothing Ltd
Dr Martens: order of the boot for fashion debutante Premium
Bootmaker’s sales outlook is more modest than its big brand footprint
Thursday, 17 June, 2021

Asia-Pacific companies
FWD/Richard Li: former wunderkind returns with insurance IPO Premium
Tycoon will need to work wonders to justify the mooted price for pan-Asian insurer
Thursday, 17 June, 2021

Fintech
Global payments: Wise guys opt for low jeopardy listing Premium
London quotation should help with transparency at fintech with growth potential
Wednesday, 16 June, 2021

US banks
Wall Street/Vix: pacific overtures damp traders’ brio Premium
The ‘fear index’ fall is evidence the pandemic-era trading boom has run out of steam
Wednesday, 16 June, 2021

Executive Pay
US CEO pay: shareholders have woken up to excess Premium
Steep remuneration has started to prompt regular investor censures already common in Europe
Wednesday, 16 June, 2021

PwC
PwC/Big Four: multinational operations, small-town accountability Premium
Pressure for break-ups or tougher competition rules are having little effect
Wednesday, 16 June, 2021

Renewable energy
Energy M&A: reality is catching up with renewables Premium
The correction in renewable energy stocks is not a retreat but a pause to regroup
Wednesday, 16 June, 2021

Electric vehicles
Polestar/Volvo Cars: navigating a course to more capital Premium
Electric vehicle unit offers a brighter future than pie in the sky start-ups
Wednesday, 16 June, 2021

US banks
Lex Letter from New York: bank chiefs should not shame staff back to offices Premium
Wall Street bosses need to listen to the worries of those lower down the corporate ladder
Tuesday, 15 June, 2021

Vivendi SA
Vivendi/Dan Loeb: gatecrashers have slim chance of beating Bolloré Premium
Activist investors must keep their nerve to influence the party
Tuesday, 15 June, 2021

Big tech
Tech: Lina Khan appointment does not mean companies will break apart Premium
Politicians acknowledge the FTC’s competition policy needs updating for the digital era

Recommended

LexCoronavirus economic impact5 min

Coronavirus: the great disruptor | Lex Megatrends

Lex in-depth: how carbon prices will transform industry Premium

News in-depthThe Big Read

Lex in depth: Examining the slave trade — ‘Britain has a debt to repay’