Aston Martin creditors file for information ahead of UK suit against carmaker
Bondholders owed £1.3bn have filed for discovery in the US courts over contentious £550mn financing deal
Financial Times
Berkshire-backed Japanese insurer plots multibillion-dollar deal
Japanese group reviews several targets including Australia’s Suncorp and Canada’s Intact Financial
The unravelling of Mark Walter
The billionaire is selling sports stakes as he rushes to clean up the balance sheets of the insurance arms of the colossus that he built
JPMorgan relaxes restrictions on borrowing against SpaceX shares
US bank shortened time horizon for SpaceX workers and investors to borrow against stock holdings and may do same for Anthropic
Skipton tries to show that building societies still matter
The mutual financial group based in the Yorkshire Dales wants to emphasise the personal touch
NatWest plots push into US market
UK bank last week secured regulatory approval for new American office as part of expansion plans
Private equity growth funds attract record first-half inflows as sector rebounds
Recovery in fundraising being driven by AI boom and some valuations that remain below 2021 peak
SEC subpoenas Wall Street banks over Situational Awareness
Leopold Aschenbrenner’s AI-focused hedge fund nearly collapsed in July before striking a deal with Citadel
Morgan Stanley and Schroders back Australia’s largest venture capital round
Blackbird Ventures raises $750mn, with early-stage investor attracting US and UK funds
Burnham compromises on council homes plan
Prime minister opts not to rip up programme drawn up under Sir Keir Starmer that mostly relies on housing associations
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