Leo Lewis

Thursday, 23 March, 2023

Wednesday, 22 March, 2023

Banks

Credit Suisse fallout threatens to halt issuance of risky bank debt

Some of Asia’s largest lenders may pause sales of additional tier 1 bonds after $17bn wipeout at Swiss bank

Tuesday, 21 March, 2023

Credit Suisse Group AG

Asia investors ‘gobsmacked’ by $17bn Credit Suisse bond wipeout

Risky AT1 debt was popular in the region and a sell-off has sparked margin calls

Monday, 20 March, 2023

Equities

US bank stocks rise as investors assess efforts to calm turmoil

Broad indices climb ahead of Fed rate meeting this week

Monday, 20 March, 2023

The Big Read

Singapore and Hong Kong vie to be the Caymans of Asia

The two cities have set up new fund structures to lure wealth away from traditional offshore financial centres

Sunday, 19 March, 2023

Asia

Japan’s biggest defence fair raises questions about military expansion

At the recent event, it was clear that the problem is not just what to buy, but what it means to fight

Thursday, 16 March, 2023

Japanese business & finance

Parts of the SVB model would not go amiss in Japan

A visit by the now failed bank’s executives has lessons for Tokyo but it also highlights the need for change

Tuesday, 14 March, 2023

Equities

US bank shares rebound after rout sparked by SVB failure

First Republic and other regional lenders lead rally on Wall Street as US inflation slows

Monday, 13 March, 2023

Equities

US bank stocks tumble and Treasuries rally amid SVB collapse

Two-year US Treasury yields in biggest single-day drop since 1987

Monday, 13 March, 2023

Japanese business & finance

Japan’s new anti-takeover rules could spur protectionism, investors warn

Funds say proposals will thwart domestic bids and foreign buyers and are skewed against shareholders’ interests

Friday, 10 March, 2023

Bank of Japan

Kuroda sticks to guns in last BoJ meeting after ‘bazooka’ decade

Departing governor leaves measures to change ultra-loose policies to successor Kazuo Ueda

Sunday, 5 March, 2023

Markets

Is the US jobs market still booming?

Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

Sunday, 5 March, 2023

Robotics

The politics of deglobalisation favours the robots

As labour supply problems persist, automation sales are hotting up

Friday, 3 March, 2023

Arm Ltd

FCA regulator blamed for Arm’s decision to shun London listing

Onerous rules said to have influenced rejection of UK float for chip designer in favour of New York

Thursday, 2 March, 2023

#techAsia

China Inc in Barcelona and Hong Kong’s crypto ambitions Premium

The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

Thursday, 2 March, 2023

Bank of Japan

Ditching bond yield cap will be tricky task for new Bank of Japan governor

Kazuo Ueda has hinted that ‘yield curve control’ is unlikely to survive in its existing form once he takes the helm

Tuesday, 28 February, 2023

Tokyo Olympics

Japanese prosecutors charge Dentsu over Olympic bid-rigging scandal

Advertising giant says five executives will hand back pay after indictments

Monday, 27 February, 2023

Private equity

Investcorp opens Tokyo office to target Japan deals

Middle Eastern fund manager is latest private equity group to chase succession-related acquisitions

Sunday, 26 February, 2023

Chinese economy

China’s economy is looking at a new wave of Japanification

New research suggests that Beijing’s property market is as bubbly as Tokyo’s two decades ago

Saturday, 25 February, 2023

ObituaryLeiji Matsumoto

Leiji Matsumoto, manga and anime artist, 1938-2023

His philosophical, genre-splicing work helped launch the art forms on to a global stage

Friday, 24 February, 2023

FT SeriesBetween worlds: a metaverse special

What is it? Do I want to go? The metaverse explained

FT tech writers on the questions you were afraid to ask

Friday, 24 February, 2023

News in-depthSony Corp

Anime and ‘The Last of Us’ are transforming Sony’s business

Incoming president Hiroki Totoki will inherit an electronics brand that is morphing into a media giant

Wednesday, 22 February, 2023

China Renaissance

Missing Chinese banker was working to set up Singapore family office

China Renaissance chief Bao Fan was establishing a fund to safeguard wealth before disappearance

Sunday, 19 February, 2023

Japan

The curious case of Japan’s crime rate

The police metric for recording offences is vulnerable to manipulation and due for change

Thursday, 16 February, 2023

Bank of Japan

Corporate Japan is bracing itself for change at the BoJ

New governor Kazuo Ueda is set to review the central bank’s ultra-loose policy

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