Bloomberg Estée Lauder Cos. is close to a deal to buy US luxury brand Tom Ford, founded by the former longtime creative director for Gucci, the Financial Times reported. The transaction would value Tom Ford, a fashion empire that spans across menswear, eyewear, beauty and fragrance, at $2.8 billion, the report said. Ford, a 61-year-old Austin, Texas, native, started ...

  Bloomberg Joules Group Plc is set to file for insolvency after the British retailer failed to secure bridge financing or raise equity, putting around 1,600 jobs at risk. The clothing chain, known for its colourful coats and Wellington boots, said it will appoint Interpath Advisory as administrators to protect the interest of creditors. Shares have been suspended. Joules warned ...

Bloomberg China’s property slump is estimated to cost the nation’s banking system as much as 1.5 trillion yuan ($212 billion) in losses on loans, bonds and other assets, according to UBS Group AG. Such a loss will be “digestible by the banking system as the banks have strong earnings power and high” reserves against non-performing assets, May Yan, the bank’s ...

  Bloomberg JPMorgan Chase & Co is on the hunt for buyouts to lend to and is hoping to gain market share in leveraged financing after avoiding the dozens of clunkers that have cost competitors billions of dollars. Executives across JPMorgan made a decision last year to cut back on risk in leveraged finance, a choice that surprised customers and ...

  Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG has started cutting senior bank jobs in Asia including three managing directors across investment banking and financing as the Swiss giant carries out its plan to reduce global headcount by 9,000, people familiar with the matter said. Among the bankers let go were Johnson Chui, Asia-Pacific head of equity capital markets, Karen Yap from ...

  Bloomberg The euro has scope to bounce back above $1.10 by the end of next year, taking it to levels last seen in the early months of the Russia-Ukraine war, before energy and economic concerns helped drag the common currency below parity with the greenback for the first time in decades. Deutsche Bank AG’s Alan Ruskin and George Saravelos ...

  Bloomberg Africa’s largest economy is expected to devalue its currency after elections in February by the steepest margin in six years to align it with market perceptions, according to a survey of investors and analysts. Nigeria operates a multiple exchange regime dominated by a tightly controlled official rate, cutting off access to many businesses and individuals, which in turn ...

  Bloomberg Franklin Templeton Investments and Eastspring Investments are joining a growing list of money managers snapping up Chinese stocks on bets that Beijing’s pivot away from Covid Zero will bring significant gains. China’s world-beating rally this month has solidified convictions that recent losses are a thing of the past as a property rescue plan and easing on virus controls ...

Bloomberg London is no longer home to Europe’s biggest stock market. That prize has been taken by Paris. This week on the In the City podcast, David Merritt speaks to reporter Joe Easton, who has been closely monitoring the race for months. In 2016, before the Brexit vote, British stocks were collectively worth $1.5 trillion more than France. The French ...

  Bloomberg Airbus SE said production concerns have shifted from a shortage of jet engines to smaller suppliers struggling to cope with spiralling energy costs, with the squeeze expected to become most acute next spring. The world’s largest planemaker is working to mitigate the impact of the energy crisis for component makers by being flexible with its aircraft production sequencing ...