In FT Alphaville this morning,
- Tony Jackson thinks there’s still some ostrich type behaviour going on in the equity markets
- Watch out for the revenge of the SIV
- NYSE margin data is sending out danger signals
- Economists are getting narky ahead of the MPC rate-meeting
- And those oh-so-tricky 2008 outlook reports are starting to land
- Nobody’s happy when bonsues are paid in shares, says Lina Saigol
- Tory funder and onetime enfant terrible of British business – Lord Ashcroft has made a little asset play
On FT.com this morning,
- US subprime does for UK sofa retailer. SCS Upholstry warned that its interims would be hit by a fall in sales, and its all the fault of the credit squeeze.
- Burgers also a victim. Clapham House added to worries on UK consumer spending, warning on profits and scaling back its expansion plans.
- Aberdeen Asset Management cautioned that new business is likely to slow in the new financial year.
- Swiss Life took investors by surprise with plans to buy AWD, the German financial advisory group, after series of disposals in recent weeks.
- Randstad is buying Vedior for €3.5bn to create the world’s second largest staffing company.
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