Former Wirecard AG Chief Operating Officer Jan Marsalek contacted a Munich court through his lawyer, the first sign of life after the Austrian-born executive disappeared three years ago during the dramatic collapse of the German payments company.
BC Partners is considering a fresh attempt to sell German pharmaceutical contract manufacturer Aenova, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Rio Tinto Group said second-quarter shipments of iron ore fell 1% from a year earlier, as China’s faltering economic recovery continued to weigh on demand.
TP24, a financial technology firm whose backers include UBS Group AG, has raised £345 million ($449 million) in debt funding from Barclays Plc and asset manager M&G Plc to boost lending to small-and-medium sized enterprises in the UK, the Netherlands and Australia.
Turkish savers still get far higher interest on deposits than lenders charge for commercial credit, an anomaly that’s likely to persist with the central bank set to slow its already “gradual” monetary tightening.
Zhe “Constance” Wang, who served in several executive-level roles at Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX before the collapse of the digital-asset exchange, has joined crypto venture capital firm Sino Global Capital.
Thai politician Pita Limjaroenrat’s renewed attempt to win parliament’s support to become the next prime minister was overshadowed by a court decision to suspend his status as a lawmaker, highlighting the many hurdles the pro-democracy leader faces in his quest to end nearly a decade of military rule.
The former chief investment officer of Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC Pte. and chairman of multibillion-dollar investment firm Avanda Investment Management, Ng Kok Song, plans to run for president, pitting him against his one-time superior, Tharman Shanmugaratnam.
China named a former top official from its secret intelligence agency the new head of Beijing’s national security office in Hong Kong, as the finance hub continues to crack down on dissent.
Artificial intelligence will never replace human influence in preventing terrorist attacks, the chief of the UK’s overseas spy agency MI6 will say, as Western nations debate how to respond to the emerging technology.
