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30 Sep 202057s
Wirecard: how to find a €2bn hole
In September 2014, the FT’s Dan McCrum received a tip about a fast-growing German fintech group, Wirecard. Over the next couple of years Dan and his colleagues uncovered the secret behind the payment ...
14 Jul 202022min
Rent, real estate and the commercial mortgage market in the age of coronavirus
In the US, commercial mortgage backed securities are a $1.2tn market, and an integral part of how banks lend to commercial property owners. But as the pandemic and subsequent lockdowns changed almost ...
26 Jun 202016min
A history of police funding
When a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, it was as if a fire was ignited. His death, along with the killings of Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery have sparked the most widespread protests...
13 Jun 202022min
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9 Jun 202018s
The private equity bet that coronavirus cut short
Last December executives at the Carlyle Group worked into the night to sign what they imagined would be one of the private equity firm’s most enduring deals. In 2020, however, there may be no such thi...
26 Mai 202019min
When coronavirus hit America's meat industry
This was supposed to be a record year for the US meat industry. But when coronavirus hit the meat-packing plants, it exposed a vulnerable link in the supply chain. We take a look at how our meat gets ...
12 Mai 202018min
Missing out on the US small business rescue
The Trump administration’s small business bailout programme has been plagued by problems from the start, with complaints that large companies crowded out the kinds of small enterprises and independent...
28 Apr 202021min
