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In this episode, David Yelland and Simon Lewis are talking TikTok. In the US, the social media platform is facing an existential threat. But behind it is a world of Chinese PR that’s not making the headlines. How does it work? And what are all the western PR agencies embedded in China doing there?

Also, as the risk of IT system crashes and cyber attacks escalates, David and Simon lift the lid on the role of communications in the booming cybersecurity sector.

And following the short video of the Princess of Wales released on The Sun’s website, they ask if this is a PR master stroke, or something else. What is going on?

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Founded in 1801, LSEG has been at the forefront of financial markets for centuries, surviving world wars. Now it’s a global financial powerhouse. David Schwimmer, their CEO, is a New Yorker with a rich academic background from Yale, Harvard, and a 20-year tenure at Goldman Sachs from Moscow to London. Join us for an insightful conversation with David on navigating LSEG through the complexities of modern financial markets and shaping the future of global finance.

The production team on this episode were PLAN-B's Pål Huuse and Niklas Figenschau Johansen. Background research was done by Sigurd Brekke, with input from portfolio manager Michael Wassermann.

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 Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.

On today's podcast:

(1) Russia's President Vladimir Putin heads to Saudi Arabia as Bloomberg uncovers how Russia is sidestepping Western oil sanctions.

(2) The London Stock Exchange faces tough questions after it's hit by a third outage in three months.

(3) A Bloomberg scoop: The European Commission is set to recommend delaying tariffs on electric vehicles traded with the UK.

(4) Bitcoin goes on a tear to add more than 165% since last year's rout.

(5) Goldman boosts its pay pool despite slumping profits. The lender's top leaders say last year’s pay slump contributed to public sniping from unhappy staff. 

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The London Stock Exchange now makes most of its money selling data, and only a small percentage listing stocks. FT digital markets correspondent Nikou Asgari joins Katie Martin to ask what that tells us about global markets, data and the future of London as a finance hub. Also we go short the cryptocurrency BNB and long UK chancellors who don’t blow up the markets.

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This week we’re revisiting an episode from earlier this year about the London Stock Exchange’s decline. The exchange once held the top spot in global financial markets, but that’s changed completely in recent years. The FT’s Harriet Agnew and Katie Martin explain how a yacht floating off the Canary Islands 30 years ago played a critical role in changing the stock market.

Clips from CBS, Thames News

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For further reading:

Britain’s ‘capitalism without capital’: the pension funds that shun risk

‘There are no domestic equity investors’: why companies are fleeing London’s stock market

Why Europe’s stock markets are failing to challenge the US

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On X, follow Harriet Agnew (@HarrietAgnew), Katie Martin (@katie_martin_fx) and Michela Tindera (@mtindera07), or follow Michela on LinkedIn for updates about the show and more.

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Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.

On today's podcast:

(1) On Thursday, trades handled by the world's largest bank in the globe's biggest market traversed Manhattan on a USB stick.

(2)  Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the US central bank will continue to move carefully but won't hesitate to tighten policy further if needed to contain inflation. 

(3) Israel is providing "quick humanitarian windows" to allow people to flee northern Gaza while the military fights Hamas militants

(4) Rishi Sunak's deputy held meetings this week to plan changes to the UK Cabinet, people familiar with the matter said, amid growing calls for Home Secretary Suella Braverman to be fired.

(5) The Middle East has long been a global crossroads for air travel. But flying those routes has become more difficult in recent weeks, with airlines forced to skirt war zones, and curtail services as a safety precaution. 

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We're used to thinking of modern finance as practically synonymous with computers. Banks are basically just big collections of Excel spreadsheets, keeping track of who owes what to whom. And most trading nowadays is done by clicking a button on a screen. But how did all this work before we had this type of technology? And what can previous technological revolutions tell us about the direction of new ones, such as the potential deployment of artificial intelligence? In this episode, we speak with Anne Murphy, history professor at the University of Portsmouth and the author of Virtuous Bankers: A Day in the Life of the Eighteenth-Century Bank of England, as well as John Handel, postdoctoral fellow at the University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce. They walk us through just how banking and finance was done in the days before computers, telephones and even the telegraph.

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Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.

On today's podcast:

(1) UBS announces a new leadership team and operating model.

(2) Investors believe the UK will see the G7's biggest drop in living standards.

(3) Mitch McConnell talks debt limit deadlock as Bill Gross urges investors to buy T-Bills.

(4) Goldman to pay $215 million to settle claims it underpaid women. 

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The US will launch a renewed crackdown on countries that are helping the Kremlin evade western sanctions, the world’s largest building materials group plans to move its listing from London to New York, and the FT’s Delphine Strauss explains why higher wages could undermine central banks’ battle against inflation. 

Mentioned in this podcast:

US to launch new crackdown on Russian sanctions busting

Buildings giant CRH plans to move listing from London to New York

Global economy: will higher wages prolong inflation?

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The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. 

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