Delimitation (ˌdiːˌlɪmɪˈteɪʃən): Our @FT Big Read on the debate in India about whether, how, and when to reconfigure Parliament to account for the country's growing population - and the regional tensions tugging at the Union. With Aditi Bhandari on.ft.com/4clYr9t

Will Modi risk redrawing India’s electoral map?

[FREE TO READ] Successive governments have long avoided an issue that could inflame deep-rooted divisions between the more populous north and wealthy south

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Danantara, Indonesia's $900bn new sovereign wealth fund, has no discernible macroeconomic rationale. I know tariffs are the big story right now but I wrote about when SWFs make sense and when they don't. (1/2) www.ft.com/content/08c7...

The rise of the trophy SWF

Everybody wants sovereignty. Everybody wants wealth. Yet a fund is not, sadly, a reliable route to their creation

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The @financialtimes.com is launching a newsletter about business in India written by the fabulous Veena Venugopal. Please give it a try and let us know what you thjnk! on.ft.com/3Vwye0u

The India IPO party floats into 2025

In this newsletter’s first edition, the CFA’s decline and advice from Uday Kotak

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China’s market targets are ‘just psychological’, says former regulator https://www.ft.com/content/4029debe-1c8a-406a-86d9-deff6d6b5713

China’s market targets are ‘just psychological’, says former regulator

Frank remarks by onetime securities commission chief give rare insight into Beijing financial policymaking

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China’s defence minister placed under investigation for corruption https://www.ft.com/content/641446ed-71b1-42f6-a9d8-3bc4d7b7da23

China’s defence minister placed under investigation for corruption

US officials say probe is part of a wider operation to uncover graft in the People’s Liberation Army

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Generally speaking, it’s a bad idea to create Powerpoints and Excel sheets to analyse your best “corrupt payment option” (allegedly). It gives the Feds a head start.

John Reed@johnreedwrites.ft.com · 2y ago

‘Numero Uno’: US takes aim at Gautam Adani on.ft.com/3B0arPy

The FT reports from the site of the massacre in Zhuhai this week, where police are removing flowers brought in tribute. 1/2

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Zhuhai reels after China’s biggest mass killing in a decade https://www.ft.com/content/74547922-2c26-4996-8a99-e1836e396d93

The rare case when someone goes into business with Goldman Sachs and comes out on top. “We rented his name but we chose someone who tried to screw us in the end," says one ex-Goldman banker of its Chinese partner. Excellent piece, deeply reported. www.ft.com/content/2312...

Inside Goldman Sachs’ years-long power struggle over its China venture

A deal with a prominent Chinese banker gave the US group market access, but securing full control cost a lot more than it expected

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1/7 Caixin: "“A growing consensus is emerging around strengthening demand-side management, with macroeconomic policies shifting from an investment-led focus to a balanced approach that gives equal priority to consumption and investment, with greater... www.caixinglobal.com/2024-11-12/c...

China’s Stimulus Policies Now Put Emphasis on Consumption, Expert Says

Logic shift in China’s macroeconomic approach aims to root out constraints on domestic demand, experts says

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