Three former employees of Tesco PLC have been charged for false accounting. For the Wall Street Journal’s CFO Journal, I have spoken to a management expert about whether the supermarket chain has managed to improve its corporate culture since the scandal broke in 2014.
European Corporate Investment May Lag Despite ECB Bond Buying, WSJ
The ECB today decided to keep interest rates and its asset purchasing program unchanged. For the Wall Street Journal’s CFO Journal, I have spoken to companies about what the ECB’s corporate bond buying means for them – and their appetite for M&A, share buy-backs and further expansion.
Bayer moving out its comfort zone with Monsanto bid, WSJ
75 % debt financing, a rights issue plus a potential downgrade: In my first story for the Wall Street Journal’s CFO Journal, I take a closer look at why Bayer’s financing for the Monsanto takeover marks a departure from its typical, conservative approach to acquisition funding.