New: Klarna lines up Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan for long-planned US listing ft.com/content/3fd4e2… via @ft by Ivan Levingston Akila Quinio George Hammond and io

Yet another great job opening at the Financial Times: As Owen Walker is soon off to pursue glory in Asia, we're recruiting a new European Banking correspondent. Join the FT banking team and work with the amazing Ortenca Aliaj & Akila Quinio Bracken House. job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtimes…

Current Starbucks CEO Laxman Narasimhan is out -- story developing! ft.com/content/4f9dd3…

Carlyle explores €3bn sale of Dutch salt and chemicals producer Nobian on.ft.com/4dj7ZSl

Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Thursday 15 August on.ft.com/3M7p0mw

Barclays planned to shun an Israeli government bond sale as it reviewed its exposure to the country, per sources. Scoop with ⁦Ortenca Aliaj⁩ ⁦James Shotter⁩ on.ft.com/3X3lG1P

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Private equity circles Grant Thornton’s UK business via Financial Times on.ft.com/3AzWuaL

Carlyle, Blackstone, Permira, CVC, Bridgepoint & Cinven among PE firms considering a bid for Grant Thornton UK. Exc (w/⁦Stephen Foley⁩, ⁦Alexandra Heal⁩ & ⁦Ivan Levingston⁩) Private equity circles Grant Thornton’s UK business on.ft.com/3AzWuaL

Chicago-based G Squared raised $1.1B for a fund to buy secondary startup shares; G Squared bought ~$135M in Anthropic shares from FTX during its bankruptcy (@ivanlevingston / Financial Times) ft.com/content/b7bac7… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro… techmeme.com/240826/p9#a240…

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The investment group famous for its onetime ownership of Gucci is shaking up its leadership ft.com/content/a9d3b5…

OCI hits $11.6bn in sale proceeds with disposal of methanol unit The chemical group announced its 4th multi-billion asset sale in less than a year today w/ ⁦Arash Massoudi⁩ on.ft.com/3XleCwq

Amazing reporting here on Vy Capital, the secretive investment firm all in on Elon Having previously covered Vy a couple years ago w Ben Bartenstein can only imagine the work involved! bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Australian property listings company REA has made a preliminary offer to acquire the UK’s Rightmove for about £5.5bn, according to people familiar ft.com/content/65a33a…

Rightmove rejects £5.6bn offer from Murdoch’s REA ⁦Joshua Oliver⁩ ⁦Nic Fildes⁩ on.ft.com/3B1YKaT

how it started/ how it’s going Oaktree edition: on.ft.com/47tlGfd