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FT News Briefing

Tech IPOs lose their shimmer

FT News Briefing

Forhecz Topher

Daily News, News & Politics, News

4.41.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

European government bond prices dropped sharply as investors took fright at Italy’s larger than expected budget deficit, optimism for the IPO market seems to be fading, and the FT’s Colby Smith explains the economic impact of US student loan payments restarting. 


Mentioned in this podcast:

European bond market hit by Italy’s plans for higher borrowing

Rising headwinds threaten US economy’s resilience

Instacart and Arm shares lose steam after IPO pops

Millions of US borrowers brace for the return of student debt payments


The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Monique Mulima, Monica Lopez, 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.


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com


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0:00.0

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0:06.3

Learn more at equinole.co.uk

0:10.3

Good morning from the Financial Times.

0:11.7

Today is Friday, September 29th, and this is your FT News Briefing.

0:18.6

Italy raised its budget deficit forecast and investors panicked.

0:22.8

The hype around the US IPO market seems to be fading.

0:26.7

Plus, US student loan repayments start again next week, and Americans are grappling with this

0:32.1

new hole in their pocket.

0:34.3

It's a real reminder of how little you actually control, and how big, big systems can influence

0:42.8

your life. I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day.

0:47.6

European government bond prices dropped yesterday. Investors got spooked by Italy's

0:59.5

larger than expected budget deficit. They're also concerned that central banks will keep

1:04.0

interest rates higher for longer. Yields on the Italian 10-year bond rose to their highest

1:09.3

level in a decade. The sell-off even spread to UK markets. 10-year yields there had their

1:14.7

biggest daily rise since February.

1:22.7

So the past two weeks were a big party for the initial public offering market.

1:26.4

The chip designer arm listed the grocery store app Instacart win public,

1:30.6

and so did the marketing software group Clavio. The share price in all of these cases

1:35.6

jumped, but the shine seems to be wearing off. Here to talk about is the FT's

1:41.0

West Coast financial editor, Tabby Kinder. Hey, Tabby.

1:44.2

Hi, Mark. So I think I may have given a way a bit of the punchline, but how exactly are

1:49.0

these flashy tech IPOs doing after their market debuts?

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