Lex: notes from the past 24 hours

Overseas package deals are popular with people in the UK wanting aesthetic treatments but they carry risks

https://www.ft.com/content/839b0596-a211-43ed-b442-d647e4d09e92

Rough road ahead for EV start-ups but the long-term trends are in their favour

https://www.ft.com/content/7eff8e49-54c2-49b9-ab07-eea0adcb9866

Plus, Twitter, Lyft, United Utilities, Next

https://www.ft.com/content/cdc991e2-79b2-422e-939e-f43cfa5882cc

A banking crisis may be unlikely but further economic pain appears unavoidable

https://www.ft.com/content/86deede4-61f2-4562-8a98-9dac12ecac2f

The pace of digital transformation could be set to pick up

https://www.ft.com/content/ff590d30-9994-48c6-a75c-1839f29151af

What that alphabet soup of acronyms means for investors

https://www.ft.com/content/d8158964-0abb-4b6f-b8ca-58ed4dd7a8b2

The lack of universal standards is a problem, though

https://www.ft.com/content/8a0d6e9e-31b6-403c-8b7c-c85bad6c1476

The average cheque for bankers for 2022 is a quarter less than the previous year

https://www.ft.com/content/48e73468-93ae-4733-a1c5-e5d117a89322

Rollercoaster ride follows failure of carbon capture project to make it on to UK government’s priority list

https://www.ft.com/content/e0ce0e26-1b21-4eb5-befe-97b91c068f70

Chances are that UK interest rates have peaked

https://www.ft.com/content/744b37bf-fd5c-47d4-804b-69a39a6cc445

Everyone wants a compromise, but solutions risk igniting a difficult diplomatic problem

https://www.ft.com/content/743a9cfa-c6a1-4f89-8c24-8607414e6900

More companies are getting their loans from private credit funds

https://www.ft.com/content/477a3b07-32c2-43df-8dcf-fb42aab31488

Investors should retain their scepticism instead of believing prophecies of secular tailwinds

https://www.ft.com/content/d5d0bc54-9861-4259-9e13-d5cf616506c4

Expect former CEO to follow same playbook as before — with powerful chair at his elbow

https://www.ft.com/content/55657c8d-e25d-4c6d-ae5b-b885c139bc94

UK fashion group’s chief Lord Simon Wolfson cautions that opportunities to expand are ‘less numerous than they were’

https://www.ft.com/content/5da5c310-f7fd-4765-b97e-6bbdae5a948a

Break-up of group may placate regulators but is unlikely to make its businesses more competitive

https://www.ft.com/content/f7dd46c4-69f5-453e-9521-322a592a11e6

SNP’s new leader must maintain cordial relations with fossil fuel industry while pushing green transition

https://www.ft.com/content/f34b8847-73bb-402c-aae9-5f8d8093a1fc

After a roaring start to the year, a downturn in March shows that risk appetites are clearly inhibited

https://www.ft.com/content/d42564c0-6ead-4e2b-9e6b-dc26068c35be

Shoppers are trading down and buying less, hitting mid-market chains and makers of branded products

https://www.ft.com/content/4efabe16-ac0b-42c8-af42-c6f00dc1a8a4

The rainy North West’s water authority has a quarter more sewer overflows than average

https://www.ft.com/content/c79e13f6-a7fb-4893-bd38-12cc1b1a1bc1

Questions remain about how US consumer confidence will hold up, particularly given recent turmoil in banking markets

https://www.ft.com/content/b1b48f60-3648-4ce5-a6d8-c3b099db01db

Tech group’s poor performance and high costs make it a potential acquisition target

https://www.ft.com/content/d4d2ed1f-254b-4d5e-9d51-6121ae95b069

Shares of First Citizens and NYCB rally sharply

https://www.ft.com/content/354fc8e7-48ac-4265-82f5-7ca61b3c66da

A spluttering economy raises concerns over credit quality across the UK-focused insurer’s huge bond portfolio

https://www.ft.com/content/30ef4787-c5d1-427a-835b-a6ed55680a5d

If the company is valued on the same metric as Snap, the equity is worth nothing

https://www.ft.com/content/dcccbed4-1a9a-4e7b-8f2a-dce92aa6efeb