Arash Massoudi

Finance+Markets editor @FinancialTimes
Co-creator+editor of Due Diligence
Co-chair #FTFootball + launched

[Arash Massoudi @ArashMassoudi]

FT SCOOP: Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has quietly built a multi-billion dollar stake in ⁦@Tesla⁩. Full details on the way it down for the PIF, crown prince Mohammed bin Salman and ⁦@elonmusk⁩ ... https://t.co/ln95nemf01

[Financial Times @FT]

FT Exclusive: Paul Weiss, Quinn Emanuel and Proskauer have had conversations about taking outside capital without triggering rules that bar ownership by non-lawyers. How could this reshape their industry? https://t.co/nsqinpOvBB

[Antoine Gara @AntoineGara]

Apollo confirms our scoops that it was opening a second HQ outside of NYC, and that they decided upon Austin, Tx.

https://t.co/FSlkXAPIgk

[Oliver Barnes @mroliverbarnes]

FT MEGA DEAL SCOOP: $AZN & $BMY in $400bn tie-up talks to create world's 4th biggest drugmaker and boost AZ CEO Pascal Soriot's US push.

Nothing confirmed yet by AZ. Deal could still fall apart.

With dream team @JFK_America, @ArashMassoudi, @ak_mna, @IvanLevingston & @aanuadeoye

[Arash Massoudi @ArashMassoudi]

UK drugmaker AstraZeneca has been exploring a deal to combine with US rival Bristol Myers Squibb in a tie-up that would create one of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical groups valued at nearly $400bn.

[Arash Massoudi @ArashMassoudi]

HERE WE GO

AstraZeneca holds talks with Bristol Myers Squibb on pharma megadeal

W / @mroliverbarnes @JFK_America @ak_mna @IvanLevingston @aanuadeoye

https://t.co/SztXpuS9UW

[Arash Massoudi @ArashMassoudi]

Ahed of the World Cup final, Gianni Infantino was set to unveil something big: a plan to sell off a piece of the World Cup

The man who made him wait? Josh Kushner

Here's the tick-tock of how it came together & the week that shook football after our scoop
https://t.co/87wiPn2RLk

[Arash Massoudi @ArashMassoudi]

Fifa abandons $20bn stake-sale plan after global backlash https://t.co/JRnO6o4Y0Z via @ft

[Arash Massoudi @ArashMassoudi]

Ahed of the World Cup final, Gianni Infantino was set to unveil something big: a plan to sell off a piece of the World Cup

The man who made him wait? Josh Kushner

Here's the tick-tock of how it came together & the week that shook football after our scoop
https://t.co/87wiPn2RLk

[Arash Massoudi @ArashMassoudi]

And the scoop that started it all !

[Samuel Agini @SamuelAgini]

Exclusive: Fifa plans stake sale in new $20 billion commercial vehicle

@JoshTANoble @ArashMassoudi

https://t.co/uo5DTrtd9r

[Samuel Agini @SamuelAgini]

"...it has become clear that the project has created divisions..."

Fifa president Gianni Infantino backs down from controversial $20bn investment plan https://t.co/1NG76k6Spx via @FT

[Samuel Agini @SamuelAgini]

The week that shook football

How Fifa’s proposal to open up the global game to investors invited a backlash that could yet topple its president

https://t.co/6b34DUdwq3

@JoshTANoble @ArashMassoudi

Featuring the secret meeting in Sun Valley where Fifa's plan gained a key ally

[Arash Massoudi @ArashMassoudi]

From the team that broke the news of Fifa's plans this week 👇
@SamuelAgini @JoshTANoble

https://t.co/Zuk2HXenOF

[Arash Massoudi @ArashMassoudi]

Ahed of the World Cup final, Gianni Infantino was set to unveil something big: a plan to sell off a piece of the World Cup

The man who made him wait? Josh Kushner

Here's the tick-tock of how it came together & the week that shook football after our scoop
https://t.co/87wiPn2RLk

[Financial Times @FT]

JPMorgan has been instrumental in the formation of Fifa’s plans to raise $4.2bn from global investors for a new commercial entity valued at roughly $20bn.

That project, just like the Super League, is now at risk of unravelling. https://t.co/cbVoPIgHGs

[Arash Massoudi @ArashMassoudi]

Latest

Leopold Aschenbrenner vows to ‘fight another day’ after fund plunges 67 per cent in July

https://t.co/p8HEB8wii0 via @ft

[Arash Massoudi @ArashMassoudi]

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KEN GRIFFIN's Citadel buys large portion of Situational Awareness equity holdings after hedge fund suffered steep losses in recent days from tech sell-off

https://t.co/Fy25IEloE0

[Arash Massoudi @ArashMassoudi]

LATEST

Situational Awareness has rapidly sold a large portion of its public equity holdings after the $20bn hedge fund run by former OpenAI employee Leopold Aschenbrenner was stung by heavy losses in recent days.

https://t.co/Fy25IEloE0 via @ft

[Arash Massoudi @ArashMassoudi]

Thank you for linking to our scoop! It takes a ton of work to get something like this across the line!!

https://t.co/Pqtj0IrkRu

[tae kim @firstadopter]

Welp. The news has finally hit the tape.

FT: "Situational Awareness, the $20bn hedge fund founded by former OpenAI employee Leopold Aschenbrenner, has sought to raise fresh capital from investors after suffering heavy losses during the recent rout in AI stocks."

"Several people familiar with the matter said that Situational Awareness had used borrowing to magnify its returns, a popular hedge fund strategy that can also amplify losses in a downturn."

"The firm was up 439 per cent on a net basis for the year as of the end of June"

"Aschenbrenner pointed in the letter to the prospect of major AI developments in the second half of the year"

Probably RSI
https://t.co/R8uSvznwNO

[Oliver Barnes @mroliverbarnes]

The Wachtell lawyer who deposed Elon Musk at the OpenAI trial is leaving for the law firm that advised on the blockbuster SpaceX IPO, alongside at least four other litigation partners.

With @sindap

[Arash Massoudi @ArashMassoudi]

FLASHBACK: Guess who was there first? Masayoshi Son and SoftBank.

Our reporting in 2018 -->

SoftBank teams with investors for $25bn Fifa shake-up plan

https://t.co/w20h1ksbz5

[James Horncastle OSI @JamesHorncastle]

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