Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “Badwill” sounds like something that could sour a business deal. Instead, it can be the cherry on the cake. The ...

Simon Samuels rightly warns that investors should be sceptical of high bids in bank M&A, but not for the right reasons (“Beware ‘badwill’ in European bank mergers and acquisitions” (March 2). The ...

The creation of badwill in this case may reflect the fact Murray & Roberts was a distressed seller. The accounting treatment of badwill is the opposite of goodwill, which is an asset that needs to be ...

Deutsche Bank AGDBK4.95%increase; green up pointing triangle will likely depend on an obscure but valuable accounting quirk to make a deal for smaller rival Commerzbank AG CBK 2.20%increase; green up ...

WHEN CAIXABANK and Bankia, its state-owned peer, announced on September 3rd that they were exploring a merger to create Spain’s biggest domestic lender, politicians, regulators and analysts offered ...

WHEN CAIXABANK and Bankia, its state-owned peer, announced on September 3rd that they were exploring a merger to create Spain’s biggest domestic lender, politicians, regulators and analysts offered ...

Christmas has come early for British lender Nationwide Building Society, which revealed on Wednesday it has booked a bigger-than-forecast accounting gain from its purchase of rival Virgin Money two ...