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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Goldman Sachs stood to lose just $300mn in an economic shock under the Federal Reserve’s stress test scenario this year, vastly less than the $18bn forecast a year earlier — and a big reason for the bank’s outsized shareholder payouts. The sharp drop is a reflection of Goldman’s effort in recent years to reduce risk-taking, which requires the bank to set aside more capital to guard against volatility. But it also reflects technical changes to the Fed’s test that made it easier…

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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Private equity groups Advent International and Platinum Equity are vying to buy $2bn worth of assets, including the Kevlar bulletproof brand, from DuPont, as the chemicals giant undergoes a wider break-up.The rival groups are the frontrunners to secure the protective equipment assets and are expected to submit final-round bids for DuPont’s Kevlar and Nomex this month, according to three people familiar with the matter. The Delaware-based chemicals maker put the brands up for sale after unveiling plans for a reorganisation that will…

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