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Germany’s Olaf Scholz is expected to lose a confidence vote in parliament on Monday, and Arm and Qualcomm’s bitter legal feud over chip design licensing is heading to trial. The London Stock Exchange is on course for its worst year for departures since the financial crisis. Plus, investors’ appetite for juicy returns has triggered a big boom on Wall Street in complex financial products. Mentioned in this podcast: Olaf Scholz faces confidence vote — and hopes to lose it Wall Street’s complex debt bonanza hits fastest pace since 2007 London Stock Exchange suffers biggest exodus since financial crisis Chip groups Arm and Qualcomm square off in high-stakes US trial ‘No political authority’: South Korea’s interim leader faces daunting task Send us your questions for Swamp Notes! Write to ethan.plotkin@ft.com . The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. 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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.