Truist exits near-prime auto lending, selling a $5.5B loan book for $5.2B
Under new CEO Mike Lyons, Truist is selling its Regional Acceptance near-prime auto book — $5.2B net proceeds, $535M reserve recapture, $945M new CET1 capital.
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Transnet's three-year recovery plan books its first profit in four years (interview)
CEO Michelle Phillips reports a R4.6bn FY2026 profit against last year's R1.9bn loss and rail volumes up 4.9% — but says the turnaround is far from over.
Read caseTD cut jobs and a $3B portfolio to shrink under its US money-laundering asset cap
Hit with $3B+ in US penalties and a $434B asset cap, TD is cutting 2% of staff, winding down a $3B POS financing book and selling assets to fit the cap.
Read caseAnil Ambani ringfenced two debt-free companies and pivoted into defence and green energy
After the RCom and Reliance Capital collapses, Anil Ambani ringfenced two clean companies, went debt-free and pivoted into defence and green energy.
Read casePick n Pay cut its trading loss by two-thirds and went net cash in turnaround year one
A two-step recap — debt restructure, rights offer and a major listing in one year — restored the balance sheet as like-for-like sales turned positive.
Read caseMarriott's 2024 reorg pushed decisions to the continents and cut 833 corporate jobs
Marriott cut 833 corporate jobs and framed it as reorg, not cost-cutting: decisions shift to continent teams, saving a projected $80–90m a year.
Read caseKering's ReconKering recasts the group as luxury's 'indisputable challenger'
At a Florence Capital Markets Day, new CEO Luca de Meo unveiled ReconKering: five hubs, a doubled margin target by 2030 and a slimmer, less indebted group.
Read caseHyatt sold its hotels to become a brand network — fee-based earnings now 80% of profit
Hyatt sold its real estate and bought 10+ luxury brands: fee-based earnings rose from 44% of total in 2015 to 80% in 2026, with a 90%+ target for 2027.
Read caseChick-fil-A bets on family ownership and a $1B global push over an IPO (interview)
CEO Andrew Cathy tells CNBC the chain will stay family-owned while revenue grew 14% to $10.3B in 2025, with 179 new restaurants and launches in Singapore.
Read caseBacardi India put 100% of media spend into digital and rebuilt its events (interview)
Marketing director Goodies Narayanan says Bacardi India now spends 100% of media on digital and rebuilds events like CASA Bacardi as content ecosystems.
Read caseBird and Spin merged into Third Lane and swung $50M to profit (interview)
Co-CEO Stewart Lyons right-sized cities, cut SIM costs and dropped in-house manufacturing — profitable every month from March 2024, he says.
Read caseThe Warehouse's cost reset lifted operating profit to NZ$22.6M from NZ$1.3M
Margin up 40bps, NZ$29.8M of costs out, free cash flow swinging NZ$124.6M positive and net debt cut 82% — on broadly flat sales.
Read caseReliance Retail demanded 6-12 month breakeven as EBITDA margin hit 8.3%
Eyeing an IPO, Reliance Retail halved its new-store breakeven window, cut openings to 500-550 a year and pushed EBITDA margin to 8.3%.
Read caseOando recapitalised and rebuilt its board, lifting output 59% and profit to ₦201.3B
After years of negative shareholder funds and boardroom disputes, Oando recapitalised, refreshed its board and bought the NAOC assets, lifting output 59%.
Read caseMetair's turnaround lifted operating profit 28% — and kept CEO O'Flaherty to 2028
Restructured around OEM volumes, out of Turkey and into aftermarket parts, Metair swung Hesto to profit and cut net debt — shares jumped 15%.
Read caseM&S sends every head-office worker into stores 7 days a year — shares up 345% in five
Under Stuart Machin, M&S rebuilt its culture around the shop floor: HQ staff work store days yearly, new joiners start in store — revenue hit £13B from £10.1B.
Read caseLumen sold its copper and consumer fiber to pay down debt and pivot to AI networking
After CEO Kate Johnson took over in 2022, Lumen sold assets, restructured $15B of debt out of court and bet its fiber network on AI traffic.
Read caseKodak paid off $400M and bet on film's comeback — the stock doubled in a year
Jim Continenza rebuilt Kodak around its roots — film, print, advanced materials — cut interest costs by $40M a year and left a going-concern warning behind.
Read caseJefferson and Lehigh Valley closed a $14B merger creating a 32-hospital system
Two Pennsylvania systems combined 62,000 employees into a top-15 US nonprofit system — and took Jefferson's health plan into the Lehigh Valley.
Read caseWritten off in 2023, Goldman's Solomon era delivered a 106% stock run by 2024
After the $3B consumer misstep and calls to resign, Goldman retreated to banking and asset management — and out-gained every large peer in market share.
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