Plus: The U.K. has banned financier Lex Greensill from serving on company boards for nine years following his lending firm's collapse in 2021. And investors in Blackstone’s flagship private-credit fund asked to pull $4.4 billion in the second quarter. Pierre Bienaimé hosts.

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