Has Keir Starmer placated gilt investors?

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. This week’s fireworks in the gilts market, as investors fretted that the chancellor’s tears in the House of Commons portended her departure, marked the latest in what have become regular bouts of volatility in UK … Read more

Mining boss calls for price support to challenge China’s critical minerals dominance

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Mining myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Western governments should provide price guarantees for critical minerals miners if they are to compete with Chinese rivals who receive huge state support, the boss of leading platinum producer Sibanye-Stillwater has said. The comments by Neal … Read more

The natural gas trap

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Oil & Gas industry myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is David S Lobel professor in business and sustainability and professor of political economy at Stanford University I recently served as an expert witness in court. A question put to me … Read more

Wood Group accounts flagged by watchdog as far back as 2017

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Red flags were raised over Wood Group’s financial statements as far back as 2017, according to corporate and regulatory records that indicate persistent questions over its accounting practices. The London-listed company — which the UK’s … Read more

Private equity can defy the gloom narrative

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is co-head of private equity at KKR The private equity naysayers are out in force in 2025. Underlying the latest predictions of the industry’s demise is a notable mis-step many firms made by over-deploying … Read more