Assault on proxy advisers is an attack on the rights of asset owners

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is chief executive of Minerva Analytics, a shareholder advisory firm The firms that advise big shareholders on corporate governance matters and help them vote are under siege. A simmering backlash over the activities … Read more

Have cryptocurrencies arrived as an asset class? It’s complicated

There is a buzz around bitcoin. The world’s oldest and best-known cryptocurrency is trading close to record highs as enthusiastic investors bet on greater political and regulatory support from Donald Trump’s administration. The digital currency has climbed by more than 50 per cent since Trump’s election victory in November and has wiped out all the … Read more

What will it take to make British investors buy British stocks?

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. British stocks are on track for their best half-year since 2021. Meanwhile, concerns about unpredictable trade policy and spiralling government debt have shaken a long-held investor belief in “US exceptionalism”. If ever there were a … Read more

ArcelorMittal ditches plan to convert German factories to green production

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Europe’s biggest steel producer has abandoned plans to convert two German steel plants to green production and warned that it could also close a flagship biofuels plant in Belgium in a blow to Europe’s plans … Read more