Chancellor to open ‘front door’ for investors in UK with concierge service

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is to launch a “concierge service” to smooth the way for international financial services companies moving to and expanding in the UK, part of her efforts to boost the City of London. … Read more

Does the US have Dutch disease?

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world In the late 1960s, after the discovery of natural gas deposits in the North Sea, the Dutch economy changed dramatically over a relatively short period. In 1964, the country had exported almost no … Read more

The France-Italy spread has flipped

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Sovereign bonds myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Eurozone sovereign bonds — unlike US, UK, or Japanese bonds — are not issued by governments that can, pretty much, make up new stuff and call it money. As such, yield differences between bonds of … Read more

The rocky path to global carbon pricing

This article is an on-site version of our Moral Money newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered twice a week. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters. Visit our Moral Money hub for all the latest ESG news, opinion and analysis from around the FT … Read more

Coffee prices climb after Donald Trump threatens 50% tariffs on Brazil

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Coffee futures jumped on Thursday after US President Donald Trump threatened 50 per cent tariffs on Brazil, the world’s biggest producer, jolting the industry and risking a price surge for US consumers.  In a letter … Read more

FTAV Q&A: Steve Berkley

Certain people ~cough~ at FTAV Towers are above-average interested in indexing, and how indices have evolved from snapshots of markets into a phenomenon that enjoys enormous influence over them. Stock market indices get most of the attention. That’s understandable, given how most of the multitrillion dollar passive investing industry is in equity index funds. But … Read more