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The trouble with Danish, squared

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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When a piece of financial regulation has the word “Compromise” right there in the name, you can tell that it’s going to cause problems. And the EU’s “Danish Compromise” on bancassurance groups is doing so … Read more

A crucial earnings season

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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. This article is an on-site version of our Unhedged newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters … Read more

Lessons from the recent US Treasuries sell-off

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Markets shook after US President Donald Trump announced his so-called reciprocal tariffs earlier this month. But there was one market in particular that got investors particularly worried: Treasuries. What’s usually a safe haven asset suddenly saw huge sell-offs. Trump managed to avoid further pain by pausing large chunks of his tariffs, but the sell-off prompts … Read more

Easing leverage limits on banks could backfire

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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is the former chair of the FDIC and author of ‘Money Tales’, financial education books for children US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said he wants to deregulate the financial system responsibly. He has … Read more

Elliott’s BP pressure campaign

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One scoop to start: Brandon Lutnick, son of US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, is partnering with SoftBank, Tether and Bitfinex to capitalise on a cryptocurrency revival under US President Donald Trump. And another thing: Elon Musk said he would “significantly” reduce his US government role from next month and refocus his attention on Tesla, after … Read more