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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. A Dubai-based family office has announced plans to invest $8.8bn to build a “blockchain and digital assets” financial hub in the Maldives, a scheme the cash-strapped Indian Ocean archipelago hopes will help it through a … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. If Warren Buffett is to be believed, his announcement after Saturday’s annual meeting of Berkshire Hathaway that he plans to step down as chief executive at the end of the year was news to all … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The US Federal Reserve is widely expected to keep interest rates at their present level when it meets next week, with chair Jay Powell’s press conference likely to be investors’ main focus following a … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world John F Kennedy was fond of the expression “don’t ever take a fence down until you know the reason why it was put up”. First laid out by English writer GK Chesterton, it … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Kids and adults alike love it; US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr calls it poison. For investors, too, sugar has proved more toxic than sweet: raw sugar prices have broadly drifted lower since a … Read more
Fresh from disrupting the energy and banking sectors, Octopus and Revolut have turned their sights to the UK’s mobile telecoms market. Both groups are looking to break into mobile operations, in a move that could pose a threat to the industry’s incumbents, dominated by four — and soon to be three — players. Revolut announced … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Eight Opec+ members, including Saudi Arabia and Russia, announced a second consecutive monthly increase of 411,000 barrels a day for June, even as oil prices continue to slide because of fears of oversupply and economic … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Pensions industry myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Rachel Reeves has been accused by the Conservatives of “desperation” after plans to corral pension funds to invest more in the UK were criticised by the industry. The chancellor is trying to increase the amount … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Canadian and Danish pension funds have been backing away from new US private equity allocations. And Chinese sovereign wealth funds have turned off their money tap to the industry more comprehensively. But even investors in … Read more
Deribit, the world’s largest cryptocurrency options exchange, is looking to enter the US market, joining a host of European and Asian cryptocurrency companies that are trying to exploit President Donald Trump’s pledge to make the country the global centre for digital assets. The Dubai-based group, which handled a notional $1.3tn of deals last year, is … Read more