Bitcoin passes $120,000 milestone as US Congress readies for ‘crypto week’

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Bitcoin passed a record milestone of $120,000 per token on Monday as US lawmakers prepared to consider a number of bills aimed at creating clearer regulatory frameworks for digital assets. The world’s largest cryptocurrency climbed … Read more

Lessons from the Kraft-Heinz cul-de-sac

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

Buffett’s Big Bet 2.0

Welcome to FT Asset Management, our weekly newsletter on the movers and shakers behind a multitrillion-dollar global industry. This article is an on-site version of the newsletter. Subscribers can sign up here to get it delivered every Monday. Explore all of our newsletters here. Does the format, content and tone work for you? Let me … Read more

Lord Mayor criticises UK companies for choosing low-fee pension schemes

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Pensions industry myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The City of London Lord Mayor has criticised British companies for picking pension providers that charge the lowest fees, arguing more expensive managers who invest in alternative assets will deliver better returns.  “We’ve ended up … Read more

Taiwan’s central bank tells foreign investors to stop violating capital controls

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Foreign exchange myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Taiwan’s central bank has warned “a few foreign investors” against violating its capital controls as it seeks to contain volatility in its rapidly appreciating currency. In a statement to the Financial Times, the Central Bank … Read more

MPs slam ‘disrespectful’ obstruction by chair of UK financial ombudsman

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. MPs have accused the chair of the Financial Ombudsman Service of “disrespectful” behaviour, saying she tried to stop them finding out that the body’s chief executive was sacked after a “mutual collapse in confidence”. The … Read more

A more intelligent approach to AI regulation

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. One of the biggest policy challenges of our times will be how to regulate artificial intelligence appropriately. As the powerful general purpose technology is rapidly adopted across society and the economy, the task will be … Read more