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The UK and France have pledged for the first time to co-ordinate the use of their nuclear weapons, the copper markets are reeling from US President Donald Trump’s threat to impose 50 per cent tariffs on the metal, and Canada has a plan to offset American energy levies by exporting natural gas to the rest … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Sovereign bonds myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Dutch pension funds are set to put pressure on European government bond markets later this year as they start to sell around €125bn of long-dated bonds because of a substantial reform of the retirement sector. … 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 writer is president of Queens’ College, Cambridge, and an adviser to Allianz and Gramercy It did not take long after last week’s UK fiscal drama for the typical political response to emerge. … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. UBS may have been handed an early win in its battle to moderate stringent new capital requirements imposed by the Swiss government. Who to thank? The pragmatic and slow-moving Swiss political system. The fierce debate … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Thames Water is weighing a last-ditch rescue from a former Liberal Democrat peer working with a little-known financial services firm, which claims it can unpick the teetering utility’s complex corporate structure to better serve the … 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 Billionaire mining entrepreneur Robert Friedland welcomed US President Donald Trump’s vow to impose a 50 per cent tariff on copper imports, arguing that domestic production of the metal was “fundamental to America’s national … Read more
Copper markets were jolted by President Donald Trump’s vow to impose 50 per cent tariffs on imports of the world’s most important industrial metal, leaving producers and traders weighing the consequences of such a move. Although US copper prices shot higher after Trump delivered his threat on Tuesday, the global price on the London Metal … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Uncle Sam has a copper problem. In very round numbers, the US produces 1mn tonnes of the red metal, and consumes 2mn. The deficit is filled from overseas, creating a potential geopolitical vulnerability. Yet even … 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 Hedge funds and other financial speculators were to blame for “80 per cent” of the surge in coffee prices that created “unbelievable” volatility and uncertainty in the market, the head of the Lavazza … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Pensions industry myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The UK government’s plan for pension reform has been called into question after Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey said he did not think it was appropriate for ministers to mandate investment in British assets. … Read more