Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Politicians on both sides of the Atlantic are hell-bent on steering more pension money into private markets. The Trump administration is considering an order that would open up American employees access to private markets through … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Private equity myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Hedge funds are circling more than a dozen distressed companies in France, as a string of economic shocks pushes growing numbers of businesses towards painful restructurings. Restructuring advisers and distressed debt investors said they were … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Currencies myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. For the past month or more, overnight interest rates in Hong Kong have been stuck just above zero per cent. Since everyone got used to ultra-low interest rates during the last couple of decades, it may … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US inflation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Figures this week are expected to show a pick-up in US inflation in May as the effects of President Donald Trump’s tariffs are beginning to appear in the data. Economists polled by Reuters are forecasting … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Another quarter, another blow for London’s faltering stock market. On Thursday, UK fintech Wise said it planned to switch its primary listing to New York to improve liquidity in its shares. On Wednesday, Cobalt Holdings, … 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 US companies with risky credit ratings are rushing to sell junk bonds ahead of an expected resurgence of trade tensions in July that could depress demand for corporate debt. Companies with weaker credit … 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 gulf between borrowing costs in the US and Eurozone has reached the greatest level since before the Covid-19 pandemic and is set to widen further, just as Donald Trump grows increasingly frustrated … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Europe’s smaller stocks have raced ahead of their US peers this year as investors bet on an economic resurgence while trying to steer clear of companies most exposed to Donald Trump’s trade war. Investors have … 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 Private equity groups are overhauling their exit strategies after accepting that a years-long downturn in initial public offerings is unlikely to end soon. Buyout executives at the industry’s annual European conference this week … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Pensions myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Only 5 per cent of an estimated £160bn of excess assets held in defined benefit pension schemes will be extracted despite a change in rules to make releasing surpluses easier, the government has predicted. The Department … Read more