Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The liquefied natural gas industry has warned the Trump administration it cannot comply with new rules aimed at forcing them to use US transport vessels by imposing levies on Chinese-built ships docking at … Read more
The Swiss franc has soared to a decade high against the dollar as investors rush for shelter from the global trade turmoil, sparking bets that the country’s central bank will have to lower interest rates to zero or below to curb the currency’s rise. The currency, historically a financial market haven because of the Alpine … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Aerospace & Defence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Private credit firms that could offer vital funding to Europe’s expanding defence industry are exploring whether their investors’ sustainable investment requirements can be watered down to allow them to lend. Financing Europe’s defence sector … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is research associate at the Financial Markets Group at the London School of Economics and a former member of the Monetary Policy Committee Donald Trump has unsettled US Treasuries on more than one … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Vanguard, the world’s second-largest asset manager, has ruled out re-entering China’s fund industry even as the group seeks to accelerate its global expansion beyond its biggest market in the US. Chris McIsaac, head of Vanguard’s … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Mining myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. A mining start-up backed by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos is expanding into the Democratic Republic of Congo, in a bet that the resource-rich nation will be crucial to US efforts to compete with China for … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A large explosion that ripped through fuel containers at a strategic Iranian port on Saturday has injured more than 500 workers and disrupted foreign trade. There has been no official explanation for the cause of … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US financial regulation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Republican lawmakers plan to shut down the US audit regulator, which was founded in the wake of the Enron scandal more than two decades ago, as part of a reform package designed to deliver … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The world’s largest oil company is stepping up investment in synthetic fuels derived from renewable energy, as it bets on the conventional combustion engine to remain a crucial part of transport despite the shift towards … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US equities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. US stocks have underperformed the rest of the world this year by the widest margin in more than three decades as Donald Trump’s erratic policymaking sparks an investor exodus from American assets. The MSCI USA … Read more