Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK financial regulation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Rules restricting mortgage lending by British banks will be loosened under plans announced by the financial regulator on Friday to make it easier for people to buy their own home. The Financial Conduct Authority … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A week can feel like an eternity when the zone’s being flooded with FOMO. Last Sunday, Donald Trump tweeted: A U.S. Crypto Reserve will elevate this critical industry after years of corrupt attacks by the … Read more
Among the loyalists selected by Donald Trump to staff his second administration, Gail Slater stands out for a different reason: she unites right and left with a sceptical view of big business. While the US president’s other nominees tend to be traditional conservative free market advocates, Slater, his pick to lead the Justice Department’s antitrust … Read more
This article is an on-site version of our FirstFT newsletter. Subscribers can sign up to our Asia, Europe/Africa or Americas edition to get the newsletter delivered every weekday morning. Explore all of our newsletters here Good morning. As executives prepare to gather at the White House today for a cryptocurrency summit, we look at Donald … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The euro is on track for its best week against the dollar since the global financial crisis, as investors bet that Germany’s historic fiscal stimulus will help power an economic recovery in the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Remember all the talk of American exceptionalism? The argument that the US was the only market you needed to care about, and big US technology stocks were basically the new risk-free asset? Well about that . . . … Read more
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 Good morning. Tired of uncertainty? Too bad: the Trump administration backtracked again on its tariffs on Canada and Mexico, giving … Read more
Trump’s crypto project netted $350mn from presidential memecoin
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Exactly a week after the summer solstice last year (all my investment views are inspired by the heavens) I wrote in this column that “ . . . a new asset class is jiggling my contrarian bones: European equities”. … Read more
