Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When design software company Figma revealed its plans for a stock market listing this week, it felt like a throwback to an earlier era in the tech financing markets. Chief executive Dylan Field listed the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Stablecoins are pretty cool in theory. They promise near-to-instant transfers of any value across any border, at transaction costs that could be far below what’s currently charged. Smart contracts might take the counterparty risk out … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Guaranty Trust Holding Company, the parent of Nigeria’s biggest bank by market value, will list in London after selling $100mn in shares to investors, as lenders rush to complete the country’s largest bank recapitalisation in … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Technology myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. It’s every manager’s worst nightmare: hiring a remote employee who turns out to be a North Korean hacker intent on loading malware on to your network. But that’s what happened to the US cyber security company … Read more
This article is an on-site version of our Energy Source newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Tuesday and Thursday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Howdy ya’ll from Texas, and welcome to Energy Source. Today, I’ll be focusing on why US oil producers, largely … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sir Christopher Hohn’s activist hedge fund TCI has risen 21 per cent so far this year, according to two people who have seen the numbers, as bets on jet engine manufacturer GE Aerospace, Visa and … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. BlackRock and Schroders bought gilts during Wednesday’s sell-off, betting that the uncertainty over Rachel Reeves’ future would not trigger a deeper rout in UK government debt. Gilts and the pound sold off sharply after Sir … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The European Commission plans to propose a new joint debt instrument to tap capital markets in times of crisis, in a move that would give Brussels a permanent channel for issuance of EU-denominated bonds. The … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. UK government bonds rallied on Thursday after Sir Keir Starmer said Rachel Reeves would be chancellor for a “very long time”, allaying investor fears over her position. The prime minister made the promise after he … Read more
