Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Against the odds, Hong Kong is back challenging for the top of the listing league tables this year. That’s a sharp reversal from the stalled pipeline and investor exodus of just two years ago. It … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The head of one of the world’s largest fertiliser companies has warned that heightened tensions in the Middle East could trigger a fresh food price shock by straining global supply chains for crop nutrients and … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Cryptocurrencies myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. London-listed companies are turning to bitcoin to boost their share prices, drawing Europe’s largest equity market into a growing global trend in which businesses are transforming themselves into proxies for the cryptocurrency. At least nine companies, … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. South Korea’s stock market has been supercharged by an investor frenzy over won-based digital money this month, following newly elected President Lee Jae-myung’s pledge to allow crypto assets backed by the national currency. Stocks that … Read more
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Thirty-odd years ago, when I first entered the world of financial services, investment platforms were very much in their infancy. According to some definitions, they didn’t even exist. Today millions of individuals in the UK invest online. Some do so through platforms that allow them to work alongside their financial advisers, others through platforms that … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Through the fog that has shrouded global markets during the second coming of US President Donald Trump, a form is starting to take shape. If you squint, you can just about make out an outline … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The biggest US banks have all passed the Federal Reserve’s annual tests of whether they can withstand a future economic and market crisis, opening the door for them to raise dividends and share buybacks. The … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Meta is looking to raise $29bn to fund its all-in push into artificial intelligence, turning to private capital firms to finance its build out of data centres in the US. Talks between the Instagram-owner and … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Former Barclays chief Jes Staley has failed to persuade a California court to throw out an investor lawsuit over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, in the same week that he lost a separate UK court … Read more