Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. CoreWeave, the cloud computing group seeking to launch a blockbuster $32bn initial public offering, violated several key terms of a $7.6bn loan last year, triggering a series of so-called technical defaults. The US company, which … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Swiss trading house Mercuria is preparing to invest even more in its rapidly expanding metals division and buy further stakes in mines, according to top executives at the company. The Geneva-based group, which has roots … Read more
Institutional investors are increasing volatility in the corporate bond market by aggressively trading exchange traded funds, according to analysis from the IMF. This heightened volatility is particularly stark at times of market stress, when instability is most likely to bleed into real-world effects for corporate borrowers and the investors in their debt. The research feeds … Read more
Beijing has introduced environmental restrictions that would prevent Chinese companies from buying Nvidia’s bestselling processors, UK chancellor Rachel Reeves will update the country on Wednesday on the latest economic growth forecasts, and Shell has said it will cut costs and spending, especially in clean energy. Plus, individual investors have pumped almost $70bn into US stocks … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world US equity investors were initially optimistic about the second presidency of Donald Trump. A so-called “Trump put” was one reason for this. The assumption was that the Republican leader would tweak his policies … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK energy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The UK government faces a fresh bid by environmentalists to quash North Sea oil and gas licences on Wednesday, the latest test of Labour’s attempts to balance net zero goals and business complaints about regulation. … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Fidelity Investments is planning to launch its own stablecoin, deepening the $5tn asset manager’s push into digital assets as the US prepares its first regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies. The Boston-based fund firm is … Read more
Inside Russia’s Gazprom: can the ailing energy giant be revived?
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. President Donald Trump has been clear he wants lower interest rates. Cheaper money would goose the market and give the government room to spend. But interest rates haven’t exactly been co-operating. Today on the show, … Read more
