TotalEnergies gas project in Mozambique faces UK human rights probe

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Authorities in the UK have commissioned a human rights review into a $20bn gas development in Mozambique, as they assess whether to keep funding the project led by France’s TotalEnergies. Four people familiar with the … Read more

Tomorrow’s financiers are learning to think like machines

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The world of finance has evolved beyond spreadsheets and human judgment. In today’s markets, many finance roles now involve navigating vast data sets, interpreting machine learning outputs, and making sense of AI-generated forecasts. Business schools … Read more

Finance masters shift from idealism to pragmatism on under fire ESG

Not long ago, business schools were clambering to launch environmental, social, and governance (ESG) courses to meet ballooning demand. Fuelled by regulatory momentum, investor scrutiny and a wave of student interest in aligning purpose with profit, growth accelerated from the late 2010s onward. More recently, however, ESG education has encountered pushback, particularly in the US, … Read more