Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Foreign investors bought a record amount of Japanese equities and bonds in April, as the chaotic aftermath of Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs made Tokyo a global haven for the “de-dollarisation” trade. Figures released this … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It is good to launch a share sale on a strong day for the markets. CATL, the world’s biggest battery maker, charged its deal with news of a temporary US-China trade truce that lifted stocks … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Junior creditors of Wolfspeed Inc., a strategically sensitive US chipmaker, have offered rescue financing to the struggling company to pre-empt a potential bankruptcy filing. A group of hedge funds and other investors sent a proposal … 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. The ceasefire between India and Pakistan, which looked shaky over the weekend, appears to be holding. Equities in … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Macquarie-controlled Southern Water asked Ares Management and other lenders to write off about £370mn of debt, in an effort to allow new equity to flow directly into the utility’s heavily-indebted operating company. The talks place … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The volatile market for small US initial public offerings is “booming” thanks to a surge of Chinese listings on New York’s Nasdaq as companies race to beat a rule change that blocks the … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Oil & Gas industry myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Companies have abandoned almost half the projects in a $5bn Texas programme to fund gas power plant construction and prevent more electricity blackouts, as they struggle with ballooning expenses and supply chain delays. … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Hong Kong’s Animoca Brands plans to list in New York as Donald Trump’s light-touch regulation of digital assets offers a “unique moment” to enter the world’s largest capital market, says the boss of … Read more
Markus Villig knows all about Europe’s aversion to investment risk. The chief executive of Estonian ride-hailing app Bolt “met almost every venture capitalist” on the continent before securing most of Bolt’s $1bn-plus in funding from US investors. “The reason we lost out wasn’t [because rival apps] had a better product. It’s because they had access … Read more
Until now, UK investment firms with a strong domestic focus could largely ignore the waxing and waning of the ESG wars on the other side of the Atlantic. But things may be about to change. The big British political story of the past few weeks is the storming local election success of Reform UK, with … Read more