The US dollar has been in slow decline for around a decade – so says Kenneth Rogoff, Harvard professor, and former chief economist of the IMF. Donald Trump’s trade policies have raised a lot of questions about the future of the dollar – and how its decline could affect the rest of the world’s currencies. … 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 fair to assume that, had any of the last few chief executives of Barclays bank been asked to sign a letter urging the government to rescind punitive regulations, they’d have jumped at the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Britain’s banks are debating whether regulatory ringfences that were set up after the financial crisis should be bulldozed. Demolitionists — led by HSBC — say the rules trap capital that could help the wider economy. … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is founder and chief investment officer at Gramercy Funds Management Tariff disputes, geopolitical tensions and now a potential US recession. It hardly seems the time to seek out investments in emerging markets given … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Private equity myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The private equity industry is past its peak and faces a massive challenge in selling off trillions of dollars in assets, according to Egyptian industrialist and billionaire investor Nassef Sawiris. Sawiris, who has invested parts … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It has long been an EU aspiration that the euro would rival the US dollar for global dominance, or at least for monetary sovereignty at home. Now, the self-sabotage of Donald Trump’s Washington is a … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A Dubai-based family office has announced plans to invest $8.8bn to build a “blockchain and digital assets” financial hub in the Maldives, a scheme the cash-strapped Indian Ocean archipelago hopes will help it through a … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. If Warren Buffett is to be believed, his announcement after Saturday’s annual meeting of Berkshire Hathaway that he plans to step down as chief executive at the end of the year was news to all … 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 US Federal Reserve is widely expected to keep interest rates at their present level when it meets next week, with chair Jay Powell’s press conference likely to be investors’ main focus following a … 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 John F Kennedy was fond of the expression “don’t ever take a fence down until you know the reason why it was put up”. First laid out by English writer GK Chesterton, it … Read more