Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Investors looking to put their money in sustainable areas are being forced to pay higher fees for active funds, due to a “concerning” absence of cheaper, passive vehicles, analysts say. As part of the UK’s … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Retail & Consumer industry myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The surging gold price has brightened the financial prospects for those considering selling scrap gold or collectable coins, as UK high street pawnbrokers report a new wave of customers. Gold hit a record … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Japanese business & finance myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Japan’s finance minister has publicly identified the country’s more than $1tn holdings of US Treasuries as a “card” in its trade negotiations with the Trump administration, in a rare baring of teeth by … Read more
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Chevron and Exxon reported a drop in quarterly profits on Friday on the back of falling oil prices and weak refining margins, as the oil industry braces for its toughest year since the pandemic. … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Cryptocurrencies myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The UK financial watchdog plans to stop retail investors borrowing money to invest in cryptocurrencies like bitcoin as it seeks to bring much of the fast-growing digital assets market under regulatory supervision for the first time. … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Equities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Signs of a possible thaw in trade tensions helped drive global markets higher on Friday after Beijing said it was “evaluating” recent overtures from Washington on starting trade talks. China’s commerce ministry said the US had … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Shell has announced $3.5bn of share buybacks, maintaining its strategy of returning large amounts of cash to shareholders despite a 28 per cent fall in first-quarter profits. The UK-listed energy major on Friday reported adjusted … Read more
In October, France’s newly appointed prime minister Michel Barnier warned of a “sword of Damocles” hanging over the country — its “colossal” debt. His attempt to address the country’s creaking finances with a €60bn package of tax rises and spending cuts led to the end of his premiership just two months later. A downgrade of … Read more
The turmoil in financial markets triggered by Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs has prompted comparisons with the mayhem unleashed by former UK prime minister Liz Truss’ disastrous mini-Budget nearly three years ago. The US president’s “liberation day” launch of a global trade war and Truss’s unfunded tax cuts both spooked investors and threatened to unhinge the … Read more