Canada’s Liberal party selects a new leader, and US President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Justice Department’s antitrust division is turning heads on Wall Street. Plus, US startups are raising more money than at any point since 2021, and why a gold boom in Ghana is driving up global chocolate prices. Mentioned in this … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Pensions industry myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Some of the UK’s biggest pension funds have pushed back against Labour MPs calling for defence companies to be categorised as “ethical” arguing that investors deserve choice and should be able to exclude weapons makers … Read more
Latest news on ETFs Visit our ETF Hub to find out more and to explore our in-depth data and comparison tools The recent approval of semi-transparent exchange traded funds in Europe has sparked debate over whether the fund structure will succeed in Europe despite its unpopularity in the US. In December, the Commission de Surveillance … 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 energy secretary Chris Wright has said the US shale sector can deliver President Donald Trump’s pledge to “drill, baby, drill” and boost oil production even if prices hit $50 a barrel, a … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world For the past 50 years or so, the approach of most Americans to retirement has been to put as much money as possible into US markets and then forget about it until they’re … Read more
Some of the world’s largest banks and fintechs are rushing to launch their own stablecoins, aiming to grab a slice of a cross-border payments market they expect will be redrawn by cryptocurrencies. Last month Bank of America signalled it was open to issuing its own coin, joining established payments providers such as Standard Chartered, PayPal, … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Multibillion-dollar market research group Kantar is set to be broken up and sold by owners Bain and WPP, shifting from a plan to pursue a stock exchange flotation of the company over worries about the … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. More than half of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2023 can be linked to just 36 fossil fuel and cement producers, according to a report from the Carbon Majors database. The climate watchdog found … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Foreign exchange myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The euro’s sharp fall after Donald Trump’s November US presidential election victory to below $1.02 early last month meant parity with the dollar seemed inevitable in the eyes of some analysts and investors. Many assumed … 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 lumber futures have fallen from their all-time highs after president Trump’s delay to tariffs on Canada this week halted a surge in prices. Contracts tracking a truckload of lumber hit the highest … Read more