Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. At a lunch with TotalEnergies boss Patrick Pouyanné in 2019, drillers worried about the future asked what their roles would look like a decade down the line. For the chief executive it was “obvious”, they … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world A cornerstone of demand in the $1.4tn US junk loan market is under pressure to sell very risky debt, as President Donald Trump’s trade war sparks fears of recession and ratings downgrades. Collateralised … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Argentine peso, Javier Milei told voters while seeking the presidency, was “worth less than excrement”. His solution? To replace it with the US dollar and burn down the central bank. Eighteen months later, Milei … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The White House has announced dizzyingly high — and hard-to-follow — tariffs on goods from China. And Beijing has responded. But the real trade war may be between the US president and the American consumer. … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump has threatened to apply tariffs on critical minerals in a move that could increase tensions with China and open a new front in a global trade war that has rattled markets. … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. One of the US’s largest energy exporters was able to borrow through US junk debt markets on Tuesday, the first deal since Donald Trump’s tariff war froze the $1.4tn high-yield bond market. A subsidiary of … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US product design software company Figma has filed for an initial public offering that will test investor appetite for tech listings as Donald Trump’s tariffs roil global financial markets. Figma on Tuesday said it had … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Malian government has escalated a dispute with Barrick Gold by closing the Canadian mining company’s office in Bamako and threatening to seize control of its assets in the country, the group said on Tuesday. … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Blackstone is joining forces with asset management companies Vanguard and Wellington Management in a “strategic alliance” aimed at creating hybrid public and private funds for wealthy individuals and retirees. The three groups said on Tuesday … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK government has engaged in a dramatic rescue of British Steel, operator of the country’s last two blast furnaces at Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire. After recalling parliament from recess to pass emergency legislation, ministers have … Read more