Man Group orders quants back to office five days a week
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Man Group, the world’s largest listed hedge fund manager, has ordered its London-based quants to temporarily return to the office five days a week amid a period of poor performance. Man AHL, the firm’s flagship … Read more
TotalEnergies promotion of natural gas under fire in greenwashing trial
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. TotalEnergies defended its strategy of labelling natural gas as a transition fuel in promotional material as part of its rebranding, in a landmark trial over the claim that the French oil and gas group had … Read more
Coffee, jukeboxes and dementia clinics: is this the future of banking?
Coffee, jukeboxes and dementia clinics: is this the future of banking?
Pret A Manger owner sounds out new investors ahead of potential IPO
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The owner of Pret A Manger has recently explored bringing in new investors to the sandwich and coffee chain ahead of a potential initial public offering. JAB Holding, the European investment group that acquired Pret … Read more
Fund firms court ‘bored’ investors with flurry of exotic ETF launches
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Exchange traded funds myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Fund firms are rushing to launch products tracking cryptocurrencies, memecoins and digital artwork, betting that retail investor appetite for risky assets will extend to some of the most speculative corners of the investment world. … Read more
Walmart’s very good year
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The last 12 months have been great for Walmart, with its stock price rising on growing sales. And it’s all happening despite impending tariffs, and without adding more employees. Today on the show, US consumer … Read more
Any respite for Japan’s bonds is likely to be short-term
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is the Apac developed markets rates strategist at Société Générale The attention of global investors is turning more to Japanese bond markets for good reason. The fragile supply-demand imbalance for longer-dated bonds in … Read more
US oil companies lobby Republicans to keep Joe Biden’s hydrogen tax credits
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The American oil industry has allied with the green energy lobby to ask Republican senators not to axe Joe Biden-era tax credits for clean hydrogen, warning their repeal would enable China to dominate … Read more