Juan Flores is professor of economic history at the University of Geneva. Mitu Gulati is professor of law at the University of Virginia. When governments issue bonds they usually have to provide plenty of disclosure to entice investors. These days this often includes information on the country’s environmental, social and governance standards — the now-infamous acronym … Read more
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Digital currencies myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is senior counsel at Willkie Farr & Gallagher, co-founder of the Digital Dollar Project and former chair of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission The US Senate last week advanced a major cryptocurrency … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Disappointing returns from private equity investments meant Canada’s big pension funds underperformed last year, as a downturn in the buyout sector weighed on some of the world’s largest investors in private assets. Canada Pension Plan … 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. China’s largest gold miner, Zijin, is expanding into ‘streaming’ of precious metals in a bid to secure more bullion supply at a time of skyrocketing prices. Streaming is a type of mine financing in which … Read more
Britain prides itself on being a payments champion. The UK pioneered instant bank transfers with the launch of faster payments in 2008. A decade later, new data-sharing technology promised to usher in a new era. But while “open banking” has found success in various corners of finance — such as by enabling faster lending decisions … Read more
A global bond market sell-off sparked by US debt fears has put fresh pressure on UK chancellor Rachel Reeves and her self-imposed fiscal rules. Yields on the 30-year gilt are approaching a 27-year high and closed at 5.48 per cent on Friday, following gains in US and Japanese government bond yields in recent weeks. Meanwhile, … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Oil & Gas industry myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. A bitter dispute between ExxonMobil and Chevron over ownership of a gigantic oil project with up to $1tn in reserves is scheduled to be heard before an arbitration court in London on Monday, … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US oil companies are cutting spending and idling drilling rigs, as Donald Trump’s tariffs increase costs and falling crude prices squeeze profits, prompting executives to warn that a decade-long shale boom is ending. Surprise decisions … Read more