Japanese bond yields hit 16-year high

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Japan’s 10-year borrowing costs rose to a 16-year high on Thursday as Tokyo joined a global bond sell-off sparked by Germany’s decision to spend more on defence. The yield on the 10-year Japanese government bond … Read more

Barclays ex-CEO Staley claimed he would never introduce family to a paedophile

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Jes Staley, the former Barclays chief executive fighting to clear his name over ties to Jeffrey Epstein, once protested to a senior colleague that he never would have introduced his family to a convicted paedophile, … Read more