Wood Group to restate accounts after information withheld from auditors

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Wood Group has said it will need to restate financial results after an independent review found “cultural failings”, including information being withheld from auditors.  The troubled London-listed engineering group said on Monday that “material” adjustments … Read more

The niche minerals now surging in price as defence spending booms

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is head of non-ferrous metals pricing at Argus Media Europe’s newfound enthusiasm for military spending is colliding with some extraordinary price surges in some not so well-known crannies of commodities markets. Many niche … Read more

Mediobanca reports top shareholders to ECB in hostile bid battle

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the European banks myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Italian lender Mediobanca has reported two of its top shareholders to the European Central Bank over concerns that they are poised to gain control of three of the country’s top financial institutions without regulatory approval, … Read more

Europe must act to stop tech start-ups leaving to list in US, Swedish PM warns

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Europe urgently needs to make its capital markets more attractive or risk having all its technology companies list on US stock markets, Sweden’s prime minister has warned. Ulf Kristersson was speaking after his country lost … Read more