Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. BlackRock has set an ambitious $400bn fundraising target for its private investment businesses, as executives laid out a plan to almost double the market value of the world’s largest asset manager by 2030. The 2030 … Read more
This article is an on-site version of our Energy Source newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Tuesday and Thursday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Welcome to Energy Source, coming to you from New York. US oil production is forecast to fall next year … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Donald Trump’s latest trade threats pushed the dollar to its lowest level in three years on Thursday as rising worries over trade and geopolitics piled fresh pressure on the currency. The dollar was … Read more
Afreximbank, a pan-African trade finance institution, has accused rating agency Fitch of giving an “erroneous view” on its exposure to potential losses, as the lender faces pressure over whether it fully disclosed the riskiness of loans made to Ghana and other cash-strapped nations. Fitch Ratings last week said that the Cairo-based multilateral lender was at … Read more
This article is an on-site version of our Unhedged newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Good morning. Yesterday the US and China announced that they have agreed to a framework to restore a trade-war truce. … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Having spent the last 20 years accumulating ever-greater piles of debt, governments now face tough choices/ difficult decisions. What if there was one weird debt management trick that would allow governments to slash debt-to-GDP without … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Donald Trump spent time on the campaign trail advocating a weaker dollar, imagining this would be the key to unlocking a great renaissance in American manufacturing. We should give the man his due. Few thought … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Investors are pouring into silver and platinum as they seek “gold alternatives” and hedges against the US dollar, sending prices for both metals soaring. With the US dollar’s status as a safe haven for global … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Western companies say China is demanding sensitive business information to secure rare earths and magnets, raising concerns about potential misuse of data and exposure of trade secrets. Beijing’s commerce ministry is asking for production details … Read more
For Nkiru Uwaje, co-founder and chief operating officer of trade payments group Mansa, stablecoins are an integral part of her daily corporate life. The tokens, a form of cryptocurrency that acts like cash, account for 90 per cent of business activities at the group, which helps small businesses in Africa, south-east Asia and South America. … Read more