Private capital group Blackstone plots $500bn expansion in Europe

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Blackstone Group is preparing to significantly increase its investments across Europe as the private capital group bets economic reforms will revive growth after years of US outperformance. Stephen Schwarzman, co-founder of the $1.2tn-in-assets investment group, … Read more

Italy, Greece and Spain emerge as winners in bond market anxiety

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Sovereign bonds myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Italian, Spanish and Greek sovereign bonds have emerged as the unlikely winners from this year’s bond market ructions, mounting a “relentless” rally that has narrowed the gap with Germany’s benchmark borrowing costs to nearly the … Read more

Anything goes on Pisces, London’s bottom-feeding private stock market

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Financial & markets regulation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Here’s the FCA policy statement for today’s launch of the Trust-Me Börse, otherwise known as Pisces, and here’s the press release. The Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System is an innovative new … Read more

China fast tracks rare earth export licences for European companies

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Beijing has agreed to fast-track approvals for rare earth export licences for some European companies after China’s strict controls on shipments of the critical minerals rocked global supply chains. European officials and industry groups have … Read more

Bitcoin-buying companies

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. 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 … Read more