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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. It is fair to assume that, had any of the last few chief executives of Barclays bank been asked to sign a letter urging the government to rescind punitive regulations, they’d have jumped at the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Britain’s banks are debating whether regulatory ringfences that were set up after the financial crisis should be bulldozed. Demolitionists — led by HSBC — say the rules trap capital that could help the wider economy. … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is founder and chief investment officer at Gramercy Funds Management Tariff disputes, geopolitical tensions and now a potential US recession. It hardly seems the time to seek out investments in emerging markets given … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Travelling on a high-speed European train recently, I achieved a life goal: I successfully logged on to the WiFi. For a few blissful minutes, I read the news and sent some emails. Then the connection … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer was chair of the economic affairs committee of the House of Lords in the last parliament Irrational, unrealistic, unworkable: some of the words Tony Blair used last week to describe governments’ approach to … Read more
This article is an on-site version of Free Lunch newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Thursday and Sunday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Welcome back. Two themes are shaping market sentiment right now. First, Donald Trump’s policy agenda is compromising US … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The European Central Bank, like most big central banks, generally does its best to be unexciting. But it has just rolled out a policy for most of its 5,200 staff that is not merely interesting … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Eight years ago, Steven Borrelli, a West Coast American entrepreneur, raised $50,000 from family and friends to start an e-commerce clothing group called Cuts. He has since grown it into a successful venture using just … Read more
