BUSINESS

Any respite for Japan’s bonds is likely to be short-term

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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. The writer is the Apac developed markets rates strategist at Société Générale The attention of global investors is turning more to Japanese bond markets for good reason. The fragile supply-demand imbalance for longer-dated bonds in … Read more

Leaving London’s market is not always a Wise move

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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. Wise believes in “money without borders”. But the British fintech — which specialises in international transfers — reckons equity investors are much more constrained. Wise plans to transfer its primary listing to a US exchange, … Read more

Swan upmanship — learning to live with these regal birds is an ancient art

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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the House & Home myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Some subjects of conversation are perennial in English pubs: football, the weather and the likely outcome of unlikely boxing matches (eminent actor Dame Judi Dench versus veteran broadcaster Sir David Attenborough, for example). When … Read more

Sony turns anime from fandom to financials

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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. If your Netflix queue has started featuring more anime titles lately, it is no coincidence. Japanese animation movies and television series, aimed at adults as well as children, are moving from niche to mainstream. This … Read more

Thank you, government

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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. There’s one thing about governments that is almost never mentioned: their successes. Take the US, where people were (rightly) furious that the government allowed the deadly fentanyl epidemic and the Covid-era spike in murders. … Read more

Lessons from Poland

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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. 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 … Read more