Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Private equity firms are circling the UK’s beleaguered listed real estate trusts. The interest could help breathe life into the sector after years of underperformance. Assura, which specialises in GP surgeries and other healthcare buildings, … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When times are tough, penny-pinching shoppers may cut back on a new car or washing machine, but they are still happy to splurge on small luxuries, such as a good quality $20 lipstick. That, at … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. If you are a new government desperately searching for money, then there can be few more inviting targets than the British welfare system. The only points in the UK’s history that welfare spending has been … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The writer is a contributing columnist, based in Chicago In some parts of my home state of Illinois, November’s election was about more than who runs the country. It was a resounding vote … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The writer is an FT contributing editor and writes the Chartbook newsletter The ambushing of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office last week is driving a frantic search for historical orientation. … 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. The jobs report on Friday was not nearly as bad as investors feared. The US economy added 151,000 … 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 the author of ‘Growth: A Reckoning’ and an economist at Oxford university and King’s College London In normal times, forecasts on the UK public finances from the Office for Budget Responsibility, expected … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The animal spirits unleashed by Donald Trump’s re-election were supposed to spur a flood of US dealmaking. Instead, Wall Street’s finest have been sitting on their hands while volatile equity markets and escalating trade warfare … 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 chief executive of Meredith Whitney Advisory Group Many investors are questioning the state of US consumers and their ability to continue to power the American economy in the wake of disappointing data … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In the world of design and interiors, collaborations are now so commonplace that they have become the stuff of comedy. In the brilliant new TV series Amandaland, the main character even refers to her job … Read more