Let’s hear it for the annual general meeting

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Many a boss will sympathise with HSBC as the bank mulls ditching physical annual general meetings. Traditionally associated with retirees scarfing canapés while griping about abominable service in the Sevenoaks branch, AGMs offer little of … Read more

Can I recover money from a collapsed supplier?

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I am the owner of a mid-sized manufacturing business. A supplier of mine has just gone into administration — they owe me a significant amount of money as a number of the goods which they … Read more

Why the US will lose against China

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 “liberation day” of supposedly “reciprocal tariffs” against the rest of the world — arguably, the most eccentric trade policy proposals ever made — has, after a hasty retreat under fire from … Read more

Germany’s corporate cheer defies the gloomy zeitgeist

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A booming stock market. Confident executives. Optimistic consumers. Who would have thought that the scene for all this jollity would be Germany? Germans are at their most positive since last August, according to a consumer … Read more

Kevin Warsh delivers Fed a blast of cold heir

This article is an on-site version of our Chris Giles on Central Banks newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Tuesday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Kevin Warsh, the presumptive heir to Jay Powell as Federal Reserve chair, gave a speech last … Read more

Has sentiment bottomed out?

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