Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Workplace pensions myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. What does one get if one combines the UK’s proclivity for muddling through with the predictability needed by a system for providing security in old age? The answer is: a mess. Over time, piecemeal solutions … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A floral panel for Andrew, 1971-93. A rocket trailing bright fire past stars and planets for Jacques Buisson, 1945-86. An empty cot for Baby Jamie, March 4-May 25 1993. These are all designs on textile … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I was born in north-west London and married a Frenchman in France more than a decade ago. We have a young daughter and are getting divorced after I’ve suffered years of financial and emotional abuse. … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. For a brief moment in the late 2010s, Monzo managed the seemingly impossible: it made a bank seem cool. For a certain subset of tech-literate young Britons, pulling out a “hot coral”-coloured Monzo debit card … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The steady stream of UK companies seeking US listings — from CRH and Arm to, most recently, Wise — has triggered much hand-wringing among City grandees, politicians and investors alike. Yet any scrutiny … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Currencies myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. For the past month or more, overnight interest rates in Hong Kong have been stuck just above zero per cent. Since everyone got used to ultra-low interest rates during the last couple of decades, it may … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Every homebuyer finds in time that property ownership is a chore as well as a pleasure. Investors in UK developers know it too. Despite hopes for action in this week’s spending review, in … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. A phrase that is catchy, sometimes true, and perhaps, in Donald Trump’s America, an investment strategy. A possible example of this comes from telecoms mogul Charlie Ergen. … Read more
