Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Global dealmaking topped $4tn this year for the first time since the boom of 2021, as a record number of megadeals lifted investment banking fees to their second-highest level ever. A total of 68 deals … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sir Sadiq Khan, London’s mayor, has claimed that President Donald Trump continually attacks the British capital because he is “jealous he hasn’t got any global cities in the US that can compete with London”. Khan … 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 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is preparing to meet Donald Trump within days to discuss the most politically sensitive parts of a US peace proposal that would ultimately be presented to Russia. The meeting, … Read more
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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 year, trade wars have erupted on multiple fronts, ranging from solar panels to soyabeans. These will undoubtedly continue in 2026. As America seeks to curb Chinese exports, the Middle Kingdom’s trade surplus has just … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. UK overseas aid spending is set to fall to the lowest level this century as long-feared cuts start to hit non-governmental organisations and charities hard from 2026. Sir Keir Starmer’s government announced in February that … Read more
Spanish solar power is going through a shake out after a plunge in electricity prices left the owners of weak projects in one of Europe’s top renewables markets searching for exits. The country has become a solar champion thanks to abundant sunshine and the government’s pro-renewables policies. But a surge in power production has outpaced … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Bayeux Tapestry is set to be covered by a UK Treasury indemnity of about £800mn during its loan to the British Museum in 2026, in a sign of the extraordinary value attached to the … Read more