Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US hedge fund manager Boaz Weinstein’s main investment strategy has suffered losses this year, extending a run of lacklustre returns for two of his key funds as bets on credit markets fail to come good. … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The City of London Corporation is exploring bringing in outside investors to help finance future housing projects, as the Square Mile’s governing body seeks to tackle a funding shortfall. The City’s assets include renowned sites … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Equities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Well, here’s a paper: Binge-watching late-night TV shows has become far more common due to the popularity of streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon and their ‘dump release’ of new shows at midnight. We examine … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Revolut has offered to buy back the shares of former employees at a 30 per cent discount to its recent fundraising round, in which the fintech secured a $75bn valuation. The company has given former … Read more
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Pieter Elbers took the job of chief executive of India’s largest airline IndiGo in order, as he put it earlier this year, to expand the low-cost carrier’s reach “towards new heights and across new frontiers”. The 55-year-old Dutch industry veteran, who was until 2022 the CEO of KLM, told the Financial Times that IndiGo’s rise … 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 US national security strategies are usually evolutionary documents. The Trump administration’s 2025 version marks instead a radical rupture. It may be more a declaratory statement of intention than a policy document. But it … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hollywood auteurs might claim otherwise, but sometimes what works best on the big screen is pure formula. One who clearly understands that is Paramount Skydance boss David Ellison. His hostile $108bn bid for Warner Bros … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK financial regulation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The UK should help its offshore tax havens develop alternative industries such as tourism in return for greater financial transparency, the government’s anti-corruption champion has said. Baroness Margaret Hodge said the UK had a … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. IBM will acquire data streaming platform Confluent in an $11bn deal that extends its push to reposition itself around artificial intelligence technology. The deal, announced on Monday, valued Confluent at $31 a share — a … Read more