Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe has responded to calls to apologise for controversial remarks on immigration by saying he was “sorry” for offending “some people” but insisting it was “important to raise the issue”. The … Read more
Big news for the UK finance industry this morning, with the Schroder family selling its eponymous asset management business to Nuveen. From mainFT’s Mary McDougall: Schroders has agreed to a £9.9bn takeover by US asset manager Nuveen in a deal that would end the independence of one of the City of London’s most historic names. … 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 general secretary of the Unite union By the turn of the 20th century, the trade unions in Britain had decided that they needed a political voice. And so the Labour Party was … Read more
Dealmakers and lenders are facing a ‘Darwinian moment’ as digital services risk being made obsolete by new technologies
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Last summer I decided that I didn’t want to buy a new and larger post-partum wardrobe, and so tried to lose some weight. It was utterly ghastly. I suffered from overwhelming brain fog, deafening “food … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Jes Staley was named as a trustee of Jeffrey Epstein’s estate up until at least 2015, newly released documents show, which appear to undermine court testimony from the former Barclays boss that he turned down … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The gap between UK imports and exports of goods was the widest on record in 2025, while services registered a record surplus, underscoring the economy’s long-standing shift from manufacturing. Britain reported a £248.3bn trade deficit … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK economy undershot expectations to grow by 0.1 per cent in the final quarter of 2025, capping a year of lacklustre growth that was overshadowed by trade shocks and uncertainty over fiscal policy. The … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Schroders has agreed to a £9.9bn takeover by US asset manager Nuveen in a deal that would end the independence of one of the City of London’s most historic names. The group has agreed to … Read more
Big Tech group’s AI chief predicts white-collar work could be automated within 18 months