Edmond de Rothschild Group was in trouble. It was the end of 2015 and, after months of turmoil, the Swiss private bank owned by a branch of the Rothschild dynasty was closing in on a multimillion-dollar settlement with the US Department of Justice for its part in helping rich Americans hide their assets. Behind the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Downing Street has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer knew Palantir was a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm when they both visited the company in Washington last February — ahead of it winning … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the US is urging Ukraine and Russia to end their war before the start of summer, reflecting growing pressure in Washington for a negotiated settlement as midterm elections approach. The Ukrainian … Read more
Behind Russia’s victory narrative in Ukraine is a system under strain. To fight back, the ‘middle powers’ must work harder on their own story
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. No writer can contain the scandal in an elegant sentence. The subclauses pile up. Soon after the financial crash, as a UK minister of state, Peter Mandelson forwarded sensitive emails to Jeffrey Epstein, who … Read more
Rising tide might no longer support all sector stocks, let alone speculative dross like crypto
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Chinese consumers are snapping up Apple’s new iPhones, with a flashy “Hermès orange” premium model going viral and helping reverse a lengthy sales decline in one of the Silicon Valley company’s largest markets. Chief executive … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The US and India said they had reached a framework for an interim trade agreement, ending a months-long impasse between Narendra Modi’s government and Donald Trump’s administration. The confirmation of the agreement came days after … Read more
Jeffrey Epstein helped launch the fledgling investment career of Ian Osborne, after the high-powered British fixer had offered to orchestrate efforts to cleanse the paedophile’s public reputation in the wake of his conviction for soliciting prostitution from a minor. Documents released by the US Department of Justice show that Epstein helped Ian Osborne establish Hedosophia, … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The head of Dubai-based logistics group DP World exchanged messages with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein about sexual experiences, according to emails released by the US Department of Justice. Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, one of the … Read more