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Gilts stabilise after tax U-turn sell-off-The return of calm to the market comes as the head of one of the world’s biggest and oldest macro hedge funds said that, if Reeves can end uncertainty over any future…
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Gilts stabilise after tax U-turn sell-off
Bond investors remain on alert ahead of Budget
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November 19, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Gilts stabilise after tax U-turn sell-off-The return of calm to the market comes as the head of one of the world’s biggest and oldest macro hedge funds said that, if Reeves can end uncertainty over any future…
www.ft.com/content/b38b... @emilydherbert.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/b38b... @emilydherbert.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Swiss investors push for UBS to settle over Credit Suisse bond write-off-The Credit Suisse rescue forced bigger losses on to some bondholders than shareholders, upending the traditional credit hierarchy. www.ft.com/content/72b8... @ortenca.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Swiss investors push for UBS to settle over Credit Suisse bond write-off
A surprise court ruling that the move lacked a legal basis could lead to years of appeals and proceedings
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November 19, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Swiss investors push for UBS to settle over Credit Suisse bond write-off-The Credit Suisse rescue forced bigger losses on to some bondholders than shareholders, upending the traditional credit hierarchy. www.ft.com/content/72b8... @ortenca.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Fast-growing Vinted explores share sale at €8bn valuation-
The company is now pushing beyond clothing into categories such as electronics, books, toys and video games as it seeks to capture more…
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The company is now pushing beyond clothing into categories such as electronics, books, toys and video games as it seeks to capture more…
www.ft.com/content/76b8... @ivanlevingston.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Fast-growing Vinted explores share sale at €8bn valuation
Deal would provide exit opportunity for some early investors in second-hand fashion start-up
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November 19, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Fast-growing Vinted explores share sale at €8bn valuation-
The company is now pushing beyond clothing into categories such as electronics, books, toys and video games as it seeks to capture more…
www.ft.com/content/76b8... @ivanlevingston.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
The company is now pushing beyond clothing into categories such as electronics, books, toys and video games as it seeks to capture more…
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The 2mn barrel divide: IEA and Opec at odds over oil demand-
David Wech, chief economist at Vortexa, an energy data company: “There is, overall, a certain trend in terms of energy transition and related aspects of climate change . . .
www.ft.com/content/f995... Malcolm Moore @financialtimes.com
David Wech, chief economist at Vortexa, an energy data company: “There is, overall, a certain trend in terms of energy transition and related aspects of climate change . . .
www.ft.com/content/f995... Malcolm Moore @financialtimes.com
The 2mn barrel divide: IEA and Opec at odds over oil demand
Widening gap between forecasts from IEA, Opec and EIA clouds oil market outlook
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November 19, 2025 at 4:59 AM
The 2mn barrel divide: IEA and Opec at odds over oil demand-
David Wech, chief economist at Vortexa, an energy data company: “There is, overall, a certain trend in terms of energy transition and related aspects of climate change . . .
www.ft.com/content/f995... Malcolm Moore @financialtimes.com
David Wech, chief economist at Vortexa, an energy data company: “There is, overall, a certain trend in terms of energy transition and related aspects of climate change . . .
www.ft.com/content/f995... Malcolm Moore @financialtimes.com
TotalEnergies buys €5.1bn stake in Křetínský power projects- The investment adds to Total’s strategy of continuing to invest in oil and gas production, while developing a portfolio of electricity-generating assets. www.ft.com/content/ba9a... @iancjohnston.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
TotalEnergies buys €5.1bn stake in Křetínský power projects
Deal will create 50-50 joint venture and make EPH one of French oil major’s biggest shareholders
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November 19, 2025 at 4:30 AM
TotalEnergies buys €5.1bn stake in Křetínský power projects- The investment adds to Total’s strategy of continuing to invest in oil and gas production, while developing a portfolio of electricity-generating assets. www.ft.com/content/ba9a... @iancjohnston.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
The $590bn Californian investor betting big on private equity-Calpers ranks highly on transparency benchmarks compared with its peers. The fund has a valuation tracker on its website that updates daily. www.ft.com/content/0b97... @marymcd.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
The $590bn Californian investor betting big on private equity
Calpers believes private markets will outperform in the long term. Sceptics question its strategy
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November 19, 2025 at 4:26 AM
The $590bn Californian investor betting big on private equity-Calpers ranks highly on transparency benchmarks compared with its peers. The fund has a valuation tracker on its website that updates daily. www.ft.com/content/0b97... @marymcd.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
‘I’m nervous’: Klarna founder challenges trillion-dollar spending on AI-the latest prominent artificial intelligence investor to warn against the tech industry’s multibillion-dollar dash to build data centres to power AI models. www.ft.com/content/61ce... Laith Al-Khalaf @financialtimes.com
‘I’m nervous’: Klarna founder challenges trillion-dollar spending on AI
OpenAI backer Sebastian Siemiatkowski says tech industry is committing too much money to huge computing infrastructure
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November 19, 2025 at 4:14 AM
‘I’m nervous’: Klarna founder challenges trillion-dollar spending on AI-the latest prominent artificial intelligence investor to warn against the tech industry’s multibillion-dollar dash to build data centres to power AI models. www.ft.com/content/61ce... Laith Al-Khalaf @financialtimes.com
Ashurst and Perkins Coie agree transatlantic law firm merger- The combined entity will have 3,000 lawyers across 52 offices in 23 countries. www.ft.com/content/8288... @kayewiggins.ft.com @financialtimes.com
Ashurst and Perkins Coie agree transatlantic law firm merger
Deal comes despite Donald Trump targeting Perkins Coie with executive order that posed ‘existential risk’
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November 19, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Ashurst and Perkins Coie agree transatlantic law firm merger- The combined entity will have 3,000 lawyers across 52 offices in 23 countries. www.ft.com/content/8288... @kayewiggins.ft.com @financialtimes.com
US retailers try to handle change after penny’s demise-Stores short of pennies have been posting signs to inform customers who pay in cash that their change will be rounded. www.ft.com/content/c68c... Joshua Franklin @financialtimes.com
US retailers try to handle change after penny’s demise
Shops face the question of whether to round up or down as the last one cent coin enters circulation
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November 19, 2025 at 3:59 AM
US retailers try to handle change after penny’s demise-Stores short of pennies have been posting signs to inform customers who pay in cash that their change will be rounded. www.ft.com/content/c68c... Joshua Franklin @financialtimes.com
US probes firms that borrowed $400mn from private credit giant HPS-investigating a group of telecoms companies after BlackRock’s private credit unit HPS Investment Partners said it lent them hundreds of millions of dollars… www.ft.com/content/a9e7... @kayewiggins.ft.com @financialtimes.com
US probes firms that borrowed $400mn from private credit giant HPS
BlackRock-owned lender has accused companies controlled by Bankim Brahmbhatt of ‘brazen’ fraud
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November 19, 2025 at 3:55 AM
US probes firms that borrowed $400mn from private credit giant HPS-investigating a group of telecoms companies after BlackRock’s private credit unit HPS Investment Partners said it lent them hundreds of millions of dollars… www.ft.com/content/a9e7... @kayewiggins.ft.com @financialtimes.com
UBS vs Switzerland: time for pragmatism-A Friday letter from the Swiss parliament’s upper house economics committee to Keller-Sutter and the rest of her federal council — saying it was “crucial” that…
www.ft.com/content/6222... Patrick Jenkins @financialtimes.com
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UBS vs Switzerland: time for pragmatism
It is not in the country’s interests for its biggest bank to be uncompetitive
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November 19, 2025 at 3:45 AM
UBS vs Switzerland: time for pragmatism-A Friday letter from the Swiss parliament’s upper house economics committee to Keller-Sutter and the rest of her federal council — saying it was “crucial” that…
www.ft.com/content/6222... Patrick Jenkins @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/6222... Patrick Jenkins @financialtimes.com
Deutsche Bank lays out plan to become ‘European champion in banking’- Shares in Deutsche Bank have almost doubled over the past 12 months as the Frankfurt-based lender reported record quarterly profits… www.ft.com/content/352e... @olafstorbeck.ft.com @financialtimes.com
Deutsche Bank lays out plan to become ‘European champion in banking’
German lender pledges to deliver higher growth, returns and payouts
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November 19, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Deutsche Bank lays out plan to become ‘European champion in banking’- Shares in Deutsche Bank have almost doubled over the past 12 months as the Frankfurt-based lender reported record quarterly profits… www.ft.com/content/352e... @olafstorbeck.ft.com @financialtimes.com
France to take legal action against Greybull over steelmaker’s collapse—Greybull has previously faced scrutiny over past investments in the sector. It bought the business that would become British Steel… www.ft.com/content/c586... @iancjohnston.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
France to take legal action against Greybull over steelmaker’s collapse
Finance minister says private equity firm invested just €1.5mn in Novasco after last year’s takeover
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November 19, 2025 at 2:39 AM
France to take legal action against Greybull over steelmaker’s collapse—Greybull has previously faced scrutiny over past investments in the sector. It bought the business that would become British Steel… www.ft.com/content/c586... @iancjohnston.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Goldman Sachs on brink of best M&A performance in 24 years—The bank has advised on 34 per cent by value of the $3.8tn of global mergers announced this year, according to data from LSEG, up from 28 per cent in 2024. www.ft.com/content/54a3... Joshua Franklin @financialtimes.com
Goldman Sachs on brink of best M&A performance in 24 years
Investment bank has secured its dominant position as megadeals rebound
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November 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Goldman Sachs on brink of best M&A performance in 24 years—The bank has advised on 34 per cent by value of the $3.8tn of global mergers announced this year, according to data from LSEG, up from 28 per cent in 2024. www.ft.com/content/54a3... Joshua Franklin @financialtimes.com
Bangladesh sentences former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death—over her role in a deadly crackdown during an uprising that toppled her government last year…According to the UN, as many as 1,400 people were killed… www.ft.com/content/c4da... @redwan.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Bangladesh sentences former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death
Ex-leader was tried in absentia after fleeing to India in wake of popular uprising
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November 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Bangladesh sentences former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death—over her role in a deadly crackdown during an uprising that toppled her government last year…According to the UN, as many as 1,400 people were killed… www.ft.com/content/c4da... @redwan.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Tourism stocks plunge as Japan-China tensions soar—Japan has dispatched a senior envoy to try to ease tensions with China as stock markets in both countries fell… www.ft.com/content/565f... @urbandirt.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Tourism stocks plunge as Japan-China tensions soar
Tokyo dispatches envoy after Beijing warns its citizens against travel in deepening spat
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November 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Tourism stocks plunge as Japan-China tensions soar—Japan has dispatched a senior envoy to try to ease tensions with China as stock markets in both countries fell… www.ft.com/content/565f... @urbandirt.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Singapore battles dirty money from scam farms—
Singapore has long prided itself as a financial hub, attracting international companies due to its strong rule of law and corruption-free authorities. But high-profile cases of… www.ft.com/content/a81b... @owenwalker0.ft.com @financialtimes.com
Singapore has long prided itself as a financial hub, attracting international companies due to its strong rule of law and corruption-free authorities. But high-profile cases of… www.ft.com/content/a81b... @owenwalker0.ft.com @financialtimes.com
Singapore battles dirty money from scam farms
Crackdown on Cambodian fraudsters exposes city-state’s vulnerability to crime networks
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November 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Singapore battles dirty money from scam farms—
Singapore has long prided itself as a financial hub, attracting international companies due to its strong rule of law and corruption-free authorities. But high-profile cases of… www.ft.com/content/a81b... @owenwalker0.ft.com @financialtimes.com
Singapore has long prided itself as a financial hub, attracting international companies due to its strong rule of law and corruption-free authorities. But high-profile cases of… www.ft.com/content/a81b... @owenwalker0.ft.com @financialtimes.com
Gazprom forges ahead with long-delayed China pipeline—
The Power of Siberia 2 (PS2), which would carry 50bn cubic metres of gas a year, is Russia’s only real hope of offsetting part of its lost exports to Europe… www.ft.com/content/6111... @maxseddon.bsky.social
The Power of Siberia 2 (PS2), which would carry 50bn cubic metres of gas a year, is Russia’s only real hope of offsetting part of its lost exports to Europe… www.ft.com/content/6111... @maxseddon.bsky.social
Gazprom forges ahead with long-delayed China pipeline
Russian energy giant draws up studies in sign it believes the project is back on track
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November 19, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Gazprom forges ahead with long-delayed China pipeline—
The Power of Siberia 2 (PS2), which would carry 50bn cubic metres of gas a year, is Russia’s only real hope of offsetting part of its lost exports to Europe… www.ft.com/content/6111... @maxseddon.bsky.social
The Power of Siberia 2 (PS2), which would carry 50bn cubic metres of gas a year, is Russia’s only real hope of offsetting part of its lost exports to Europe… www.ft.com/content/6111... @maxseddon.bsky.social
India agrees first big LPG purchases from US amid stalled trade talks—“There is no economic rationale for importing [LPG] from the US,” said Lydia Powell, who tracks India’s energy imports at the Observer Research Foundation, a… www.ft.com/content/b560... Krishn Kaushik @financialtimes.com
India agrees first big LPG purchases from US amid stalled trade talks
‘Historic’ pledge to source around 10% of LPG imports from US Gulf Coast comes as New Delhi seeks relief from Trump tariffs
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November 19, 2025 at 1:22 AM
India agrees first big LPG purchases from US amid stalled trade talks—“There is no economic rationale for importing [LPG] from the US,” said Lydia Powell, who tracks India’s energy imports at the Observer Research Foundation, a… www.ft.com/content/b560... Krishn Kaushik @financialtimes.com
Arctic leaders warn of growing risk of hybrid warfare in the far north—The Arctic’s remoteness and sparse population make it vulnerable to the kind of hybrid threats seen across Europe… www.ft.com/content/f4ae... @richardmilne.ft.com @financialtimes.com
Arctic leaders warn of growing risk of hybrid warfare in the far north
Remote Faroe Islands are in talks to add an extra undersea internet cable to safeguard communications from sabotage
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November 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Arctic leaders warn of growing risk of hybrid warfare in the far north—The Arctic’s remoteness and sparse population make it vulnerable to the kind of hybrid threats seen across Europe… www.ft.com/content/f4ae... @richardmilne.ft.com @financialtimes.com
Mark Carney’s ‘energy superpower’ vision up against political hurdles—Once a champion of global decarbonisation, the Liberal leader now wants fossil fuels… www.ft.com/content/4430... Ilya Gridneff @financialtimes.com
Mark Carney’s ‘energy superpower’ vision up against political hurdles
Canada’s prime minister is making a risky bet that fossil fuels can revive the economy
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November 19, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Mark Carney’s ‘energy superpower’ vision up against political hurdles—Once a champion of global decarbonisation, the Liberal leader now wants fossil fuels… www.ft.com/content/4430... Ilya Gridneff @financialtimes.com
Poland blames sabotage for blast on major railway line—Since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Polish authorities have charged dozens of individuals with espionage or sabotage and… www.ft.com/content/485f... Raphael Minder @financialtimes.com
Poland blames sabotage for blast on major railway line
Prime Minister Donald Tusk stops short of linking Moscow to explosion
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November 18, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Poland blames sabotage for blast on major railway line—Since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Polish authorities have charged dozens of individuals with espionage or sabotage and… www.ft.com/content/485f... Raphael Minder @financialtimes.com
Ecuador voters rebuke pro-Trump president—The results were more a rejection of Noboa’s government than a verdict on specific ideas, said Sebastián Hurtado, an Ecuadorean political analyst… www.ft.com/content/594c... Michael Stott @financialtimes.com
Ecuador voters rebuke pro-Trump president
President Daniel Noboa’s plans to allow US base and rewrite constitution are rejected by large margins
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November 18, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Ecuador voters rebuke pro-Trump president—The results were more a rejection of Noboa’s government than a verdict on specific ideas, said Sebastián Hurtado, an Ecuadorean political analyst… www.ft.com/content/594c... Michael Stott @financialtimes.com
Germany lifts weapons freeze on Israel in response to Gaza ceasefire—The decision comes as Israel’s international allies push Benjamin Netanyahu to turn the cessation of hostilities with Hamas into a lasting ceasefire. www.ft.com/content/b3d7... Laura Pitel @financialtimes.com
Germany lifts weapons freeze on Israel in response to Gaza ceasefire
Partial embargo caused backlash for Chancellor Friedrich Merz and prompted harsh criticism from Benjamin Netanyahu
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November 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Germany lifts weapons freeze on Israel in response to Gaza ceasefire—The decision comes as Israel’s international allies push Benjamin Netanyahu to turn the cessation of hostilities with Hamas into a lasting ceasefire. www.ft.com/content/b3d7... Laura Pitel @financialtimes.com
Ukraine plans to buy 100 French Rafale jets—The purchases also include new air-defence systems, drones and radars, according to the Élysée. “We are taking… www.ft.com/content/d2b3... @fabricedeprez.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Ukraine plans to buy 100 French Rafale jets
Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs letter of intent to purchase aircraft and other weapons during visit to France
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November 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Ukraine plans to buy 100 French Rafale jets—The purchases also include new air-defence systems, drones and radars, according to the Élysée. “We are taking… www.ft.com/content/d2b3... @fabricedeprez.bsky.social @financialtimes.com