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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. The European Central Bank is debating whether to publish sensitive research showing capital requirements for big EU lenders would rise by a double-digit percentage if they had the same rules as large Wall Street rivals.

About 150 miles south-east of the US city of New Orleans, Shell’s newest oil platform looms above the choppy waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Dubbed Vito, the structure embodies a new approach to offshore drilling both for the company — and the industry at large. “Vito represents the future of Shell in the Gulf

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Optimists express confidence that the “special relationship” between the US and UK will survive even Donald Trump’s most anarchic instincts. Perhaps. But our governing values and fortunes are now an ocean apart at least in

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The writer is chair of Rockefeller International. His latest book is ‘What Went Wrong With Capitalism’  Having turned the vote his way in just about every corner of the 50 states, Donald Trump’s

Emma Reynolds, UK pensions minister, has left the door open to forcing pension schemes to invest more in British assets if reforms fail to drive savings into domestic infrastructure and companies.  The government announced this week it would create a series of “megafunds” to steer more of the UK’s £1.3tn defined contribution and local authority pension industry

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The head of the UK’s Government Legal Department is pushing for more of a “revolving door” with industry, as US law firms in London spur large salary increases, putting extra pressure on public sector hiring.

US business leaders are warning that Donald Trump’s plan to deport millions of undocumented workers could create mass labour shortages, closing restaurants, crippling farms and small businesses, and raising prices. Food producers, manufacturers and hotels were hiring lawyers to audit the legal status of their workers, said Amy Peck, an immigration attorney who represents employers

Amazon chief executive Andy Jassy recently told employees that a new plan requiring them to be in the office five days a week did not amount to a “backdoor lay-off”. Yet his reported comments at a company-wide meeting last week did not rebut a previous suggestion from a senior manager that staff who fail to

Donald Trump’s election as US president is already threatening international initiatives on climate change and taxation, as diplomats from the world’s richest nations struggle to maintain a shaky consensus on the eve of a G20 summit in Brazil. Argentina and its President Javier Milei, a close ally of Trump, threatened to block a joint communiqué

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world US President Joe Biden has authorised Ukraine to launch limited strikes into Russia using US-supplied long-range missiles, in a big policy shift before the end of his White House term in January, two

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump’s advisers have sought assurances from the top candidates to be Treasury secretary that they are committed to his sweeping tariffs plans, people familiar with the discussions said. The pressure from Trump’s

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sir Keir Starmer, UK prime minister, will urge G20 leaders to “double down” on their support for Ukraine, as he seeks to rally support for Kyiv ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration as US president in

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Call me a Cassandra. Many have. But I am already dreading the downturn that must surely come at some point during Donald Trump’s presidency. Yes, the short-term sugar high of deregulation and tax

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the German politics myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. A Social Democrat politician has become the first sitting SPD MP to call for the popular defence minister Boris Pistorius to run as the party’s candidate for chancellor in February’s snap elections instead of Olaf

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Geopolitics myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. As a victorious Donald Trump brings “America first” ideology back to the White House, leaders across the Atlantic are confronting the reality of “Europe, alone”. They ought to be prepared: for eight years they have openly

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Donald Trump’s election as US president is already fraying international initiatives on climate change and taxation, as diplomats from the world’s richest nations struggle to maintain a shaky consensus on the eve of a G20

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Russia on Sunday launched dozens of missiles and drones in what Ukraine’s foreign minister said was one of the largest air attacks of the war, targeting power facilities across the country and sending Kyiv

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When she arrived in the City of London on Thursday evening, chancellor Rachel Reeves was on a rescue mission. Labour’s relations with business, carefully nurtured over years of breakfast meetings in the run-up to July’s election, had soured after last month’s tax-raising Budget. Mingling in the champagne reception ahead of the Mansion House address, one

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Northvolt’s fate is hanging in the balance as the troubled Swedish battery maker considers filing for Chapter 11 protection from creditors or even bankruptcy. People involved in the negotiations about the future of the one-time

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Investment Banking myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The trading accounts of US banks topped $1tn in the third quarter — their highest level in more than 16 years and close to an all-time high — as the nation’s largest financial firms seek