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
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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. 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Chinese smartphone manufacturers are intensifying efforts to gain a stronger foothold in Europe and sell higher-margin premium devices, with one of the world’s fastest-growing brands aiming to more than double its market share on the continent in the next three years. Shenzhen-based Realme, which has increased European sales by 275 per cent from 2020 to
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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. 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
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