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  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    FT WealthSally Hickey
    Wealthy families already know they must look beyond ESG to their ‘legacy’

    New regulations governing fund ratings will help, but there are other ways to navigate the confusion

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  • Thursday, 5 September, 2024
    US interest rates
    Shift in US bond yields leaves investors guessing about economic outlook

    Yield on two-year Treasury falls below 10-year counterpart as inversion in closely watched indicator ends

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  • Thursday, 5 September, 2024
    Thames Water
    Thames Water creditors examine cash injection to avoid nationalisation

    Lenders including US hedge fund Elliott in talks over back-up plan as UK’s largest utility struggles to raise equity

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  • Thursday, 5 September, 2024
    Utilities
    UK water firms face tough market for new debt after Thames Water crisis

    Companies can expect higher borrowing costs as investors demand larger premium

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  • Thursday, 5 September, 2024
    Chinese business & finance
    Chinese banks’ loss-absorbing bonds may never be bailed in, say analysts

    Investors and rating agencies expect Beijing to provide support rather than let senior bonds be written down

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  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    LexEuropean banks
    Greek banks’ comeback could be capped by a legacy of their crisis Premium content

    Deferred tax assets may hobble their ability to return capital to shareholders

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  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    Moral Money
    Does ESG investing count as free speech? Premium content

    Also in today’s newsletter, debate over whether defence stocks should count as a sustainable investment

    Greg Abbott points upward as he makes a point
  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    Katie Martin
    Europe’s failure to keep pace on corporate bonds is baked in

    Part of the problem is that investors on the continent just aren’t interested in small deals

    Mairead McGuinness
  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    Antibiotic resistance
    Investors step up calls to cut use of antibiotics in food chain

    Groups managing more than $13tn cite ‘economic imperative’ of finding ways to reduce superbugs’ spread

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  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    UK economy
    Some moderately cohesive thoughts on the UK’s economy

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  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    Moral Money
    Water pricing debate bubbles up in Portugal amid intensifying droughts Premium content

    As an artificial lake on the Iberian peninsula attracts more businesses, it has become a victim of its own success

    The Guadiana river flows into the Alqueva dam
  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    Canary Wharf Group PLC
    Canary Wharf in talks to raise debt against shopping mall

    East London landlord needs to refinance £350mn bond amid a difficult backdrop

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  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    Aerospace & Defence
    Europe’s ESG funds more than double defence holdings amid Ukraine war

    Sector’s shares have soared and asset managers in debate on whether investing in it can be seen as sustainable

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  • Sunday, 1 September, 2024
    News in-depthClimate change
    Amazon and Bezos fund’s influence over carbon credit market raises alarm

    Experts warn of ties between Big Tech and philanthropic bodies with groups that set corporate climate standards

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  • Saturday, 31 August, 2024
    Global inflation
    UK government borrowing costs surge ahead of rival countries

    Gap between gilt and Treasury yields rises to highest level in nearly a year

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  • Friday, 30 August, 2024
    Moral Money
    ‘Nuclear revival’ priced into a potential Harris administration Premium content

    The likelihood of a divided government means climate policies would require bipartisan support

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  • Friday, 30 August, 2024
    Markets InsightJumana Saleheen
    It is time to tilt portfolios more into bonds

    We are entering a new regime where bonds offer greater value than equities

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  • Thursday, 29 August, 2024
    Vanguard Group Inc
    Vanguard backed no environmental or social measures in 2024 proxy season

    Support on votes has been dwindling among big money managers after reaching record levels just a few years ago

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  • Thursday, 29 August, 2024
    Gillian Tett
    Markets should beware the normalisation of threats

    Seeing multiple shocks as usual could end in disaster

    Efi Chalikopoulou illustration of Donald Trump’s open mouth with his teeth configured as market graphs
  • Thursday, 29 August, 2024
    Maldives
    Maldives debt slumps after second Fitch downgrade

    Credit rating agency flags ‘intensified pressures’ on island nation’s currency reserves

    Maldives’ President Mohamed Muizzu speaks to the media after voting in the country’s parliamentary election
  • Thursday, 29 August, 2024
    People's Bank of China
    Chinese central bank’s $56bn debt purchase sparks talk of bond market intervention

    Traders speculate the People’s Bank of China will step in to manage sovereign debt yields

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  • Thursday, 29 August, 2024
    UK financial crisis
    Liz Truss and the LASH

    Does a not-very-new paper vindicate the ex-PM?

    Liz Truss, former British Prime Minister, speaks at a podium during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland. She is wearing a red outfit and the background is a vibrant blue.
  • Thursday, 29 August, 2024
    ESG investing
    Banks give credit risks an ethical makeover to sell to ESG investors

    Demand for specialised sustainable credit products has risen sharply but there is no agreed definition

    Wind turbines at Pen y Cymoedd wind farm near Treorchy, Wales
  • Wednesday, 28 August, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Ukraine agrees debt relief deal worth $11bn

    President Zelenskyy has negotiated one of the fastest and biggest sovereign debt workouts in modern history

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and IMF Director Kristalina Georgieva
  • Wednesday, 28 August, 2024
    Chinese economy
    China bond bulls warned of bubble risk over debt supply

    People close to Chinese central bank highlight impact of plans to issue almost $400bn more this year

    People walk past skyscrapers in Shanghai’s Lujiazui Financial District
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