The EU stumbles to an imperfect solution for funding Ukraine
Europe has cards. But will it manage to play them?
Europe captures record share of private capital
Investors bet big on continent’s infrastructure spending spree as European funds raise $311bn
Ukraine’s Black Sea attacks trigger surge in shipping insurance prices
Russian-linked oil tankers and bulk carriers face steepest increases, broker says
Have Trump’s Tariffs Gone as High as They Can Go? Businesses Hope So
A wave of companies are petitioning for exemptions from the Trump administration’s high levies on foreign-made goods, saying they are hurting business and raising prices.
UK bankers hail coming ‘off the naughty step’
Lloyds Banking Group boss Charlie Nunn tells FT summit the ‘narrative has changed significantly’
Investment trusts need to prove their relevance again
The future of the centuries-old sector rests on its ability to tell a story in the digital age
Will the EU’s bid to use frozen Russian assets hit the euro?
Some fund managers see potential fallout affecting the currency’s global status from controversial plan
Sweden’s mining industry is threatening the Indigenous Sami people’s way of life
“There is so much intrusion from all sides and corners,” a Sami reindeer herder tells me, reacting to a government decision to grant a mining permit in Gállok in the Sápmi region in Sweden’s far north.
Sápmi is the communal land of the Indigenous Sami people. Their land ranges through northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia.
Low-tax or high-welfare? The UK must decide what type of country it wants to be
Perceptions of a high-tax UK are wide of the mark. Steve Travelguide/ShutterstockHeadlines about tax in the UK being at an all-time high abounded after the autumn budget. The current overall tax take, at 35% of GDP, is indeed a historic high for the country. And the measures announced in the budget will take it to 38% by the end of the parliament.
Is the dominance of the US dollar unravelling under Trump?
The dominant global financial position of the US and its currency, the dollar, is wobbling under the second Trump administration. AURA88 / ShutterstockThe US has long sat at the centre of the global financial system, with the US dollar serving as the backbone of the world economy. Private investors rely on the dollar as a store of value in times of uncertainty.
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