EU urged to copy UK’s growth mission for financial regulators
Chiefs of finance groups including Zurich and BNP Paribas call for formal goal of supporting growth and competitiveness
The risk to gold: global sanity
Plus, the central bank trilemma
Carney and Xi meet to mend Canada-China ties as Trump disrupts global order
First visit to Beijing by a Canadian PM in almost a decade follows deep chill in relations
Transcript: Stock picking champs 2025
Katie Martin talks to Robert Armstrong and Alan Livsey
Japanese trading house to buy US gas producer Aethon for $7.5bn
Warren Buffett-backed Mitsubishi Corporation is bolstering its gas portfolio as energy demand soars due to AI
Why Ukraine’s peace plan is forcing a reckoning on EU enlargement
Also in this newsletter: Italy’s Arctic ambitions
FTAV’s further reading
Wikipedia; more Wikipedia; AI inference; dashcams; Renfrew Christie; the Free Speech Union; and a plan
FirstFT: EU weighs ‘membership-lite’ for Ukraine
Also in today’s newsletter: German far right woos Maga, and BBC-YouTube deal
Transcript: China’s state iron ore buyer flexes muscles
Marc Filippino talks to Joshua Franklin, Edward White and Victoria Craig
Investment banking’s liberation year
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley reported bumper earnings buoyed by a dealmaking boom and rising stock markets
NHS drug costs should not rise for years, medicines watchdog says
Jonathan Benger tells FT that giving in to US pressure would be a ‘huge backwards step’
BBC to show programmes on YouTube in landmark deal
British public sector broadcaster will make unique shows for the platform and generate revenue from ads overseas
France warns US that Greenland seizure would endanger EU trade
French finance minister Roland Lescure raised concerns with American Treasury secretary Scott Bessent
How Iran’s regime retook the streets
Details emerge of unprecedented crackdown, raising questions over future of protest movement
EU ‘membership-lite’ plan for Ukraine spooks European capitals
Reforms under discussion would tear up accession rules used since cold war to allow Kyiv to join in a potential peace deal
Economists throw down a challenge to UK banks: prove us wrong
It’s a lonely time to be a crusader for tougher regulations of lenders, at least outside of Switzerland.
Monte dei Paschi chief at odds with billionaire investor over Mediobanca
Rift between Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone and Luigi Lovaglio over Generali stake threatens to unseat CEO
Robbie Williams delivers an irrepressibly enjoyable album with Britpop — and sets the nation a task
New release is an opportunity for the singer to best his joint record with The Beatles for most UK number one albums
Can Mark Carney Trump-proof Canada’s economy?
After several decades of closer integration with the US, the country’s prime minister is pushing large infrastructure projects and looking for new markets
‘It is state capitalism’: how Trump is shaking up corporate America
President’s freewheeling policy proclamations send shockwaves through companies and financial markets
Washington moves to strip sovereign wealth investors of US tax perk
Proposed IRS code changes would alter the calculus for SWFs to invest in America
Chinese asset manager hits Rmb1tn ETF milestone as ‘national team’ supports stocks
Beijing has been promoting the funds as a way to boost the market during turbulence
Trump is making the world fall in love with China
Countries that once saw American success as their own now view the US as an adversary and Beijing as a model
A less independent Fed raises risks to a key crisis tool
If the Trump administration exerts more influence on the US central bank, global swap lines could become more politicised