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UK active funds that are holding their own against passives
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Are we nearly there yet, Jerome?
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Cracks in the US labour market are starting to appear
The writer is chief investment strategist at Charles Schwab It’s often been said that a key risk in a monetary…
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Slovakia energy crisis could ‘kill our economy’, premier warns
Slovakia’s prime minister said soaring electricity costs had left his country’s economy at risk of “collapse”, in the starkest comments…
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Biden’s renewables push to deliver big benefits to South Korea
“So, Chairman Chung, thank you again for choosing the United States. We will not let you down.” Those were the…
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Russian-held referendums in occupied Ukraine opt for annexation
Voters in four Russian-occupied provinces of southern and eastern Ukraine overwhelmingly agreed to their regions joining Russia in referendums regarded…
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Nigeria raises rates by 150 basis points as inflation surges
Nigeria’s central bank has raised interest rates to an all-time high of 15.5 per cent as it struggles to contain…
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Kazakhstan and Georgia welcome Russians fleeing conscription
Kazakhstan and Georgia will welcome Russians fleeing conscription, both governments said on Tuesday, as queues of thousands of mainly young…
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Why the strength of the dollar matters
In times of trouble, the dollar is the world’s refuge and strength. This is true even when the US is…
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Treacherous path ahead for Bank of England and markets
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HSBC, Santander and Nationwide suspend and reprice UK mortgages
HSBC and Santander, two of the UK’s largest mortgage providers, suspended new deals on Tuesday, while Nationwide increased rates, as…
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Sterling/HK stocks: UK earnings once a hedge, now a risk
The pound’s recent plunge has rightly worried UK investors. But the impact is also big for those companies in Asia…
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Tax the rich more to help victims of energy crisis, says ECB
The European Central Bank’s chief economist has called on eurozone governments to tax rich people and companies to finance support…
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Chinese carmaker Nio warns energy crisis slowing European expansion
The head of Chinese electric carmaker Nio has warned that Europe’s energy crisis is slowing its expansion in a region…
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Virgin Atlantic chief urges UK government to reverse course and lift pound
Virgin Atlantic’s chief executive has called on the UK government to “consider reversing” some policies announced last week to bolster…
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European stocks rise as investors hunt bargains
European stocks rose on Tuesday as investor sentiment showed signs of tentative recovery following a sharp sell-off in US and…
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Policymakers want to help with inflation but risk making it worse
Caps on electricity bills, fuel rebates, and cheap public transport tickets are just some of the ways European governments are…
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Back-to-office push hits US workers with inflation shock
As US business leaders work to lure employees back into offices this autumn, they have hit an unexpected roadblock: inflation.…
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Russians run and hide from Putin’s zealous draft officials
Late on Sunday night, Ilya, a 38-year-old Muscovite, hobbled to his front door on crutches to find two officials handing…
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Why EU’s fresh Russia sanctions remain elusive
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Slouching Towards Utopia by J Bradford DeLong — fuelling America’s global dream
In 1900 the world’s population numbered 1.65bn. A century later that figure had quadrupled to more than 6bn. At the…
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Apple expands iPhone production in India in shift away from China
Apple has begun producing its iPhone 14 model in southern India less than a month after it was launched, as…
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Putin’s nuclear threats cannot be ignored
We have now reached the point in the Ukraine war that western policymakers have both hoped for and worried about…
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The dollar that Washington doesn’t yet want to weaken
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Military briefing: How will Russia’s mobilisation affect the war in Ukraine?
Images of drunken conscripts brawling and staggering as they depart for the Russian army suggest Vladimir Putin could have difficulty…
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Bolsonaro supporters reject the bad news from Brazil election polls
Fábio Faria, Brazil’s communications minister, could not contain his irritation when fresh polling for the country’s presidential election last week…
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China’s Maike Metals will sell assets and restructure, says chair
Maike Metals International is selling assets and studying a broader restructuring as it battles to survive a liquidity crisis, said…
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‘I say no’: meet Masayoshi Son’s financial guru at SoftBank
Minutes into conducting a job interview for SoftBank’s finance head in the summer of 2000, founder Masayoshi Son made a…
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Likely victory for Italian right portends risks but no lurch into extremism
The victory predicted in exit polls for the Italian right in Sunday’s parliamentary elections is, in a certain sense, a…
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FirstFT Asia: Western countries boost nuclear deterrence after Putin’s threats
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Kwarteng doubles down on tax cuts as Tories brace for sterling reaction
UK chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has vowed to double down on his controversial tax-cutting drive despite investor jitters, leaving Conservative MPs…
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Anti-mobilisation protests spread in Russia
Protests across Russia continued over the weekend against President Vladimir Putin’s decision to mobilise the armed forces’ reserves, in the…
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UK ministers review post-Brexit green subsidy plan for farmers
Ministers are reviewing plans for the rollout of England’s post-Brexit farm subsidy scheme as Liz Truss’s administration seeks ways to…
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Polls open in Italy for closely watched election
Polls opened in Italy on Sunday in the first autumn election for more than a century, with parties on the…
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Brazil’s election and the search for an economic revival
Brazil’s ascendancy in the early years of the 21st century as an emerging market darling — the B in the…
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Battery recycling companies in South Korea plot overseas expansion
Some leading South Korean battery recycling companies have made strong stock market debuts as they target overseas expansion during a…
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Investors pile into insurance against further market sell-offs
Investors are buying record amounts of insurance contracts to protect themselves from a sell-off that has already wiped trillions of…
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Investors warn Kwarteng that fiscal plan threatens markets’ confidence in UK
Investors have warned UK chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng that the bonanza of tax cuts and spending measures he announced on Friday…
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Kwasi Kwarteng’s growth hopes hit by borrowing costs
Economists are rarely united, but the vast majority agreed on Friday that Kwasi Kwarteng’s fiscal package was built on borrowing…
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Central bankers fighting inflation need good political fortune as well as skill
The writer is editor-in-chief of Money Week It is hard not to feel sorry for Arthur Burns, chair of the…
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Kwarteng has sent a powerful message on bankers’ bonuses
Among all the headline-grabbing tax cuts and growth initiatives in Kwasi Kwarteng’s so-called mini-Budget was one small, but powerfully symbolic,…
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“This is going to hurt”
“I wish there were a painless way. There isn’t.” Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell said this to reporters when the…
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Slow growth knocks the wind out of EU renewable energy targets
For years, six onshore wind farms due to be built in the picturesque Italian regions of Puglia, Sardinia and Basilicata…
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Emergency rush into gas prompts question of stranded energy assets
In July, the European Parliament made a remarkable decision: it approved a law designating natural gas as a sustainable energy…
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Bolsonaro still has backers in Brazilian business
Less than two weeks before Brazil’s elections, it might appear from the outside that business has deserted President Jair Bolsonaro.…
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Ecuador reaches $1.4bn debt restructuring deal with China
Ecuador announced on Monday night that it has reached a debt relief restructuring agreement with Chinese banks worth $1.4bn until…
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European banks make slow progress on gender diversity at the top
European banks are making slow progress on gender diversity, with women in just over a quarter of executive roles and…
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End of sub-zero: Europe ditches negative rates as inflation surges
The era of negative interest rates in Europe is set to end this week when Switzerland’s central bankers leave Japan…
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Why free traders are on the defensive in the European Commission
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European companies forced to take a closer look at supply chains
Anahita Thoms has spent years cautioning clients about the dangers of not doing due diligence on suppliers. Her efforts are…
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