The US stock market is on a roll. The S&P 500 index closed 2024 up 23 per cent, marking its second consecutive annual gain ...

Turmoil in the bond markets has caused turbulence for Rachel Reeves this month, with grumbles about her performance – and that of the UK economy – growing louder. This week, Political Fix asks who’s ...

In the UK, the Labour government’s decision in October to loosen policy compared with prior plans added to investor unease.

International hedge funds and private equity groups are pumping money into a tax-exempt Lloyd’s of London investment vehicle, as the 300-year-old UK institution broadens its net to attract overseas ...

Indonesia is considering potential cuts to nickel ore supplies to help boost prices amid a global glut, in a move that could put the brakes on rapid production growth in the world’s largest producer ...

Sarah Breeden, deputy governor for financial stability at the Bank of England, who chaired the FSB group that produced its new framework, said it “provides a forward-looking approach to be able to ...

It’s not clear to us that the limits, requirements, and processing times at banks have ... unbanked households in emerging markets into the global financial ecosystem. An example: Stablecoins ...

It was “I’d like to be reincarnated as the bond market”. Lucy Fisher Welcome to Political Fix from the Financial Times with me, Lucy Fisher. Coming up, financial markets have soured on the ...