The Financial Times says the world’s most successful hedge funds made their biggest profits in more than a decade last year as bets on stock markets paid off when share prices surged.
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The Financial Times reports Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has hinted at more tax cuts in the months ahead as he left open the possibility of holding two budgets before the general election.
The Financial Times says stocks and bonds dipped in value on Wednesday as investors lost confidence in expectations of swift interest rate cuts in Europe, the US and UK.
The Financial Times says Rishi Sunak suffered the biggest revolt of his premiership over the Rwanda bill as dozens of MPs voted for an amendment seeking to toughen up the legislation.
The Financial Times says the government could save at least £20bn per year if it modernised IT systems, tackled fraud and reined in large projects such as HS2, the head of the National Audit Office.
The Financial Times says the government tried to block Fujitsu, the firm implicated in the Post Office scandal, from new public contracts in the early 2010s.
The FT leads with the Iranian navy seizing a tanker off the coast in Oman, amid tensions in the nearby Red Sea with assaults on vessels by Tehran-backed Houthi rebels.
The Financial Times reports that Rishi Sunak has promised a new law “within weeks” to overturn the convictions of sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses involved in the Post Office Horizon scandal, the paper describes the legislation as “unprecedented”.
The Financial Times reports that, since 2019, when the Court of Appeal ruled that Fujitsu software had been at fault in the scandal, the technology company has been the joint or sole recipient of £4.9bn worth of government contracts.
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Narendra Modi has responded to claims of an Indian assassination plot on American soil for the first time, telling the Financial Times he would “look into” any evidence
The Financial Times reports activist investor Cevian Capital has taken a €1.2bn stake in the Swiss bank UBS, betting it can double its valuation over the next three to five years.
Adobe has dropped its planned takeover of product design firm Figma due to UK and EU regulatory issues, the Financial Times reports.
The Financial Times splashes on a warning from the IMF that the Ukrainian economy could be in trouble if Kyiv’s allies don’t speed up extra funding for the war-torn nation.
The Financial Times splashes on the climate deal reached at COP28 which has mentioned a desire to shift away from fossil fuels for the first time.
The Financial Times leads on the government’s migration bill vote passing – saying Rishi Sunak headed off a “right-wing revolt”.
The Financial Times focuses on anger at COP28, where oil-rich states have been accused of thwarting efforts to tackle the climate crisis.
The FT front page features a poll suggesting nearly half of US voters think President Biden is spending too much on aid for Ukraine.
Labour has enlisted 10 City of London advisers to help the party ditch its “sneering” image, the Financial Times reports.
The Financial Times goes with the resignation of immigration minister Robert Jenrick, saying it scuppered Rishi Sunak’s bid to reunite his party.
The Financial Times leads with Brussels proposing a three-year delay to tariffs that were due to hit electric vehicle sales between the UK and EU.
The FT leads with the government’s latest migration plan, reporting that ministers want to reduce numbers coming into the country by 300,000 a year.
FT says EU leaders risk leaving Ukraine empty-handed at a perilous moment in its war against Russia as divisions over finances threaten a €50bn lifeline.
The Financial Times says investors are piling into risky assets amid a growing belief that the Federal Reserve and other central banks are close to winning their long-running battle with inflation.
The Financial Times splashes on allegations made by US federal prosecutors that an Indian government official orchestrated a plot to kill a Sikh separatist activist in New York.