Big Four maintains stranglehold on UK audits
The Big Four accounting firms maintained their iron grip on auditing the UK’s largest companies last year, the industry watchdog has found. Plus, Japan’s economic normalisation could impact global bon...
5 Des 202511min
Wall Street frets over Hassett as potential Fed chair
Bond-market investors worry that the leading candidate for Fed chair is too close to US President Donald Trump, while HSBC finally picks its new chair. Plus, the EU has a last-minute plan to fund Ukra...
4 Des 202510min
AI chatbot race enters crunch phase
Nigel Farage has told donors he expects to do an election deal with the Conservatives, and the race to narrow OpenAI’s dominance in the chatbot race. Plus, Eurozone inflation unexpectedly turns higher...
3 Des 202511min
Swiss prosecutors file charges against Credit Suisse and UBS
UK pension funds are cutting back their exposure to US equities, and Swiss prosecutors have filed charges against Credit Suisse and its owner UBS over alleged organisational “deficiencies”. Plus, the ...
2 Des 202511min
Key week for Russia-Ukraine peace talks
Artificial intelligence is threatening starting consultancy salaries, and the push to end Russia’s years-long invasion of Ukraine continues this week. Plus, Revolut did not tell UK regulators its CEO ...
1 Des 202512min
The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: Trump’s ‘vibecession’
As President Donald Trump approaches the one-year anniversary of his second term in office, the FT’s chief economics commentator Martin Wolf, and Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman sit down to...
30 Nov 202542min
How AI is changing warfare
Artificial intelligence has the potential to disrupt almost every industry we work in, from manufacturing to stock trading. Defence is no exception, and at a time of rising global conflict, the questi...
28 Nov 20259min
UK Budget boosts taxes to all-time high
S&P Global Ratings calls into question Tether’s ability to maintain its US dollar peg, and UK chancellor Rachel Reeves takes the wraps off the highly anticipated Budget. Plus, India’s booming steel pr...
27 Nov 202511min
