Financial Times News Feed

SBI Shinsei Bank could use funds to fuel purchases of smaller regional lenders

Swiss groups are involved in deals across sectors, defying currency moves and US tariffs

Funds such as Balyasny, Jain Global and Qube are expanding operations to allow them to trade underlying markets

South Korean regulators want to strengthen oversight of retail traders

Share of balances past due has doubled as Biden-era forbearance expires

Private capital giant shorted loans and cut exposure to sector amid concerns over threat from AI

Government begins push to create a ‘nation of investors’ as AI bubble fears intensify

Sales and trading businesses of banks have a structural problem in claiming share of incentive pool

Undeterred by reports of an exodus of the wealthy from the UK, a new breed of institution is opening its doors

Proposal had provoked backlash from Euroclear and industry over potential for higher costs

Potential violations of securities, bank and wire fraud laws under scrutiny in failure of car parts maker

JPMorgan CEO says Kevin Hassett would be more likely to back Donald Trump’s calls for interest rate cuts

Firm willing to buy Ascent Resources to head off fight between Abu Dhabi fund and US private equity group

SRA had accused Claire Gill of improperly threatening a victim of fraud with litigation

Stock price of company co-founded by ex-US energy secretary Rick Perry fell as much as 46%

US bank stepped into messy confrontation between billionaire Patrick Drahi and aggrieved Wall Street funds

UK regulator says building society lacked effective systems in monitoring customers’ transactions

Northern Ireland’s gentrifying capital of swagger and soul is reeling as rents rise faster than anywhere in the UK

Investor optimism has been fuelled by a compromise proposed by Swiss political parties

Australian bank had cut incentives after scandals under Shayne Elliott’s watch

CEO Marc Rowan has said private equity is no longer the $900bn group’s growth driver

Plus, how UK oil majors attempted green transitions and then backed off

Fund has lower than average weighting to UK stock market

It’s been quite the year for systematic investors

In many countries, financial knowledge is poor and savings are held in low-return products, slowing the continent’s economy