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  • Friday, 14 February, 2020
    FTfmBurford Capital Ltd
    Burford faces long wait over $1bn Argentina claim

    Case linked to 2012 nationalisation of oil company proves tricky for litigation funder

  • Friday, 7 February, 2020
    FTfmCoronavirus
    Coronavirus strikes World Bank’s 2017 catastrophe bonds

    Originally scheduled to mature in July this year, they are teetering on the edge of default

  • Friday, 31 January, 2020
    FTfmUS Treasury bonds
    T-Bonds: fill your boots while you can

    It would seem difficult to lose money by buying as much Treasury duration as possible

  • Friday, 24 January, 2020
    FTfmInfrastructure investment
    Infrastructure funds have become a way around decarbonisation targets

    It is easy for a pension fund to insist on a renewables quota, more difficult to find a way to buy wind and solar farms

  • Friday, 17 January, 2020
    FTfmRussian business & finance
    A demographic trap and low growth are Putin’s biggest challenges

    Moscow has an urgent need to close the trust deficit with the public

  • Friday, 10 January, 2020
    FTfmBasel Committee on Banking Supervision
    Basel derivative rules point to more pain for fund managers

    Attempts at preventing ‘another Lehman’ will have limited upside for taxpayers

  • Friday, 3 January, 2020
    FTfmUS-China trade dispute
    US-China financial war is just beginning to take shape

    Battle lines are being drawn between American hawks and Wall Street

  • Friday, 13 December, 2019
    FTfmCentral bank intervention
    Repo and swaps markets point to further volatility

    Central bankers are trying to anticipate the source of the next funding crunch

  • Friday, 6 December, 2019
    FTfmBurford Capital Ltd
    Argentina’s Peronists will not be a pushover for Burford

    Litigation finance specialist is trying to reclaim losses linked to a 2012 nationalisation

  • Promoted Content
  • Friday, 29 November, 2019
    FTfmEU business regulation
    Baselheads are intent on crushing  European project finance

    Adopting a new law known as CRD IV could have world-scale unintended consequences

  • Friday, 22 November, 2019
    FTfmDigital economy
    Don’t be fooled by the growth in global datacentre companies

    The specialist groups risk being sidelined when big cloud companies start talking to each other

  • Friday, 15 November, 2019
    FTfmPrivate equity
    Will debt-fuelled buyout boom end in stagnation?

    Private equity groups will have their names on the lay-offs and unpaid contracts when the economy turns

  • Friday, 8 November, 2019
    FTfmClimate change
    Central bankers are not climatologists

    Challenges to a green energy transition do not come from shortcomings in policy

  • Friday, 1 November, 2019
    FTfmRepo market
    Derivatives to crash markets again? 

    Money market trouble provides solid gold for Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren 

  • Friday, 25 October, 2019
    FTfmClimate change
    Central banks have no expertise in climate change

    Participation could reduce, rather than increase, public support for progressive policies

  • Friday, 18 October, 2019
    FTfmPG&E Corp
    PG&E backlash slows down decarbonisation plan

    California will face delays when the rage against the utility subsides

  • Friday, 11 October, 2019
    FTfmInsurance
    Returns on long-term care investment are far from healthy

    GE’s pension problems are linked to its book of reinsurance for legacy policies

  • Friday, 4 October, 2019
    FTfmCopper
    Why is nobody buying the copper needed for a greener world?

    Recycling old metal does not do the job because the green economy is more metal intensive

  • Friday, 27 September, 2019
    FTfmRepo market
    Federal Reserve standing repo facility is coming into view

    Governors are likely to look for a ‘relief valve’ in the money markets early next year

  • Friday, 20 September, 2019
    FTfmFederal National Mortgage Association
    Will Fannie and Freddie be a gift of the Trump administration?

    Reprivatisation and profit harvesting plans have became more realistic 

  • Friday, 13 September, 2019
    FTfmEthical and responsible investment
    Mobisol’s rescue does not assure success in Africa

    Development agencies and impact investors are at risk of engaging in magical thinking

  • Friday, 6 September, 2019
    FTfmPensions crisis
    Chicago’s deficit heralds US pensions crisis

    New mayor Lori Lightfoot unveiled $838m shortfall last week

  • Friday, 30 August, 2019
    FTfmRail
    Brookfield’s $8.4bn railroad deal prompts questions over its record

    Sector expertise and performance standards of private equity group have been criticised

  • Friday, 9 August, 2019
    FTfmFund management
    Puerto Rico bondholders rejoice in political turmoil

    Defaulted and partially restructured bonds have performed well since recent troubles began

  • Friday, 2 August, 2019
    FTfmNatural gas
    Negative gas prices are set to stay in an industry based on faith

    The shortage of pipeline is nearly over but then overcapacity will bite

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