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Investments

  • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
    Personal Finance
    Ten things to tick off your financial to-do list in 2025

    From money-saving work perks to investments and tax planning, resolve to get your finances in shape this new year

    Illustration of a piggy bank and a pencil on an open spiral notebook with a checklist drawn on the page, set on a plain blue background
  • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
    Swetha Ramachandran
    How to invest in a much-changed China

    While Trump threatens punitive tariffs, investors need to understand how much the country has altered in recent years

  • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
    Exchange traded funds
    Will 2025 be the year for plain vanilla ETFs or private assets?

    After healthy returns from US equities, investors are being warned the era could end, and unlisted securities could be the answer

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  • Wednesday, 1 January, 2025
    Venture capital investment
    Number of US venture capital firms falls as cash flows to tech’s top investors

    Risk-averse financial institutions concentrate money on biggest Silicon Valley VCs in trend that threatens smaller groups

    A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket prepares for launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US
  • Wednesday, 1 January, 2025
    Companies
    Business trends, risks and companies to watch in 2025

    Will private credit reap benefits from deregulation, can the tech bubble keep inflating and will EV sales start to rise again?

    A collage features a model in a neon green outfit from the Gucci Spring Summer 2025 show, solar panels symbolising renewable energy, the Medline Industries logo, Elon Musk,  Donald Trump and an Xpeng electric vehicle. The number "2025" is prominently displayed in the centre.
  • Wednesday, 1 January, 2025
    Chinese business & finance
    US investors in China venture funds race to comply with new tech rules

    Financial institutions rush to secure assurances their money is not being used to develop Chinese technology

    A person in protective clothing works on a semiconductor wafer in a production line. In the background, there is a gradient backdrop with the Chinese flag stars and a stack of US dollar bills.
  • Tuesday, 31 December, 2024
    Accountancy
    ‘Most important man in accounting’ warns against lowering standards

    Barry Melancon, for 30 years head of leading US professional body, says quality should not be compromised to aid recruiting

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  • Tuesday, 31 December, 2024
    Passive Investing
    Japan active funds, like global peers, underperform passive rivals

    Only 20% of actively managed equities and fixed income vehicles outperformed over 15 years

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  • Monday, 30 December, 2024
    Investing in funds
    Stockpicking funds suffer record $450bn of outflows

    Shift into passive strategies and ETFs has accelerated as performance of pricier mutual funds lags behind benchmarks

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  • Sunday, 29 December, 2024
    UK property
    Private equity steps up bets on UK rental sector

    Private capital and pension fund money flowing into single-family rental homes as demand soars

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  • Friday, 27 December, 2024
    US financial regulation
    Vanguard strikes deal with FDIC over huge holdings in US banks

    $10tn money manager agrees to curbs on influencing decisions of mid-sized and regional lenders

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  • Friday, 27 December, 2024
    Private equity
    Wealth of US private capital chiefs boosted by $56bn

    Inclusion in S&P 500 index and growth in operations drove share prices at Blackstone, KKR and Apollo to record highs

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  • Friday, 27 December, 2024
    Personal Finance
    What’s the biggest financial mistake you’ve ever made?

    FT writers and readers confess their money blunders, bad investments and inane purchases

  • Thursday, 26 December, 2024
    ESG investing
    ESG funds found to have $1.4bn exposure to Xinjiang labour camps

    Ignites Asia analysis has tracked investments in companies such as CATL, the EV battery maker accused of Xinjiang links

  • Wednesday, 25 December, 2024
    Private equity
    Private equity payouts fell 50% short in 2024

    Value of investments cashed out lingers well below historic average for third consecutive year

    A specialist studies monitors on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor in New York
  • Tuesday, 24 December, 2024
    Exchange traded funds
    MicroStrategy mania exposes rare faultline in ETF industry

    Sharp deviations have appeared in expected returns of two leveraged funds amid surge in bets

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  • Tuesday, 24 December, 2024
    News in-depthPrivate equity
    Private equity investors trapped in China as top firms fail to find exit deals

    Sales and listings of Chinese companies by world’s biggest buyout groups have ground to a halt, data shows

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  • Tuesday, 24 December, 2024
    Financial ThinkingJonathan Guthrie
    It’s time to cut loose from bad anchor numbers

    Politicians and salespeople frequently seek to tether our thinking to a fixed number — with the aim to nudge us into agreeing to whatever suits them

  • Tuesday, 24 December, 2024
    Private investing
    Free reader event: Quiz Stuart Kirk on his investment plans for 2025

    FT columnists Stuart Kirk, Claer Barrett and Moria O’Neill to take reader questions at online webinar

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  • Tuesday, 24 December, 2024
    Markets InsightRobert Buckland
    In defence of the annual outlook

    Making a periodic review of investment frameworks and the outlook for economies and markets is a good discipline

    The entrance of the New York Stock Exchange is decorated with Christmas lights and a wreath
  • Monday, 23 December, 2024
    Banks prosper amid best-performing FTSE stocks of 2024

    Higher interest rates boost margins of NatWest and Barclays

  • Monday, 23 December, 2024
    Exchange traded funds
    Questions raised over business model of Goldman’s ETF Accelerator

    The platform secured its first client last year but the bank is now assessing long-term options

    The logo for Goldman Sachs is seen on the trading floor at the New York
  • Monday, 23 December, 2024
    News in-depthHPS Investment Partners LLC
    Why BlackRock is shelling out $12bn for private credit shop HPS

    World’s biggest fund manager seeks to elbow its way into industry dominated by the likes of Apollo and Blackstone

  • Monday, 23 December, 2024
    Guy Hands
    The darker side of Guy Hands’ legacy

    Terra Firma founder accused of raging at staff and making sexually inappropriate comments

    A black and white image of Guy Hands
  • Sunday, 22 December, 2024
    Capital markets
    Record $600bn pours into global bond funds in 2024

    Investors piled into fixed income in bet on falling interest rates

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