Should investors turn to equally weighted index products?

Pitch in poetry, execute in prose

Business leaders are worried about climate shocks, but leery of phrases such as ‘green transition’

Plus stocks for 2025

Plus, expensive US stocks, Ray Dalio’s UK debt warning and Le Corbusier at the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern

Will Donald Trump’s presidency be good or bad for fixed income investors and how should they position themselves? Plus: the future of traditional bonds and are investors too complacent about the risks facing junk bonds?

Start-up’s model raises questions about need for huge western hardware investment

Campaigners rally against effort to revive Ogoniland production over legacy of environmental destruction

Lenders warn rules will harm City’s competitiveness and impose ‘significant costs’ on the sector

There is more room for the Bank of England to loosen monetary policy than the market expects

Risk of a systemic financial event stemming from bank purchases of the country’s bonds is low, analysts say

However, some investors are warning that parts of the market are starting to look overheated

Gilts can offer an attractive income that is regular, predictable and contractual

US Treasuries, traditionally a haven asset, have become a riskier, more volatile bet

Cheaper passive funds at one end of the market and alternative assets at the other echo the revolution in equities

Shale bosses say that Wall Street will stymie Trump’s US oil surge plan

Bankers expect territory to benefit from US-China tensions and Beijing’s capital controls

Industry and EU member states urge European Commission to wind back sustainability rules

Ministers set to allow companies to access defined benefit scheme surpluses to help kick-start growth

Net selling highlights how rising interest rates in Japan are reshaping global markets