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BlackRock quits climate change group in latest green climbdown
World’s largest money manager had staked out position as sustainable investment leader
Argentina pays bondholders $4.3bn in key test for Milei
Largest payment since 2020 restructuring boosts bond prices but challenging repayments loom
What’s up with bond yields?
From borrowers to sorrowers
China’s bond market is screaming deflation
Investors to Beijing: C-, must do better
Smith dumps Diageo stake over impact of weight-loss drugs on alcohol demand
Veteran stockpicker sells shares in spirits brand because drinks sector is being ‘impacted negatively’
New year, new mandates: European aviation industry forced to buy greener fuels
Fuel suppliers in UK and EU airports now have to supply a portion of sustainable aviation fuel in departing flights
Could 2025 be the year to invest in private markets?
Once the preserve of institutions, private assets are now promoted through semi-liquid funds
China steps up defence of renminbi against Wall Street bets
Currency softens over weakness in world’s second-largest economy and fear of Trump tariffs
UK government seeks to soothe bond market nerves after borrowing costs soar
Treasury vows to stick to its fiscal rules and says gilt markets functioning ‘in an orderly way’
The future of QT
And more on big tech capex
Germany’s second-biggest fintech shuns IPO
Trade Republic says it is under no pressure to list early as its backers are taking a ‘long-term perspective’
Corporate borrowers kick off 2025 with record-setting $83bn bond bonanza
Issuers pounce on surging investor demand for debt before Donald Trump returns to the White House
Vanguard wins US 2024 ETF flows crown
Investors poured $300mn into manager’s exchange traded funds led by VOO, its S&P 500 vehicle that attracted $117bn
Bond market ‘police’ are back as investors patrol spending plans
Debt market flare-ups show growing pushback against governments’ loose fiscal policies
Fund managers to warn FCA over US activist’s plans to shake up UK trusts
Saba Capital has taken stakes in seven trusts and called on investors to vote for changes to their boards
Listed UK water utility dividends exceed private peers’ payouts for first time since Thatcher
First-time publicly traded companies pay out more than privately held rivals since privatisation
How car loans became Britain’s latest consumer finance scandal
Hidden commissions to car dealers inflated costs for buyers. The legal fallout could cost banks billions and restrict access to credit
The silent business of digital identity has remade Relx
Company once known as Reed Elsevier has moved from legal and scientific publishing into AI fraud detection