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Plus the budget and renewable energy

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International Chamber of Commerce says overhaul of rules could help plug £22bn funding gap

Permission to offer credit cards to 11mn British customers still pending as fintech nears 1st anniversary of becoming a bank

Territory boosted by Chinese companies looking to raise money in currency pegged to US dollar

Beijing takes advantage of prices at 5-year lows for metal vital to steel and EV batteries in push to secure supply chains

State school endowments see falling valuations as a prime opportunity to get in as public market expectations dim

Stablecoin issuers and traders are attracted by yields on offer and potential use as collateral in some derivatives transactions

High demand from consumers for the cheaper but more technically challenging metal is testing designers’ creativity

A buoyant fine minerals market reflects rising demand for aesthetically pleasing specimens

Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

Sibanye-Stillwater chief executive says suppliers to western nations need ‘level playing field’

A record $155bn from individual investors has flowed into Wall Street equities this year, even as markets stumbled

UK-listed engineering group subject to formal investigation as takeover talks languish

Switching to gas reduces emissions in the short term but increases them in the long run

Latest in a series of production increases is likely to put downward pressure on Brent crude price

Bond markets can’t stand up to profligate governments alone

Strategy part of efforts to improve bloc’s resilience to conflict and climate change

These old-timers have been racking up the sort of market gains that would make many tech start-ups jealous