The BoE’s three balance sheet problem

Issues with the Issue Department

Posted on Wednesday September 16, 2026

Odey judgment is lesson for firms over ethical failings, warns FCA

Watchdog introduces stricter rules to ensure ‘people can speak up’ and be protected against misconduct

Posted on Wednesday September 16, 2026

How Switzerland turned tax competition into a national sport

The country’s 26 cantons compete fiercely for companies, wealthy residents and the taxes they bring

Posted on Wednesday September 16, 2026

Hedge fund warned ousted lawyer to settle £36bn BHP dam collapse claim

Case becoming a cautionary tale of the challenges of litigation funding

Posted on Wednesday September 16, 2026

Should markets discount the AI apocalypse?

How should investors interpret the labs’ calls for a slowdown?

Posted on Tuesday September 15, 2026

AI must not outrun safety controls, DeepMind co-founder warns

Shane Legg speaks to FT as new DeepMind Institute launches to explore implications of artificial general intelligence, amid growing calls for industry slowdown

Posted on Wednesday September 16, 2026

Salary stand-off delays abolition of NHS quango

Health service leaders are urging ministers to set up a temporary body to resolve deadlock

Posted on Wednesday September 16, 2026

Anthropic’s mother of all risk factors

What to say in your S-1 when your product has a >10% possibility of causing the extinction of humankind

Posted on Wednesday September 16, 2026

Chinese oil prices hit record highs after attacks on Saudi pipeline

Beijing has cushioned global impact of Iran war by drawing down stocks but is now ‘coming off its crash diet’

Posted on Wednesday September 16, 2026

The British right’s patriotism problem

Andy Burnham seems at ease in his country. Are his opponents?

Posted on Wednesday September 16, 2026