UK mortgage market ‘failing to adapt to new patterns of work’

Lenders’ affordability criteria lead many self-employed borrowers to give up seeking a home loan

Posted on Saturday October 24, 2026

The money questions children ask AI chatbots

Forty per cent of UK youngsters in a survey had asked AI for financial advice

Posted on Saturday October 24, 2026

‘Disrupter’ exchanges battle for ETFs in challenge to NYSE and Nasdaq

Cboe captures nearly half of US listings as intensifying competition reflects rapid growth in derivative-heavy funds

Posted on Saturday October 24, 2026

Directors’ Deals: Safestore directors raise stakes as shares struggle

Self-store group to review its UK plans for 2027-28

Posted on Friday October 23, 2026

The ledger problem

Tokenisation doesn’t suspend the laws of finance

Posted on Friday October 23, 2026

A union storm is coming for employers

The changing relationship between companies and workers will make it harder to do business

Posted on Saturday October 24, 2026

France is in revolt. But the real storm is yet to come

As disorder engulfs Paris and Marine Le Pen waits in the wings, the country is running out of money, patience and answers

Posted on Saturday October 24, 2026

The young are conformists in denial

The reassuringly bourgeois values behind a rebellious generation

Posted on Saturday October 24, 2026

Intelligence memo warns Iran plotting to kill Americans in Middle East

Document says plans against US citizens have reached ‘advanced stages’ as tensions rise again in region

Posted on Saturday October 24, 2026

US executives quit $25bn gas venture over claims of secret Russian control

Former CEO of Polar Train LNG tells FT that gas giant Novatek financed and controlled strategic Alaska project without US approval

Posted on Saturday October 24, 2026