Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition activist who has been the most prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin’s regime for much of the past decade, has died in a remote Arctic penal colony aged 47, according to prison authorities. A firebrand campaigner for what he called the “beautiful Russia of the future”, Navalny’s detailed investigations exposing
The Puerto Rico Oversight Board has brought on David Brownstein, who spent more than three decades at Citi with a focus on derivatives, distressed issuers and debt restructurings, as a restructuring advisor on its plan of adjustment for the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority. Brownstein’s new boutique restructuring advisory firm, BGC Partners Advisory LLC, entered
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suffered a severe blow on Friday as the Labour party won the formerly safe Conservative seat of Kingswood, in what the opposition party hopes is a harbinger of victory at the
Rooftops of homes in a gated residential community are seen in Pico Rivera, California on January 18, 2024. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images After a brief reprieve in December and January, mortgage rates are moving higher again, and that is taking its toll on mortgage demand. Total mortgage application volume fell 2.3%
The secondary market was active and trading showed strong prints across the curve, pushing triple-A yields lower following a stronger U.S. Treasury market. Triple-A yields fell two to four basis points while UST yields fell two to three basis points. Municipal bond mutual funds saw the second week of outflows, with LSEG Lipper reporting $142.2
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Brussels should incentivise Europe’s defence industry to ramp up production and promote consolidation, the president of the European Commission has said, as she warned that the “world has got rougher”. Ursula von der Leyen said
Bellevue, Nebraska, plans to issue $60 million of municipal bonds to build a 100,000-square-foot indoor water park as a draw for visitors and their money. Inspired by a Texas water park and managed by the same company that runs that park, American Resort Management, the new water park will form part of an entertainment district
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Rishi Sunak’s pledge to “grow the economy” suffered a serious blow on Thursday as official figures showed Britain entered a technical recession at the end of 2023. Labour claimed the prime minister’s promises on the
In this article TREE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Skynesher | E+ | Getty Images Homeownership is out of reach for many Americans — especially for Black Americans. In the country’s largest metropolitan areas, Black people own a disproportionately small share of homes relative to population size, according to a new report from LendingTree.
Munis were steady to a touch firmer in spots and new-issues fared well in the primary, while U.S. Treasury yields fell and equities ended the trading session up as markets further digested inflation data and its effects on future Fed moves. Triple-A yields fell a basis point or two, depending on the curve, while USTs
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Jeremy Hunt is considering slashing billions of pounds from public spending plans to fund pre-election tax cuts if he is penned in by tight finances in his March 6 Budget. Treasury insiders say the UK
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A hotter-than-anticipated inflation report spurred a selloff in U.S. Treasuries and equities, and municipals could not ignore the broader markets and closed weaker on the day. Triple-A yields rose up to six basis points but largely outperformed UST losses that touched 17 to 20 basis points on the short end. Expectations for a Fed rate
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK inflation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. UK inflation stayed steady at 4 per cent in January, undershooting expectations and bolstering hopes that the Bank of England will soon feel it has enough evidence of price pressures easing to cut interest rates.
A visitor takes pictures in front of a wooden dragon themed sculpture displayed to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year inside the flower dome at Gardens by the Bay in Singapore on February 1, 2024. Roslan Rahman | Afp | Getty Images Millions of Chinese around the world are celebrating the Lunar New Year, ringing
The number of distressed charter schools rose to a record in the beginning of 2024 as the sector struggles with the end of pandemic assistance and rising costs. So far this year, five charter schools have become impaired, meaning a borrower has defaulted on their debt, broken a covenant or used some emergency means to
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US foreign policy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Joe Biden sharply rebuked Donald Trump for saying he would encourage Russia to attack Nato allies that did not spend enough on defence, as the US president pleaded for Republicans in Congress to pass
Municipals were steady in light secondary trading Monday as U.S. Treasuries were flat and equities ended mixed. The muni market will see “continued strength,” said Wesly Pate, senior portfolio manager at Income Research + Management, largely due to the supply/demand imbalance. “We have entered into a period of a cumulative structural shortfall of tax-exempt debt
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Professional services myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. US law firm Latham & Watkins is cutting off automatic access to its international databases for its Hong Kong-based lawyers, in a sign of how Beijing’s closer control of the territory is forcing global firms
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — China is facing a confidence deficit as its economy undergoes massive transition and concern grows over its ongoing property crisis, a top banking CEO said while onstage at Dubai’s World Governments Summit. “China’s biggest problem to me is a lack of confidence. External investors lack confidence in China and domestic
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