Business & Finance
What eight centuries of data tell us about interest rates
Research suggests that these have long been in steady decline.
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Financial Times
Business & Finance
Private equity’s latest trick is to buy and hold
Investors should be asking what distinguishes private equity from other, more traditional, investment strategies.
Business & Finance
Poste Italiane, unlike Royal Mail, brings both the mail and the cash
Italy’s postal service kept its post office network and financial services and has used both to good effect.
Business & Finance
Southern growth spurt creates two-speed eurozone economy
Outperformance by Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece contrasts sharply with stagnation in Germany.
Business & Finance
Why good news for Japan may be bad news for hedge funds
After three decades of corporate stagnation, there’s fresh momentum — but not everyone is pleased.
Business & Finance
Crypto’s new clothes may not prove a good fit
The world’s wildest market is borrowing the trappings of venerable institutions.
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Automakers beware: BYD can still afford to cut prices
EV giant has scope to sacrifice short-term profits to try to win a fierce battle for market share.
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Bond giant Pimco favours gilts over US Treasuries amid inflationary pressure
Fund manager projects Federal Reserve will cut interest rates more slowly than other central banks.
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Diamonds lose sparkle in China amid property woes and marriage drought
Chinese consumers’ shift to gold jewellery helps push down demand despite wider revival in luxury market.
