Main non-China producer says it may need public funds to weather coronavirus downturn

In Stoke-on-Trent, Matthew Engel finds a party struggling to answer the simplest questions

The pound has soared more than 2 per cent in its biggest rise since 2017 after an exit poll has projected a strong victory for Boris Johnson’s Conservative party.

LGIM to hold businesses to account for their stakeholder responsibilities during pandemic 

Big investors must adopt a tougher stance on balance sheet resilience

Sotheby’s has gone under the hammer for $3.7bn ending 31 years of public ownership, with the venerable auction house sold to Patrick Drahi, billionaire founder of the European telecoms group Altice. Arash Massoudi discusses the sale and what it means for the art market with Harriet Agnew and Melanie Gerlis.

Contributors: Suzanne Blumsom, executive editor, Arash Massoudi, corporate finance and deals editor, Harriet Agnew, FT Paris correspondent, and Melanie Gerlis, FT art market columnist. Producer: Fiona Symon

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NSO, an Israeli company whose spyware hacked WhatsApp, has told buyers its technology can now collect a targeted individual’s data stored in the cloud, according to people familiar with its sales pitch. Its tech is said to use industry-wide authentication techniques that have, until now, been thought to be secure. Malcolm Moore discusses the implications with Mehul Srivastava and Tim Bradshaw.

Contributors: Malcolm Moore, technology news editor, Mehul Srivastava, Tel Aviv correspondent, and Tim Bradshaw, global tech correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Chinese carmaker Geely is investing in German flying taxi start-up Volocopter. Josh Noble discusses China’s interest in this technology and the future of flying taxis wirh the FT’s motor industry correspondent Peter Campbell and global technology correspondent Tim Bradshaw

Contributors: Josh Noble, weekend news editor, Peter Campbell, motor industry correspondent, and Tim Bradshaw, global technology correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Thanks to its links to Shakespeare and his players that were until recently a well kept secret, a deprived suburb of Liverpool is to house a new playhouse. Local investors have high hopes that it will woo some of the tourists that flock to Stratford-upon-Avon and Shakespeare’s Globe in London. Andy Bounds went to Prescot to speak to some of the project's supporters.

Contributors: Andy Bounds, Enterprise editor and North of England correspondent. Producers: Fiona Symon and Persis Love

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Will PSA’s Carlos Tavares prove to be a better merger partner for Fiat Chrysler than Renault and help create the world's fourth-largest carmaker? Katie Martin discusses the terms of the proposed mega merger and the characters behind the deal with Peter Campbell, motor industry correspondent, and David Keohane in Paris.

Contributors: Katie Martin, capital markets editor, Peter Campbell, motor industry correspondent, and David Keohane, Paris correspondent. Producers: Fiona Symon and Persis Love

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Hundreds of millions of people turn to the web each day to seek answers to medical concerns. But the information they share is far from secret. Madhumita Murgia, the FT's European technology correspondent, has been looking into what happens to the personal health information we share with these websites, and she tells India Ross what she discovered..

Contributors: India Ross, tech creative producer, and Madhumita Murgia, European technology correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Around the world a pensions crisis is looming. Retirees are having their pensions cuts while governments and fund managers look for new strategies. Josephine Cumbo, pensions correspondent and Robin Wigglesworth, global finance correspondent tell Claer Barrett why pension funds are investing in riskier assets and what this means for the future of retirement.

Contributors: Claer Barrett, personal finance editor, Josephine Cumbo, pensions correspondent and Robin Wigglesworth, global finance correspondent. Producer: Persis Love

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As the UK general election approaches, all parties are stepping up their rhetoric on climate change. What are their manifesto pledges and are they even realistic? Jim Pickard and Nick Butler talk to Leslie Hook about what a new government could spell for the environment and the need for an international approach to tackling the climate crisis.

Contributors: Leslie Hook, environment and clean energy correspondent, Jim Pickard, chief political correspondent and Nick Butler, energy commentator. Producer: Persis Love

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Questions about the future of fossil fuels are putting new pressure on companies and financial institutions. How are they responding and should they be doing more? Pilita Clark talks to Huw van Steenis, chair of the sustainable finance committee at UBS and a former adviser to Bank of England governor, Mark Carney, and Billy Nauman, reporter for the FT’s Moral Money. 

Contributors: Huw van Steenis, chair of the sustainable finance committee at UBS, Pilita Clark, business columnist and Billy Nauman, reporter and producer, moral money. Producer: Persis Love. Photo credit: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty

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Investors have begun to shun companies that make their money from fossil fuels because of concerns about global warming. So what does this mean for the oil and gas companies whose future profits depend on continuing to exploit the hydrocarbon assets they have acquired around the world? Pilita Clark discusses the implications with Lex columnist Alan Livsey and energy editor David Sheppard. Read Alan's analysis here

Contributors: Pilita Clark, business columnist, Alan Livsey, Lex columnist, and David Sheppard, energy editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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If lenders maintain support, the company’s balance sheet may not need an urgent fix

Investors are looking to the future, but should beware of over-optimism

New workers could suffer the scarring effects of lockdown for decades

Arca in San Francisco and Box in Chicago will throw open their doors on Monday

The US is in danger of lurching from lax oversight of vaping to banning it unwisely

Incoming CEO tells investors and carrier’s 96,000 staff that he will not duck hard decisions

In future it may have to be budget stimulus that rides to the rescue

Cyril Ramaphosa will be loath to take on the people who helped him to the ANC presidency

Investors fret over the level of economic stimulus Washington is likely to provide

Change in Kospi 200 composition prompts US venues to suspend related derivatives

Calls for safety assurances despite concern over educational impact

Euler Hermes has written to some brokers, saying it will offer less support in the UK if the government does not agree to backstop trade credit insurers. 

Tesla’s decision to buy liability cover from Elon Musk instead of a traditional insurer comes after premiums shot up

Central banks repeatedly set the stage for the next boom and bust cycle, fuelled by growing debt

Reducing pensioners to ‘old dears’ ignores their wisdom and physical vitality

UK lender is latest to warn coronavirus-induced economic disruption will hit its clients

PwC’s finest scientific minds attempt to prove banks can exist in two states at once

Healthcare tech group chief calls estimate to deal with coronavirus ‘conservative’ as it boosts medical equipment production

Wuhan and the future of banks; digital insurance with Artificial; Robinhood’s $8.3bn valuation

Chief Jon Lewis admits outsourcer has ‘more to do and requires more investment’ than expected

Targets to include more women mean little without cultural change in the industry

Why the Germans and Dutch are right to resist this way of sharing coronavirus costs

Union Investment says new outside executives are needed to move the company on after special audit

Pexip deal marks bright spot in otherwise bleak European IPO market

Airline forecasts capacity will be almost wiped out in the second quarter

Sobering up after the crisis will require changes to tax laws, bonuses and pensions

The Adventurous Investor senses there could be future value in spinout specialists

James Max, the FT columnist, takes questions from readers about the misery of household chores

At the start of the year, it looked like Europe would be in for a “Summer E-Scooters / E-Bike War,” as both regional startups and U.S.-backed unicorns vied for the pockets of city commuters. Consolidation came when German startup Circ was taken over by U.S. competitor Bird at the start of the year. Still on […]

Taxpayers ought to receive a share of the upside after big business recovers

Your guide to the investment and business revolution you can’t afford to ignore

It will be hard to help worthy US companies without also aiding private equity

In spite of their protected status under international laws, pangolins remain one of the most trafficked animals in the world — and at least some of that trade is taking place right out in the open on Facebook . A new report from tech watchdog group the Tech Transparency Project details how Facebook users are […]

Once the UK accepted trade friction, everything changed