Return of dispersion comes after years of similar returns across sectors

Rise of volatility and dispersion was supposed to bring a change of fortunes versus passive

Valuations do not reflect the risks that still lie ahead from coronavirus

Lockdowns have elevated the sector that some analysts thought would fall furthest in a recession

Supermajors’ status as reliable income stocks questioned as earnings plunge

Biggest US oil company takes $2.9bn charge to account for crude’s plunge

Canadian group makes all-stock proposal public after talks fail to get off ground

Eskom will remove 6,000 megawatts of demand to avert total collapse of national grid

Petrochemicals group to launch sale of up to $2bn in shares as part of debt reduction push

Pandemic could dwarf other disasters such as Hurricane Katrina, John Neal says

The Pensions Regulator and former minister Sir Steve Webb take part in online debate 

Executive points to ‘heaps of liquidity’ as members get access to cash due to coronavirus

Right-hand man to President Carter from Iran hostage crisis to Salt Two arms treaty 

‘Pastor to presidents’ said he received his calling on 18th green of local golf club

Heiress who made her own success as the ‘Queen of Jeans’

How the crisis will revolutionise brands, fashion weeks and personal style

Failed outsourcer’s work on Liverpool and Birmingham hospitals running years behind schedule

It is an illusion to see victory for the former US vice-president as a geopolitical calendar reset

Activist investor sought to take control of strategy at French group led by Arnaud Lagardère

Pexip deal marks bright spot in otherwise bleak European IPO market

Tag Heuer’s digital chief sees connected watches as a point of entry to the mechanical models

ExxonMobil and Chevron deploy plans for cutbacks but preserve dividends

Marathon cuts capital spending by $1.4bn in anticipation of 30% drop in output

For some analysts the industrial metal looks cheap, even given the Covid-19 slowdown

Promises of huge growth are yet to materialise — but there’s huge potential

Loss would be a blow to London market and unpalatable to some UK-based fund managers

Spanish and Italian bans on short selling follow US Federal Reserve’s liquidity injection

In contrast with many global peers, Petrobras has made scant efforts to diversify into green energy

Brazilian group alleges tycoon’s family-controlled mining arm fraudulently funnelled $500m into Manhattan real estate

Withdrawal fees soar to £104m and banks save £120m in ATM shake-up

Concern over use of chemicals drives research into alternatives

New Novozymes chief will need fresher ideas to achieve success

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 […]

AskRobin, an Estonia-founded fintech that operates a financial services marketplace for “underbanked” customers in Latin America, has picked up $1.7 million in funding. The seed round is backed by VC funds Change Ventures, Vereeni Early Stage Fund, BENE Asia Capital, and Lemonade Stand. In addition, a number of tech entrepreneurs from Estonia participated, such as […]

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

Rich countries need to fund infectious disease treatments properly

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

Private lawsuits are a vital tool for upholding standards in the free market system

As US health workers suffer from inadequate protection, there are signs of a shifting world order

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

TikTok, the widely popular video sharing app developed by one of the world’s most valued startups (ByteDance), continues to grow rapidly despite suspicion from the U.S. as more people look for ways to keep themselves entertained amid the coronavirus pandemic. The global app and its Chinese version, called Douyin, have amassed over 2 billion downloads […]

Without a co-ordinated response, national stimulus policies will end up increasing imbalances

Another on-demand transport app is making a move into payments to expand the existing relationship with its customers (and subsequent margins that it makes from serving them). Bird today announced the launch of Bird Pay, a service that will let people use its app to purchase items from local participating businesses alongside renting scooters. The service […]

On the heels of a spate of reports over the weekend, today Intel confirmed its latest move to grow its automotive division. The chip giant is acquiring Moovit, an Israeli startup previously backed by Intel that analyses urban traffic patterns and provides transportation recommendations with a specific focus on public transit. The deal values Moovit at […]

Ali Amin-Javaheri grew up in the chemicals business. His father had worked for Iran’s state-owned chemical company and when the family fled the country in the nineteen eighties during the Iran-Iraq war, they first settled in Houston where employers welcomed the senior Amin-Jahaveri’s experience. Houston in the 80s was dominated by the petrochemicals industry and […]

First New York listing by a Chinese company since Luckin Coffee debacle

If the UK stock market is in for more of a hiding, the FTSE 100 is likely to outperform the FTSE 250

I am concerned about inheritance tax if my husband and I were to die prematurely

HMRC’s letter says I might have to withhold tax from my rent 

We are returning to the UK from the US following the virus outbreak