Investors still on edge amid fears over economic impact of widespread shutdowns

S&P 500 closes more than 9% higher as investors cheer Fed backstops and political progress

Shares rally this week on hopes that spread of pandemic may be easing

Mortgage products tracking base rate vanish as ‘the numbers no longer stack up’ 

Regulator says US mortgage guarantors have sufficient resources for about 12 weeks

Survival of coastal city’s vibrant arts scene will depend on community ‘being on the front foot’

Scale of unemployment underscores urgency of additional emergency relief funds

Chief executive Thomas Buberl says different guidance between countries ‘difficult to accept’

UK insurers bow to regulatory pressure but L&G has said it would push ahead with payout

As corporate insolvencies soar and firms try to hang on to their cash as long as possible, expect to hear a lot more about trade credit insurance.

Insurers have been urged by regulators to reconsider shareholder payments during lockdown

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. 

Decision comes amid row between companies and insurers on what is covered under policies

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

Black journalist forced America to confront the evils of lynching

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

Former pensions minister says the crisis means greater flexibility is needed 

Investors encouraged to take time before making any changes to their retirement plans

FT survey estimates that 1 in 10 employers with defined benefit schemes may look to suspend payments

‘Drastic revisit’ of outlook at French bank as dividend cuts and cancellations hit equities trading

Your question for our expert — and readers’ advice

British handbag maker’s value has plummeted 85% in past two years as turnround plan stalls

Global Witness highlights UK hedge fund’s stake in company accused of environmental violations

Financial services unit mandate a ‘first step’ in adjusting to decline in business

AMF chairman cites uncertainty around dividends and coming downgrades to credit ratings

S&P up 23% from March nadir on back of state coronavirus action — but more falls possible, warn analysts

Asia-Pacific indices broadly higher after S&P 500 closes up 3.4%

Stocks rise but crude tumbles as world’s largest oil ETF cuts stake

The technology has significant potential to shake up the construction sector

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

Several long-running conflicts are edging towards a temporary halt to hostilities

Jean Pierre Mustier’s nascent turnround derailed as bank slips to first-quarter loss

Strategists expect concerns about eurozone stability to dent the currency

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

Details of historic borrowing plans send government bond yields higher

Railroad commissioner had called for using decades-old state rules to reduce output

Whether we like it or not, spending on arms and security will rise in the next few years 

Uncertainty over loan forbearance prevents savings being passed on

Covid-19 pandemic increases problems for retirement schemes already in deficit

Move means hard-hit industries face another year of high bills

Lansdowne, Odey and Wadhwani among those betting on a revival of UK equities

Music royalties specialist has done well in a strong market for alt investment trusts

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

The default product of anxious idleness has been sidelined during pandemic

Learning how to budget is a vital skill to master at the beginning of a career

US job gains since financial crisis wiped out. Switzerland faces sharpest economic contraction since 1974. UK and eurozone business activity hit by historic collapse this month as lockdowns choked Europe’s biggest economies.

Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez says no other option remains but to maintain the state of alert

Move boosts chemicals group’s growing sports investment portfolio

Demand surges as hospitals require more medical oxygen for coronavirus patients on ventilators

The last time America sold war bonds they were essentially a tax on savers