U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler testifies before a House Financial Services Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 27, 2023. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday voted to adopt new rules that will require most publicly traded companies to disclose climate-related risks
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. British fiscal events are essentially political. This is particularly true when an election looms. But they need to have the trappings of economic sense and fiscal probity. This is particularly true for Jeremy Hunt, a
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With a general election looming, chancellor Jeremy Hunt was under pressure to deliver sweeteners for voters, notably what he described as “helping families with permanent cuts in taxation”, without appearing fiscally irresponsible. He confirmed the heavily trailed 2p cut in national insurance contributions, a shake-up of the “non-dom” tax regime and the creation of a
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The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority bond trustee said the Oversight Board’s proposed plan of adjustment breaches the bonds’ trust agreement. “There is a fundamental clash between the duties of bondholders to each other in the trust agreement and the three bondholder [plan support agreements (PSAs)] in the plan,” said bond trustee U.S. Bank N.A.
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The primary market was the focus Tuesday, as several large deals priced to strong reception, led by an upsized pricing of $1.4 billion from the New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority. Municipals were little changed in secondary trading, underperforming U.S. Treasuries, while equities were down near the close, as all markets await Federal Reserve
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. This is an on-site version of the US Election Countdown newsletter. You can read the previous edition here. Sign up for free here to get it on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Email us at electioncountdown@ft.com Good morning and happy
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Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Fox News town hall at the Greenville Convention Center on February 20, 2024 in Greenville, South Carolina.  Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Donald Trump is racing to stave off a pair of civil penalties totaling nearly $540 million — without having to first put
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Singapore’s Temasek Holdings is holding talks about investing in OpenAI, a deal that would mark the first time a state-backed group has funded the ChatGPT maker. Senior executives at Temasek, one of the world’s biggest
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Last November, the $1.6tn Norwegian sovereign wealth fund asked the government for the umpteenth time if it could be allowed to invest in private equity. That’s a good excuse to explore one of the financial world’s most controversial issues. After all, this is potentially a big deal, given the size of Norges Bank Investment Management
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The bankers on a $167.9 million refunding say San Diego Community College District became the first community college in California to tender general obligation bonds in a deal that converted taxable debt into tax-exempt for savings. RBC managing directors Karma Pemba and Katherine Jacobson priced the debt for the community college on Feb. 8, achieving
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