Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead
Federal Reserve may be forced to end quantitative tightening early, as stock of Treasury bills forecast to soar above $6tn
Unexpectedly strong dollar and misfiring ‘carry trades’ fuel 4.4% loss
Securities backing single commercial buildings are popular with investors but several have failed to live up to top ratings
Efforts by president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum to steady markets enjoy limited success
Relaxing fiscal rules unlikely to provoke a Liz Truss-style gilts crisis, according to fund managers
EU and French elections have revived the narrative of a fractured Europe
‘Other’ stocks are in a defensive crouch
Morgan Stanley’s Ted Pick is the latest chief executive touting a unified slogan in a bid to bust staff silos
Yields are tempting investors who would usually focus more on equities
Today’s fund management industry is less pliable than protesters think it is
German chemicals group to enter ‘concrete negotiations’ after Gulf state-owned company boosts proposal to €62 per share
Artificial intelligence groups — and an egg company — are among the few publicly traded benefit corporations in the US
Once confirmed, agreement will lower value of $13bn of international bonds by nearly 40%
Company’s convertible bond issuance in 2021 feels like ancient history
Stéphane Boujnah says both far-right and leftwing alliance would struggle to implement their plans in government
Group set up to turn second world war tunnels into a tourist attraction aborts plans for London flotation
Shares rise as UK insurer pledges to return capital to shareholders by 2026
Dual-class struggles
Also in today’s newsletter, flight of the non-doms, EM currencies suffer, and Paula Modersohn-Becker at the Neue Galerie New York
Investment manager has doubled in size in four years and is now considering IPO or merger
Analyst says fund will be first in Europe to rely so heavily on artificial intelligence to aid stock selection
Orlen’s acquisition of newspaper business under former rightwing government has drawn criticism
CMIT is pushing for reform in a bid to end malaise engulfing London market
Environmentalists and sceptical locals threaten key element of US plans for green energy
If it is to keep standing up to Putin, Kyiv has to be firm with bondholders
Carlyle rushes in where others fear to tread
Regulators say they found ‘shortcomings’ in how the lenders would handle their own failures
Supporters say investor litigation raises governance standards but critics warn benefits skew to lawyers and funders
Also in today’s newsletter, will ocean-based carbon removal sink or swim?
And default divergence
Listing comes as closures of China-focused ETFs have risen to record level
Watchdog probes conflicts and ‘undue influence’ in insurers’ interests in associated assets
Mixed responses from FT readers about the UK’s biggest wealth manager
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