Whatever the merits of Charles Parton’s China strategy (“In the hawk-dove ornithology of China policy, consider the drongo”, Opinion, December 28), his presentation on ornithology is a little skewed. Drongos are not the only birds that protect their young; the doves and hawks he decries do so too. If Parton is in any doubt, I
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Marina Wiant has been appointed by State Treasurer Fiona Ma to replace Nancee Robles as executive director of the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee and the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee. Wiant, who started in those posts Wednesday, fills the positions that had been vacant since Robles announced in July that she would be retiring
The U.S. Virgin Islands government is short on cash for its operations and its governor is asking the legislature to borrow $55 million to cover them. Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. will send his financial team to a Virgin Islands Senate hearing next week to argue for a change in usage for a letter of credit
In this article AVD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty Images More than a dozen financial firms are involved in new bitcoin exchange-traded funds that began trading Thursday, but one of the biggest fund issuers and money managers in the world still won’t touch cryptocurrency. A Vanguard spokeswoman told
CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images The bitcoin exchange-traded funds launching Thursday after the SEC’s long-awaited approval come at a wide variety of price points, with signs that a fee war is already underway. The Bitwise Bitcoin ETF (BITB) has the lowest expense ratio of all the new bitcoin funds, at 0.20%. Several other
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Circle Internet Financial, operator of the USDC stablecoin, has confidentially filed to list in the US, a day after regulators fuelled optimism in the crypto market by approving the first stock market funds for bitcoin.
These days, housing affordability is a struggle for nearly everyone. But for young adults just starting out, soaring home prices and sky-high rents have become one of the greatest obstacles to making it on their own. Nearly one third, or 31%, of Generation Z adults live at home with parents because they can’t afford to buy
The aesthetic of The Broadwick, and its basement restaurant, Dear Jackie, has been described in many ways. The sumptuous new Soho hotel is “maximalist”, “camp”, “jazz age”, “louche”, “disco fabulous” and “English eccentric”. Each description is individually accurate. But what the commentators are missing is the single term that unifies these spirits: 1970s Bournemouth. 1970s
Gary Gensler, chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), during an interview in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, July 27, 2023. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler’s statement on why the agency has approved the listing and trading of a group of spot bitcoin ETFs
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK government on Thursday released a report on available routes for migrants seeking to enter the country but it did not include proposals for any new so-called safe and legal pathways. Campaigners have long
Chesnot | Getty Images The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday approved rule changes to allow the creation of bitcoin exchange-traded funds in the U.S., a long-awaited move that will give regular investors access to the controversial and volatile cryptocurrency. The decision will likely lead to the conversion of the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, which
Representations of cryptocurrency Bitcoin are placed on a PC motherboard in this illustration taken June 16, 2023. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Crypto investors are waiting for the Securities and Exchange Commission to approve a raft of spot bitcoin applications, likely Wednesday With a spot bitcoin ETF now looking very real, attention is turning to the
Municipals continued to experience a short-end correction Wednesday amid a busy day in the primary market which saw Jefferson County, Alabama’s, mega sewer refunding deal price along with a billion-plus of Massachusetts GOs offered to retail. U.S. Treasuries were slightly weaker out long and equities were in the black near the close. The municipal AAA
Jeff Landry was sworn in as the state’s 57th governor on Monday, while John Fleming was sworn in as state treasurer and Elizabeth Baker Murrill took over as state attorney general. In an October election, Landry, a conservative Republican, replaced Democrat John Bel Edwards, who was term-limited out of office. He had been the state attorney
A “For Sale” outside a house in Hercules, California, US, on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Homebuyers are facing a worsening affordability situation with mortgage rates hovering around the highest levels in more than a decade. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mortgage rates moved a little bit higher last week, for the second
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Hedge funds myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. A portfolio manager at Izzy Englander’s Millennium Management is preparing to launch what would be the biggest new hedge fund in more than a year after securing $3bn of capital from his employer and taking
A wave of gang violence has rocked Ecuador after the disappearance of a powerful drug gang boss from jail, prompting the government to declare a state of emergency as it struggles to tackle a crime wave in the Andean nation. Adolfo Macías, leader of the feared Los Choneros gang who is better known by his
The U.S. District Court’s interpretation gave more to Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority bondholders than legally allowed, the Puerto Rico Oversight Board told the First Circuit Court of Appeals. Not only are the bondholders wrong in claiming a lien on all revenues coming to PREPA but District Judge Laura Taylor Swain was wrong in awarding
Municipals saw a short-end correction Tuesday, with the one-year being hit the hardest, amid two large deals in the primary market. U.S. Treasuries were little changed and equities ended down. Triple-A yields rose six to 11 basis points on the short end, as more investors put pressure there amid what many consider to be too
A for sale sign hangs outside a home on the west side of Detroit, Michigan. Fabrizio Costantini | Bloomberg | Getty Images Home prices are rising faster and faster each month, fueled by a decline in mortgage rates. On a national level, home prices jumped 5.2% in November compared with the same mont a year
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