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FINANCIAL TIMES
Friday, 13 March 2026
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the UK Edition

 
 
 
Middle East war live: US to ease Russian oil sanctions as energy prices soar
 
Move by Treasury comes after escalating crisis in Gulf sends Brent above $100 again
 
 
UK government under fire over ‘bungled’ crypto Isas policy
 
Digital investments will be restricted to niche Innovative Finance Isas from next month
 
 
‘Sitting ducks’: oil tankers trapped in Gulf as Iran widens attacks on shipping
 
Operators face growing risks whether they stay or flee through Strait of Hormuz
 
 
McKinsey rushes to fix AI system after hacker exposes flaws
 
Consultancy says it has found ‘no evidence’ that confidential client information was compromised
 
 
Trump’s choices are only pushing China and Russia closer together
 
Beijing and Moscow look to one another for energy and economic security amid geopolitical turbulence
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the International Editions

 
 
 
Iran war tests Xi Jinping’s plan to build China’s stockpiles
 
Beijing has driven major increase in strategic commodity inventories but their scale remains unclear
 
 
US targets UK, EU and Canada in new round of tariff probes
 
Investigations could lead to fresh levies after US Supreme Court struck down many of Trump’s tariffs
 
 
Canada launches tens of billions in Arctic military investment
 
Mark Carney announces funds for three ‘forward operating bases’ and other upgrades in the country’s north
 
 
Investors slash Fed rate-cut bets as Iran war sends petrol prices surging
 
Traders expect central bank to remain on hold until next summer in blow to Trump’s hopes for lower borrowing costs
 
 
Partners Group sounds alarm on private credit default rates
 
Chair of Swiss private capital group warns pace could double to above 5% in coming years
 
 
 

Markets

 
 
 
Why China’s renminbi push matters even if it never rivals the dollar
 
If renminbi settlement becomes cheaper and more trade migrates, firms will have less need to generate or hold US currency
 
 
Federal Reserve to loosen capital requirements for big US banks
 
Wall Street cheers plans that would water down protections designed to avoid repeat of 2008 financial crisis
 
 
Uncomfortable moments in private credit
 
Bad news piles up in non-bank lending
 
 
US intervention in oil futures would be ‘biblical disaster’, CME warns
 
Terry Duffy says any attempt by the government to lower prices using derivatives market would erode confidence
 
 
How the Iran war will change global business
 
Damage from the conflict is already having an impact on corporate strategy
 
 
 

Companies

 
 
 
An uncomfortable truce in the AI platform wars
 
Anthropic and Microsoft have struck an alliance on agents but the tussle over the future of the technology will only intensify
 
 
Tesla granted licence to supply electricity in UK
 
Approval threatens further disruption to retail energy sector after decade of upheaval
 
 
Crispin Odey fails to exclude sexual misconduct allegations from court case
 
Hedge fund founder’s lawyers argued it would be ‘wrong and unfair’ to include details of 46 claims
 
 
Silence is not golden when it comes to science and AI
 
The scope of scientific inquiry is contracting as research focuses on data-rich problems
 
 
Russia rakes in $150mn a day in extra revenue from surging oil prices
 
Middle East conflict boosts Vladimir Putin’s war chest as tankers carrying Russian oil head to India
 
 
 

Opinion

 
 
 
British politicians have the wrong kind of money on the brain
 
Westminster struggles to talk seriously about most topics and in particular about the economy
 
 
Senior loans, like airport lounges, are losing their elite status
 
First-lien is not so special any more due to changes in leveraged finance markets
 
 
Worthwhile American initiative (on bank regulation)
 
For once, some constructive ideas are coming out of Washington
 
 
How Paris beat the car
 
Though chaotic, the city’s transition has become a global role model
 
 
China’s forgotten consumers
 
Plus more on private credit and BDCs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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