Joseph Cotterill

Dispute relates to fallout from hedging deal with Russia’s VTB upended by Ukraine invasion

Multinationals attracted to lower funding costs and protection against deteriorating US-China relations

Fund manager aims to put central Asian state on global investors’ radar with privatisation drive

Traders uncertain about what local companies will do with trillions of dollars of US assets

Asian investors have been rushing to shield themselves from big swings in the US dollar, putting upward pressure on their local currencies and forcing Hong Kong authorities to intervene in the market.

And other reflections on a proposed US capital control

Traders fear political uncertainty will make tackling huge budget deficit more difficult

Markets cheered the deal with China. But away from Wall Street, confidence is plummeting and prices are on the rise

The French energy giant was forced to pause a huge LNG scheme in Mozambique after Islamist militants launched a deadly attack. Is the region safe enough for it to restart?

Default will not have wider implications for country’s bonds