As the spectre of a deadlier conflict in the Middle East looms following the killing of a Hamas leader in Iran, with potentially horrific consequences for people and economies worldwide, Pakistan ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The IMF has picked its week to publish another paper on changing its sovereign debt restructuring policy… ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. ‘Reprofiling’ is a controversial word in the world of sovereign debt at the moment. The IMF is gathering ...

Pakistani Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said Sunday that he had engaged in "very constructive" talks with Chinese counterparts on rescheduling billions of dollars in debt owed to China, but he ...

There are smart thieves, and there are dumb thieves. Smart ones try to swiftly fit the right keys into the right locks, knowing which doors they wish to open. Dumb thieves try desperately to fit any ...

Jeremy Hobson: Well one of the things that’s been most worrying to global investors in recent weeks and months has been the debt crisis in Europe. And it just got worse. Last night, the ratings agency ...

The cost of insuring European sovereign debt fell to the lowest levels in five weeks on speculation credit-default swaps won’t pay out if investors voluntarily accept a “reprofiling” of Greek bond ...