European Commission and MEPs warn regulator over watering down Priips performance scenarios decried as misleading

UBS drops to second spot while Invesco slips to third in Z-Ben analysis of investment market

Popular funds’ performance woes compounded by coronavirus market sell-off

Despite 8% drop in assets, French fund manager reports stronger performance than listed rivals

Fitch says scale of support points to the systemic importance of $55tn asset management market

Cafés, restaurants and secondary schools to reopen in phased easing of restrictions

Economic hit of coronavirus risks exacerbating bloc’s divergence, ECB president warns

Consumers have been looking for something to do as well as something to eat

ECB chief Mario Draghi this week surprised the markets by suggesting that the European central bank could introduce more stimulus to support the global economy. His signal, at an ECB forum in Sintra, Portugal, caused a furious reaction from Donald Trump. Katie Martin discusses the US president’s intervention and the remarks that prompted this with Claire Jones and Chris Giles.

Contributors: Josh Noble, weekend news editor, Katie Martin, capital markets editor, Claire Jones, Frankfurt bureau chief and Chris Giles, economics editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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It’s half a century since the launch of Apollo 11, the spacecraft that put the first man on the moon. Between 1969 and 1972 the moon had 12 human visitors but, since then, no-one. Now, however, there’s a new push to go back to our near neighbour and Donald Trump wants to speed things up. Naomi Rovnick, Henry Mance and Clive Cookson discuss the new lunar mission

Contributors: Naomi Rovnick FT Live reporter, Henry Mance, chief features writer, and Clive Cookson, science editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Alexei Navalny has been a thorn in the side of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin for a decade, braving persecution and imprisonment and remaining apparently undaunted. Max Seddon met him for lunch in a food court in southeast Moscow and he tells Alec Russell, editor of FT Weekend about the encounter.

Contributors: Alec Russell, editor of FT Weekend, and Max Seddon, Moscow correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Last week Boris Johnson lead the conservative party to its biggest victory in over 30 years on a promise to “get Brexit done”. What should the UK expect from its new government and how has business reacted to the election? George Parker and Adam Samson talk to Siona Jenkins about what the next five years could bring.

Contributors: Siona Jenkins, editor, UK news, George Parker, political editor and Adam Samson, global head of Fast FT. Producer: Persis Love. Photo credit: Leon Neal/PA

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The US Federal Reserve has begun to consult the public, particularly in poorer parts of the country about monetary policy. As a result, policy wonks at the central bank have begun to reconsider the impact of their decisions on communities far from the centres of power. Brendan Greeley discusses the so-called Fed Listens sessions with Patrick Jenkins.

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, Deputy Editor and Brendan Greeley, US economics editor. Producers: Fiona Symon and Persis Love. Photo credit: Alex Wong/Getty

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Analysts fear government’s timid fiscal response will prolong the pain

Scientists co-operate on search for Covid-19 origins despite charges Beijing is withholding data

Partnership that would prioritise UK could produce 100m doses by year-end if treatment is effective

Investors have bet on Gilead’s remdesivir as solution to coronavirus crisis

Pharma and its critics agree government has a big role to play in ensuring fair access to Covid-19 remedies

Schemes to look at cutting emissions in sectors such as transport in push to meet 2050 ‘net zero’ target

Energy, water and other utility groups keep services going despite lockdowns and cuts

Well-capitalised businesses will have an increased advantage for the next few years

Investment group that owns US malls pledges to help groups weather coronavirus crisis

Investors demanded too high a price to lend to US carrier reeling from coronavirus shutdown

The FT analyses the scale of outbreaks and the number of deaths around the world

Short bets rise to highest level of 2020 over Brexit and Covid-19 concerns

Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets

Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

Sterling under pressure from US-China angst and renewed Brexit concerns

Higher education should not be treated as just another business

Airline calls shareholder vote on directors in latest escalation of dispute

Big-name investors such as Elliott and Caxton act on concerns over debasement of money

Eight-and-a-half-hour day is needlessly long, say customers

Watchmakers press on with new releases, despite the coronavirus

Tim Hayward helps the FT's Daniel Garrahan turn his kitchen into a Parisian bistro

The need to raise donations led MIT’s Media Lab to a terrible misjudgment

In crisis mode, profits and growth matter much less than ability to ride out a downturn

FT's Robert Armstrong looks at a disconnect between the US stock market and the economy

Valuations do not reflect the risks that still lie ahead from coronavirus

Smaller companies in ‘epic rally’ on optimism over coronavirus and policy support

Country’s production this year expected to top 2019 if coronavirus kept at bay

UK airport reports slump in passenger demand as calls resurface for expansion to be axed

Incoming CEO tells investors and carrier’s 96,000 staff that he will not duck hard decisions

Virgin Atlantic could be followed by British Airways in abandoning UK’s second-biggest gateway

Willie Walsh points out that expansion plans face bigger challenges due to coronavirus impact

Charging 2 per cent to hold assets when returns are low is wrong, writes Sebastian Mallaby

Business contestants battle for $1m prize money in glitzy televised extravaganza

Telecoms group seeks to turn mobile payments unit into provider of wider services

McKinsey, BCG and PwC named in records showing allegations of looting by Angolan billionaire

Suspected suicide comes as Angolan billionaire indicted for money laundering

South African ecommerce group insists it remains in acquisition mode