Companies running defined benefit pension schemes ask regulator to extend payment holidays

James Max, the FT columnist, takes questions from readers about the misery of household chores

Winners of the FT’s personal finance competition love learning about money

A third of self-employed reported working reduced hours during the first two weeks of lockdown

Move means hard-hit industries face another year of high bills

Covert and overt ways to interest children in learning about money

As numbers and statistics come to the fore, can we boost national numeracy?

Cash from successful claims could reach bank accounts by end of the month

Lenders reluctant to count payments as affordability checks tighten

Forbearance and federal support programmes disguise how badly Americans have been hit

Key markets simmering during the thin trading sessions around year-end

More than £1bn ploughed into equity vehicles after decisive Conservative victory

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

UK-based education company is still more value trap than takeover candidate

Pound dips following UK chancellor’s hard Brexit remarks

Outbreak ripples across US, European and Asian equity markets

Tickets website has to navigate an overhaul of UK rail’s supporting infrastructure

Lansdowne, Odey and Wadhwani among those betting on a revival of UK equities

Production costs to rise by 61% when industry invests in carbon capture

Shares in security software maker dropped sharply after revelations of data harvesting

Loss would be a blow to London market and unpalatable to some UK-based fund managers

Smart meter group’s IPO boosts hopes of fundraising uptick after lacklustre 2019

The holes in the investment case were there, but not many were looking

Optimism, not pessimism, could spark future takeover offers for UK investment houses

Music royalties specialist has done well in a strong market for alt investment trusts

As world markets take a turn for the worse, investors use ETFs as they hope to profit from any bounceback 

Listed businesses have been conspicuously slow in estimating disruption to operations

Market is full of cautionary tales about investors betting on familiar stocks

Spanish and Italian bans on short selling follow US Federal Reserve’s liquidity injection

Competitive landscape is unclear as food delivery becomes a utility

The default product of anxious idleness has been sidelined during pandemic

Political goodwill for Spire Healthcare could act as a tailwind once virus impact eases

Price in local currencies of commodities such as copper and coffee has surged

Mauricio Leyva to advise German family company on expanding beverages arm

Future of finance: Brazil’s main Latin rival for the attention of emerging market fund managers is Mexico

Ambitious plans for renewable energy rarely feature in government strategy

From coffee to copper, exporters enjoy higher profits

Pressure rises on investors to blacklist companies associated with Brazilian deforestation

Ireland’s richest man O’Brien faces struggle to refinance former cash cow’s debt pile

State-owned oil group faces risk of further rating downgrades and grapples with output woes

Treasury also licenses Chevron to operate in crisis-hit nation for a further 3 months

Brazilian prosecutors also accuse miner and safety group of environmental crimes

In contrast with many global peers, Petrobras has made scant efforts to diversify into green energy

Investor group led by the CofE launches database to track tailings dams after Brazil disaster

Case linked to 2012 nationalisation of oil company proves tricky for litigation funder

The former Fox CEO commits millions to battle against disinformation

Activist investor has almost quadrupled his stake in battered US oil producer

The fintech company aims to disrupt other Latin American markets with its smartphone-based services

Chief expects weak demand from mills outside China to offset supply disruptions elsewhere

This inaugural ranking of the region’s businesses by revenue growth rate reveals the dominance of the US and technology — the top-ranked company this year is an augmented reality and video game developer