Financial Times Markets

IPO and Spac booms have delivered a record windfall for venture capitalists in 2021

Just one dollar bond sold since heavily indebted company’s missed payment shook markets

Beijing’s policymaking process is the main issue, not political objectives

Original illustrations from One Piece reborn as high-end collectors’ items

Dumping carbon-heavy assets on to smaller buyers will raise hackles among some activist shareholders

And banking as the world’s worst cartel

World’s second-largest economy misses expectations across a range of indicators

Uzbekistan’s debt also under pressure on rising concern over regional fallout

World’s biggest miner in negotiations to combine petroleum business with Perth-based group

Exchange traded funds are much more than just passive index-trackers

Ministers want to break dominance of largest accountancy firms and increase competition

Nation already paralysed by petrol shortages after central bank scrapped fuel subsidies suffers new disaster in rush for fuel

Asset manager says product costs should be as clear to public as calorie counts on food labels

Petrol consumption reached a record in July while power plants shift away from natural gas

Light-touch regulation raises concerns ahead of expected rush of work as pandemic business support is withdrawn

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

Although the sector is enjoying a pandemic renaissance, some leading investors still believe many funds do not justify the high fees

This week in the business of sport: CVC secures La Liga deal, sport’s risky crypto trade, and more

Money talks in Washington and the digital finance industry has plenty of it