The most significant trade story of the year might be happening about 5,000 miles from Donald Trump. Trump is pressing ahead with tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, widely seen as typical of America’s retreat from the global order the US had underwritten since 1945. Considering moves like tariffs and his threat to Nafta and Brexit, it can seem that ...

Hoping to jump-start its “Make in India” manufacturing push, India’s government has rolled out the welcome mat for foreign investors. It should consider doing the same for global bond buyers. Indian bonds are, at the moment, suffering a full-scale rout. On Monday, yields on benchmark 10-year government debt—called the “G-sec” rate in India—continued their slow creep upwards to 7.78%. Many ...

The private equity industry has had its struggles in achieving gender balance just like the rest of Wall Street. But it has the most incentive to do so. Private equity firms struck about $120 billion of buyout deals for US companies last year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg based on pending and completed transactions. Leading the charge were takeovers ...