Bloomberg Franklin Templeton Investments and Eastspring Investments are joining a growing list of money managers snapping up Chinese stocks on bets that Beijing’s pivot away from Covid Zero will bring significant gains. China’s world-beating rally this month has solidified convictions that recent losses are a thing of the past as a property rescue plan and easing on virus controls …

Bloomberg London is no longer home to Europe’s biggest stock market. That prize has been taken by Paris. This week on the In the City podcast, David Merritt speaks to reporter Joe Easton, who has been closely monitoring the race for months. In 2016, before the Brexit vote, British stocks were collectively worth $1.5 trillion more than France. The French …

  Bloomberg Airbus SE said production concerns have shifted from a shortage of jet engines to smaller suppliers struggling to cope with spiralling energy costs, with the squeeze expected to become most acute next spring. The world’s largest planemaker is working to mitigate the impact of the energy crisis for component makers by being flexible with its aircraft production sequencing …