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Good morning from the Financial Times.

Today is Monday, June 6th, and this is your FT News Briefing.

US investors are still trying to rein in executive pay while others are rebelling against

corporate activism on environment and social issues.

ESG has simply become so huge now, and I think that's also created a space for

contrarians to say, well, hang on a minute.

Is it everything that it claims to be?

But we'll start the show in Europe, where central bank officials are still struggling to find

the right way to tackle inflation. I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day.

The European Central Bank is set to raise rates this summer for the first time since

2011, because central bankers are under pressure to address inflation.

But a lot of them accept that they'll need to provide more support for bond markets before

any rate hike goes into effect. The FT has learned that when ECB officials meet in Amsterdam this

week, most governing council officials are probably going to support a new bond buying program.

It would prop up member states with vulnerable debt markets like Italy, if their borrowing costs

start to spiral after central bankers raise rates. Officials are also likely to clash over when

they'll stop buying bonds under the existing bond buying program. But almost everyone on the ECB's

governing council accepts that the ultra loose monetary policy they've had for more than a decade

needs to end.

In the US, the struggle to find and keep top executives means companies have to dull out big pay

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