PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times - Aug. 27

Headlines - EU trade commissioner resigns after pandemic travel furore https://on.ft.com/31ytOuO - Payments for English self-isolating on low incomes to be trialled https://on.ft.com/31ytQmq - Mark Carney joins Brookfield to launch 'impact investing' fund https://on.ft.com/3gxFnGT - Mike Pompeo renews attack on HSBC as bank walks line between US and China https://on.ft.com/3gxIMW2 Overview - Phil Hogan quit as the European Union's Trade Commissioner after allegations he breached COVID-19 guidelines during a trip to his native Ireland. - Britain will pay low-income residents who are required to self-isolate and unable to work from home, if they have confirmed or suspected coronavirus.

The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. Headlines

- EU trade commissioner resigns after pandemic travel furore https://on.ft.com/31ytOuO - Payments for English self-isolating on low incomes to be trialled https://on.ft.com/31ytQmq

- Mark Carney joins Brookfield to launch 'impact investing' fund https://on.ft.com/3gxFnGT - Mike Pompeo renews attack on HSBC as bank walks line between US and China https://on.ft.com/3gxIMW2

Overview - Phil Hogan quit as the European Union's Trade Commissioner after allegations he breached COVID-19 guidelines during a trip to his native Ireland.

- Britain will pay low-income residents who are required to self-isolate and unable to work from home, if they have confirmed or suspected coronavirus. - Former Bank of England Governor Mark Carney is joining Canadian asset management company Brookfield Asset Management to head its green investment programme.

- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stepped up criticism of British bank HSBC Holdings Plc for its reported treatment of customers linked with the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, while maintaining accounts for Chinese officials under US sanctions. (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)