Bair takes on the bulls
Sheila Bair, who chaired the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation through the financial crisis, reflects on the mistakes regulators made and warns John Authers...
Doubts over Bayer’s Merck purchase
Lex's Robert Armstrong and Oliver Ralph cast doubts over German drugmaker Bayer's $14.2bn acquisition of the consumer healthcare business of US rival Merck.
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Activist hedge funds boom
Anthony Scaramucci, founder of SkyBridge Capital, tells the FT's investment correspondent Stephen Foley that the boom in activist hedge funds is still only in...
Big change for Barclays
Barclays has announced plans to fix its struggling investment banking operation. Patrick Jenkins, FT finance editor, talks to banking editor Martin Arnold about the...
China and Vietnam clash in South China Sea
Reports that Chinese ships rammed Vietnamese vessels in disputed waters have raised more concerns about China's actions in the resource-rich South China Sea.
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The ‘flash boys’ debate | FT Markets
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Michael Lewis' new book 'Flash Boys' argues that the markets are rigged by high-frequency traders who...
Simple in Seattle
The CFA Institute last week met in Seattle for the world's largest annual gathering of investment managers. John Authers finds out how managers are...
Murdoch and the expanding Sky
BSkyB is in discussions to buy stakes in Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia from their biggest shareholder, 21st Century Fox. Lex's Robert Amstrong and...
Security in the cloud
Edward Snowden's revelations about government snooping and Target's massive loss of customer data have pushed online security into the public consciousness. The FT's Tom...
Pressure building in Thailand
After the ousting of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, the opposition"yellow shirts" are making a fresh push to oust the government. But loyalist "red...
