Aegon: The headache of low interest rates
The low interest rate environment is a challenge for life assurers. Alex Wynaendts, Aegon chief, explains to insurance correspondent Alistair Gray how the life...
Choppy waters for investing
Ben Bernanke's timetable for weaning investors off the Fed's free money regime has seen a sharp dip in markets. Larry Kantor, head of research...
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Bank chiefs’ pay decimated
The average pay of bank chief executives in Europe and the US fell 10 per cent in 2012. Daniel Schäfer, investment banking correspondent, discusses...
The risk of boards
Anthony Fitzsimmons, Reputability chairman, says boards often struggle to deal with the risks inherent in human behaviour. He says a lack of skills and...
Turning point for QE supertanker
Ben Bernanke's timetable for tapering quantitative easing has prompted a sell-off in markets. Gavyn Davies, Fulcrum Asset Management chairman, discusses with Long View columnist...
Luxury brand weighs EM exposure
If luxury sales are doing best in emerging markets then why are brands such as Chanel investing so heavily in London? David Hayes visits...
The battle over the Battle of Bannockburn
2014 marks the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn, in which Scottish independence from English rule was secured. Next year's anniversary of the...
China factory workers hold US boss hostage
The FT's Kathrin Hille reports on the fate of a US factory owner being held hostage by his employees in Beijing over a labour...
California wrestles with pollution from Asia
When conditions are correct, Asian-born pollutants can be projected into the lower-free troposphere and catch a ride on the jet stream, sometimes arriving in...
