Steam locomotives on Devil’s Gate Bridge during construction of the railways that formed the Transcontinental line © Getty Images On Monday, I gave a speech at Brookings and then had a discussion with my Harvard colleague Ed Glaeser...
Read moreMarkets Live: Monday, 16th January, 2017
11:00 am Still in uncharted territory 11:00 am 11:01 am We rarely feature FT colleagues here But I think landing a 50bn euro deal deserves a snap 11:02 am There you go, Rachel Sanderson 11:02 am High quality global journalism requires investment...
Read moreThe Polish Arabian Influence In Australia – From the Past to the Present For the Future
Throughout the history of mankind and its association with the horse, no other breed has caught our imagination, dreams and spirit like the purebred Arabian. As the oldest known and recorded pure breed of horse in the world, its influence on the...
Read moreHealthcare spending to jump after election, warns budget watchdog
The UK’s official budgetary watchdog will warn this week that health spending will grow much more rapidly than expected after the next election, piling more pressure on the government to find extra money for the NHS. New long-term projections for...
Read moreUK must prepare for wave of baby boomer retirees, study says
The number of people out of work this year will grow faster than the number in work, for the first time outside of a recession since the 1980s, according to the Resolution Foundation think-tank. Baby boomers — the generation born immediately...
Read moreJohn Lewis structure complicates pay scrutiny
A Small Talk ancestress worked for the John Lewis Partnership in the 1940s. She extolled until she died the virtues — and perks — of working for a business owned by staff. She is not alone. The partnership, set up in 1929 by John Spedan Lewis to...
Read moreBlackRock demands end to excessive executive pay
BlackRock has demanded an end to pay awards that outpace ordinary employees at the UK’s biggest companies ahead of a round of critical shareholder votes in 2017. The world’s largest asset manager is also pressing companies to curtail the generous...
Read moreOptimistic investors bet on South Korean recovery
South Korea, home to corporate electronics giants Samsung and LG, last year became embroiled in a vast political scandal that resulted in its parliament voting to impeach the country’s president. The political upheaval has caused problems for the...
Read moreFor HSBC, the future is robo-advice and Asia
In a world where executives are quick to seek out new opportunities and higher pay packages, there still survives a dwindling breed of loyal corporate soldiers. They can be identified by three things: their long careers at the same organisation...
Read moreJuicy fees drive conflicts of interest in fiduciary management
The Financial Conduct Authority is currently consulting on the interim findings of its study into competition within the asset management industry. One of the regulator’s main concerns centres on investment consultants that offer fiduciary...
Read moreUK blue chips could clear pension holes with one year’s dividends
Nearly half of all FTSE 100 companies could have cleared their pension deficits with payment of one year’s dividends, according to new analysis that is set to reignite the debate over priorities for corporate cash. An examination of the latest...
Read moreMarkets Live: Friday, 13th January, 2017
11:01 am Few plates in the air this morning, none of which we can really talk about 11:02 am Will you be buying one Bryce? 11:02 am I like to think of you as an on-the-move gamer i know nothing about gaming Just 8 ball pool on the iphone 11:03 am...
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