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Friday, 8 January, 2021

Monday, 4 January, 2021

Inside BusinessFinancial & markets regulation

Stress test looms for financial system in 2021

Volatility rises as shadow banks become a bigger provider of liquidity to markets

Monday, 14 December, 2020

Inside BusinessWhite collar crime

White collar crime and punishment is still out of kilter

ING case highlights how few executives have been held to account for actions under their watch

Saturday, 28 November, 2020

The Long ViewCapital markets

Investors right to see through the gloom to economic upturn

Equities might wobble on coronavirus news but recovery is coming

Wednesday, 4 November, 2020

ReviewHistory books

What the South Sea Company can teach us

Two books explore historical financial frenzies and the lessons they hold for investors today

Monday, 2 November, 2020

Markets InsightUS-China trade dispute

Chinese economy outstrips US despite Beijing bashing

China emerging as the engine of global growth amid the Covid pandemic

Thursday, 3 September, 2020

Markets InsightUS Treasury bonds

Fed’s inflation shift is another blow to ‘safe’ assets

The haven credentials of government bonds were already weakened by the Covid-19 crisis

Friday, 21 August, 2020

Property sector

Covid-crippled property markets ring the alarm for banks

Real estate sector is a victim of the virus, debt and technological change

Monday, 17 August, 2020

ReviewNon-Fiction

Absent Management in Banking, by Christian Dinesen

A thoughtful analysis of how and why banks have failed through history

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Monday, 10 August, 2020

FTfmAsset allocation

There are no easy answers in the low-return era

Investments providing a good return today might not be replaced by equally attractive products tomorrow

Thursday, 30 July, 2020

Central banks

Controversy over seigniorage in Lebanon is a warning sign

Unorthodox measures of central banks may be storing up trouble

Monday, 13 July, 2020

ReviewBooks

Capital Wars, by Michael Howell

The fractious interdependence of China and the US

Tuesday, 30 June, 2020

Markets InsightCapital markets

What happens when asset prices are in the grip of central banks?

Markets contemplate financial repression of the kind operated by the Fed around WW2

Tuesday, 16 June, 2020

FTfmCalifornia Public Employees' Retirement System

Calpers bets big on private equity and leverage

Pension fund’s view is ‘too little liquidity can be deadly but too much is costly’

Sunday, 14 June, 2020

California Public Employees' Retirement System

Top US pension fund aims to juice returns via $80bn leverage plan

Calpers hopes bold move will boost efforts to achieve its 7% return target

Friday, 22 May, 2020

Global Economy

Fears of Japanification spreading are misplaced

The country’s quirks make similar deflation for the US and Europe a stretch

Friday, 8 May, 2020

Markets InsightCentral banks

Markets should beware this morally hazardous approach to policymaking

Central banks repeatedly set the stage for the next boom and bust cycle, fuelled by growing debt

Wednesday, 29 April, 2020

FTfmShare buybacks

Wave of corporate defaults owes much to foolhardy share buybacks

Big investors must adopt a tougher stance on balance sheet resilience

Tuesday, 17 March, 2020

Markets InsightEquities

Parts of the stock market are looking oversold

It is clear that politicians and central bankers are taking measure of the problem

Wednesday, 4 March, 2020

News in-depthThe Big Read

The seeds of the next debt crisis

With debt levels already at a record high, coronavirus raises the risk of a credit crunch in a world of low interest rates

Friday, 24 January, 2020

ReviewNon-Fiction

Sabotage: The Business of Finance — a flawed thesis

A study of conduct in the banking industry points — unfairly — to market-rigging

Wednesday, 15 January, 2020

Markets InsightCapital markets

It’s a strange world where tech stocks are safe havens

Investors are drawn to Fangs’ rich balance sheets and deep liquidity in the market

Tuesday, 14 January, 2020

Special ReportInternational Governance

Countries v corporations: the great global tax race

Governments join forces to tackle canny multinationals

Wednesday, 8 January, 2020

Ethical and responsible investment

Companies are being called to account for climate risks

The onus is on auditors to challenge the way managers assess the impact of decarbonisation

Tuesday, 19 November, 2019

Markets InsightGlobal trade

Finance has resisted the push towards deglobalisation

Cross-border capital flows have been supported by a relentless hunt for yield

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