<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Special Reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Special Reports]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/stream/d169843c-255c-3caa-9eab-68bc10777132</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2017 10:44:48 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.ft.com/stream/d169843c-255c-3caa-9eab-68bc10777132?format=rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2017. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[client.support@ft.com (FT Client Support)]]></webMaster><ttl>15</ttl><category><![CDATA[Newspapers]]></category><item><title><![CDATA[Business Education: Financial Training]]></title><description><![CDATA[A rise in applications for financial training from emerging markets, particularly China; data reveal gender and salary imbalance; demand for people with blockchain skills; and how Brexit and the weaker sterling may impact UK business schools]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/0c2a37c2-5249-11e7-a1f2-db19572361bb</link><guid isPermaLink="false">0c2a37c2-5249-11e7-a1f2-db19572361bb</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jun 2017 19:19:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FT Health: Access to Healthcare]]></title><description><![CDATA[Growing and ageing populations around the world are creating stronger demand for healthcare. Yet limited money and out of date infrastructure mean policymakers in rich and poor countries alike are faced with the challenge of making sure their citizens have access to the resources they need]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/1a01b46c-4757-11e7-8519-9f94ee97d996</link><guid isPermaLink="false">1a01b46c-4757-11e7-8519-9f94ee97d996</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2017 23:02:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Future of Cities]]></title><description><![CDATA[From developments in skyscraper architecture, green energy and driverless transport to social divides within cities and with nations, manufacturers clinging on in the margins and China starting a new metropolis from scratch]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/88c2a48c-4758-11e7-8519-9f94ee97d996</link><guid isPermaLink="false">88c2a48c-4758-11e7-8519-9f94ee97d996</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2017 03:00:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Central and Eastern Europe: Technology and Innovation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Central and eastern European countries want to refocus their economies around knowledge-based industries. Ambitious projects in flying cars and cryptography are taking off, but is the infrastructure in place to turn the region into a technology hub?]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/92481cb8-4757-11e7-8519-9f94ee97d996</link><guid isPermaLink="false">92481cb8-4757-11e7-8519-9f94ee97d996</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2017 02:59:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understanding Entrepreneurs]]></title><description><![CDATA[What makes a good location for a start-up? How can entrepreneurs be sure they are getting good advice? Is it better to sell out or to establish a family business? With tips from successful business leaders, we consider many of the problems entrepreneurs face in a week-long series of reports and videos]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/da5a4a9e-4757-11e7-8519-9f94ee97d996</link><guid isPermaLink="false">da5a4a9e-4757-11e7-8519-9f94ee97d996</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2017 04:07:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers 2017]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is a growing sense of maturity among the region’s law firms. Their clients are hungry for legal expertise, and in response the firms are showing a willingness to innovate. In this report, we also feature our annual list of the 10 most innovative individual lawyers]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/0f8da438-4693-11e7-8d27-59b4dd6296b8</link><guid isPermaLink="false">0f8da438-4693-11e7-8d27-59b4dd6296b8</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2017 23:12:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doing Business in Cardiff]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Welsh capital has transformed itself from an industrial city fuelled by coal, into a centre for financial services and science, technology and creative sector companies. The next question for Cardiff’s companies is what the impact of Brexit will be]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/96c9a102-44c4-11e7-8519-9f94ee97d996</link><guid isPermaLink="false">96c9a102-44c4-11e7-8519-9f94ee97d996</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2017 05:02:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watches & Jewellery]]></title><description><![CDATA[Watch and jewellery brands should not start celebrating yet: their sales are improving only falteringly. But while some say ecommerce is the answer, others see it as a threat. Plus: the rise, fall and rise of the pearl industry.]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/24425396-44d2-11e7-8519-9f94ee97d996</link><guid isPermaLink="false">24425396-44d2-11e7-8519-9f94ee97d996</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2017 04:03:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Trade Routes: Arab World]]></title><description><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia and the UAE are looking towards China for new trade links, although Saudi Arabia has also signed deals with the US. Morocco is banking on renewable energy, Jordan has made a refugee/trade deal with the EU, and Egypt is building an industrial hub on the Suez Canal.]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/47ad2244-4283-11e7-9d56-25f963e998b2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">47ad2244-4283-11e7-9d56-25f963e998b2</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2017 01:00:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cyber security]]></title><description><![CDATA[After WannaCry, what other technological horrors lurk on the web? Cyber attack is a wake-up call to investors. Ransomware: the robber on today’s digital highways. And how Russia displaced China as the main state cyber threat]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/9b9a9b26-3c56-11e7-ac89-b01cc67cfeec</link><guid isPermaLink="false">9b9a9b26-3c56-11e7-ac89-b01cc67cfeec</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2017 03:03:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ethnicity and Inclusion in the Workplace]]></title><description><![CDATA[Companies are under pressure to make their leadership more diverse, in order to understand and reflect better their customers. When it comes to ethnic minorities, however, change is slow. That raises the question of whether positive discrimination or even quotas would help speed things up]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/f157f734-3f44-11e7-9d56-25f963e998b2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">f157f734-3f44-11e7-9d56-25f963e998b2</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2017 03:03:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clean Energy]]></title><description><![CDATA[A range of low-carbon technologies, ranging from solar and wind farms to battery parks and electric vehicles, are transforming power use across the world]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/3751c06e-39c1-11e7-ac89-b01cc67cfeec</link><guid isPermaLink="false">3751c06e-39c1-11e7-ac89-b01cc67cfeec</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2017 02:57:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chelsea Flower Show]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is one of the highlights of the horticultural calendar, but what is the show’s cultural significance? Top designers look ahead to this year’s event. Plus a sneak preview of London’s newly expanded Garden Museum and Robin Lane Fox explores La Mortola, once described as the greatest private garden in the world]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/1b184fa2-3b7a-11e7-ac89-b01cc67cfeec</link><guid isPermaLink="false">1b184fa2-3b7a-11e7-ac89-b01cc67cfeec</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2017 13:02:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reinventing Brazil]]></title><description><![CDATA[Brazil appears to be on the move again. After a rocky 2016, there are signs that the deep recession could be coming to an end. Despite protests, the government is trying to cut back on spending and introduce changes that will ensure a more sustainable future]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/484c4ed8-3922-11e7-ac89-b01cc67cfeec</link><guid isPermaLink="false">484c4ed8-3922-11e7-ac89-b01cc67cfeec</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2017 22:23:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Risk Management: Property]]></title><description><![CDATA[A decade on from crisis, investor interest in real estate remains strong. But analysts are on high alert for potential triggers for a downturn]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/df0198ce-36d4-11e7-bce4-9023f8c0fd2e</link><guid isPermaLink="false">df0198ce-36d4-11e7-bce4-9023f8c0fd2e</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2017 04:51:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Business of Luxury]]></title><description><![CDATA[The global economy is recovering but luxury goods companies face a flat future unless they can innovate — whether that is headhunting a new creative director, paying influential Chinese bloggers or making eating an experience to remember]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/5bad0ba4-36d7-11e7-bce4-9023f8c0fd2e</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5bad0ba4-36d7-11e7-bce4-9023f8c0fd2e</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2017 02:56:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Investing in Gauteng]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gauteng province, home to Johannesburg, drives a third of South Africa’s economic output. We look at the efforts to tackle its struggles with corruption, gold mining, housing, crime, transport, power supply and other key issues]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/1d5c7cb2-35d9-11e7-bce4-9023f8c0fd2e</link><guid isPermaLink="false">1d5c7cb2-35d9-11e7-bce4-9023f8c0fd2e</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2017 03:01:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Central & Eastern Europe: Investment Destinations]]></title><description><![CDATA[The rise of nationalism has attracted negative headlines, but even if investors have to tread more carefully in certain sectors and countries, the region’s underlying attractions remain broadly undimmed]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/47c5f2a8-3386-11e7-bce4-9023f8c0fd2e</link><guid isPermaLink="false">47c5f2a8-3386-11e7-bce4-9023f8c0fd2e</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 May 2017 00:43:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asian Infrastructure & Trade]]></title><description><![CDATA[The region’s fast growth rates could falter without massive investment in infrastructure, while China — which looks set to benefit from the US withdrawal from the TPP trade pact — is readying more lending firepower]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/485c6edc-2fca-11e7-9555-23ef563ecf9a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">485c6edc-2fca-11e7-9555-23ef563ecf9a</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2017 23:58:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Connected Business May 2017]]></title><description><![CDATA[This month we look at important questions about our future: is it time to have a serious debate about universal basic income?; the weaponisation of AI; and we review Vivek Wadhwa’s book about our unease over industrial revolution 4.0]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/2423a636-2e1f-11e7-9555-23ef563ecf9a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">2423a636-2e1f-11e7-9555-23ef563ecf9a</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2017 04:08:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Work Revolution]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tech tools are liberating workers to organise their lives in ways unimaginable a generation ago]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/77ff9942-2c1f-11e7-bc4b-5528796fe35c</link><guid isPermaLink="false">77ff9942-2c1f-11e7-bc4b-5528796fe35c</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2017 04:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Investing in Uganda]]></title><description><![CDATA[The government is prioritising spending to transform its rural economy into a prosperous middle income nation]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/eced4c88-2975-11e7-bc4b-5528796fe35c</link><guid isPermaLink="false">eced4c88-2975-11e7-bc4b-5528796fe35c</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2017 04:01:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Central and eastern Europe: Property]]></title><description><![CDATA[Central Europe’s property market has taken almost 10 years to recover from the financial crisis. But levels of investment are finally within touching distance of their 2007 peak]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/bf075924-28a5-11e7-bc4b-5528796fe35c</link><guid isPermaLink="false">bf075924-28a5-11e7-bc4b-5528796fe35c</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2017 04:10:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FT Health: Combating Malaria]]></title><description><![CDATA[We look at the latest genetic breakthroughs, medicines and the prospects for an anti-malarial vaccine, a potential role for GM mosquitoes and other leading features of the advances and continuing fight against the disease]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/08da91de-28a0-11e7-bc4b-5528796fe35c</link><guid isPermaLink="false">08da91de-28a0-11e7-bc4b-5528796fe35c</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Apr 2017 23:03:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FT 1000: Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Explore the companies that are the driving force of the European economy]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/67802590-1acd-11e7-a266-12672483791a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67802590-1acd-11e7-a266-12672483791a</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Apr 2017 09:07:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>