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Letter
Letter: In defence of an ancient practice of meditation
...A single narrative should not define an ancient practice that has stood the test of time and helped many lead more mindful and fulfilled lives. Anita YeZurich, Switzerland...
February 13, 2024
Letter
Letter: ‘Progressive mum lit’ is a better description
...Adriana RyanDuillier, Switzerland...
February 8, 2024
FT Live
Future of Asset Management Europe
New fund firm models for Europe's resurgence
Tuesday, 12 NovemberLondon, UK
Letter
Letter: In China trade war, beware those geopolitical grinches
...Simon J EvenettProfessor of Economics, University of St Gallen, Switzerland; Co-Chair, World Economic Forum Council on Trade & Investment Letter in response to this letter: Imposing tariffs...
February 2, 2024
Letter
Letter: Don’t judge ESG through the investment lens
...ESG is a relatively new tool and it will take time to be understood, adjusted and embraced. We need to be patient and keep championing common sense. Onur DalliagGeneva, Switzerland...
November 7, 2023
Letter
Letter: Commons vote on war has no relation to real world
...Any MP who votes either way on a motion of righteous admonition is taking part in infantile parlour games. Tim Cox Bern, Switzerland...
November 17, 2023
Letter
Letter: Swiss franc appreciation is not ending any time soon
...Hanspeter Jenni Retired Managing Director, UBS in Zurich Hombrechtikon, Switzerland...
November 1, 2023
FT Live
Commodities Asia Summit
Enabling decarbonisation in a time of disrupted trade flows
Wednesday, 6 NovemberSingapore
Labour Party UK
Starmer suffers major rebellion over Israel-Hamas war
...This article has been amended to correct the name of the SNP Letter in response to this article: Commons vote on war has no relation to real world / From Tim Cox, Bern, Switzerland...
November 15, 2023
Markets InsightAswath Damodaran
ESG is beyond redemption: may it RIP
...ESG Initiative, Deloitte & Touche Professor of Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, US Don’t judge ESG through the investment lens / From Onur Dalliag, Geneva, Switzerland...
October 23, 2023
Markets InsightPeter Kinsella
The era of relentless Swiss franc appreciation is coming to an end
...Letter in response to this article: Swiss franc appreciation is not ending any time soon / From Hanspeter Jenni, Retired Managing Director, UBS in Zurich, Hombrechtikon, Switzerland...
October 27, 2023
The Big Read
The looming trade tensions over China’s subsidies
...and Edward White in Shanghai Letter in response to this article: In China trade war, beware those geopolitical grinches / From Simon J Evenett, Professor of Economics, University of St Gallen, Switzerland...
January 30, 2024
FT Books Essay
Exercise — how it’s changed from the Greeks to today
...Yet, it’s only thanks to the efforts of elite athletes such as Kathrine Switzer — who gatecrashed the Boston Marathon in 1967, five years before the event admitted female competitors — that women have the...
January 12, 2022
Special ReportSingapore and the World
How Singapore is battling ‘existential’ climate threat
...“The future of extreme sea level events in the region [remains] very uncertain,” says Mr Switzer....
June 27, 2019
Fund management
AllianceBernstein revamps bond trading robot
...“We have spent a lot of time digitizing our processes and introducing clear procedures and a common framework for all credits,” said Jim Switzer, global head of fixed income trading at AllianceBernstein....
November 13, 2018
News in-depthFT Trading Room
ETFs begin to reshape bond trading
...“We are using the ETF ecosystem to move blocks of risk around,” said Jim Switzer, head of credit trading at AllianceBernstein. “We’re not playing the role of banks....
October 11, 2018
FT SeriesFit Hacks: join our challenge
Fit hacks: running while pregnant
...It was only in 1967 that Kathrine Switzer became the first woman to run the Boston Marathon, countering the widespread belief that running might risk a woman’s uterus falling out....
July 30, 2018
FT Live
Strategies for Trading Interest Rate Volatility
Understanding the rate environment and capitalising on fluctuations
Thursday, 20 June71 Basinghall Avenue, London EC2V, UK
News in-depthThe Big Read
Bond trading: technology finally disrupts a $50tn market
...“It’s only been two years that we’ve embraced the potential of technology, and what we’ve achieved in a short period of time is phenomenal,” says Jim Switzer, head of credit trading at AllianceBernstein....
May 9, 2018
World
Vicious cycle topples Australian leaders
...Australia has not had a recession in nearly a quarter of a century, yet growth is sluggish, unemployment is rising and our debt-to-gross domestic product ratio is escalating....
September 14, 2015
US & Canadian companies
Amaya chief steps down as he battles insider trading charges
...“In Canada, a severe burden of proof is required in litigations, in which both the commitment of the violation of securities law as well as intent must be shown,” Mr Switzer said....
March 29, 2016
The Life of a Song
The Life of a Song — ‘I’m in the Mood for Love’
...In the same year child actor Carl “Alfalfa” Switzer performed it in the Our Gang short The Pinch Singer....
August 28, 2015
Capital markets
Bond platforms look to bury archaic phone trading
...Jim Switzer, head of credit trading at AllianceBernstein, says the asset manager has tested out both new platforms since their launches last week and so far TruMid appears to be somewhat further ahead of...
May 5, 2015
Sport
In sport, Wimbledon’s strawberries beat Brazil’s samba hands down
...No novelist could have constructed the cast more cleverly: the silky Switzer, the savage Spaniard, the saturnine Serb and the sulky Scot....
June 29, 2014
UK economy
Sport: Rivalries put investments at fever pitch
...Alan Switzer, a director in the sports business group at Deloitte, says: “Heavy squad investment, combined with the groundbreaking 10-year partnership with Etihad, will provide substantial growth across...
March 5, 2012
ReviewLife & Arts
The Omnipotent Magician
...These included William Kent, James Gibbs, Charles Bridgeman and Stephen Switzer. From this excellent school, Brown leaped the barrier of “mere” gardening and landscaped around 170 great estates....
March 21, 2011
Wage demands pose threat to Premier League
...Alan Switzer, director in the sports business group at Deloitte, said: “We expect wages growth to outstrip revenues increases again in 2009-10.”...
June 7, 2010
FT Magazine
The 2,500th birthday of the marathon
...In Boston in 1967, Kathrine Switzer challenged this assumption by posing as a man, but she was forcibly removed from the race by an indignant official....
April 16, 2010

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