Charles A. Banks

Charles Michel abandons plan to run in European parliament elections

...Charles Michel, president of the European Council, has abandoned his plan to seek a seat in the European parliament this summer and will instead remain in his job, three weeks after announcing he would run...

January 26, 2024

Standard Chartered PLC

StanChart taps political heavyweights as potential new chair

...The new chair will be tasked with reviving the bank’s share price, as well as overseeing a potential succession process for chief executive Bill Winters, the longest-serving UK bank executive....

February 7, 2024

FT Live

Building a Personal Wealth Plan

Capitalising on market shifts and innovations in fintech

FT SeriesThe Brains of Wellbeing + Beauty

Augustinus Bader: the making of a cult skincare phenomenon

...Since launching The Rich Cream in 2018, skincare brand Augustinus Bader has enjoyed a meteoric rise and become a million-dollar cult brand beloved by Brad Pitt, Naomi Campbell and Courteney Cox....

April 16, 2024

Letter

Letter: Just imagine if Proust had access to a word processor

...Charles MerceyTellisford, Somerset, UK...

February 23, 2024

ReviewBiography and memoir

A Very Private School — Charles Spencer’s privileged but painful education

...A memoir from Charles Spencer, brother of Diana, the late Princess of Wales, offers a different context for the discussion....

March 12, 2024

News updates from February 5: King Charles diagnosed with cancer, McDonald’s blames war on weak sales

King Charles diagnosed with cancer

...King Charles III has been diagnosed with a form of cancer, Buckingham Palace said on Monday....

February 5, 2024

FT Live

Global Banking Summit

The world's top gathering of leaders in finance

Banks

Bank of England says cash still ‘hugely relevant’

...King Charles III....

February 28, 2024

Letter

Letter: Hizbollah and Iran are vital to a two-state deal

...Charles Mercey Somerset, UK...

December 15, 2023

King Charles III

King Charles diagnosed with cancer

...King Charles acceded to the throne in September 2022 at the age of 73 after the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II. He had been heir apparent for a record 70 years....

February 5, 2024

LexEuropean banks

Greece’s banks cap a remarkable comeback Premium

...And, arguably, Greek banks, which operate in a consolidated market with four main operators, deserve a structural premium to their peer group....

April 1, 2024

ReviewNon-Fiction

Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg — talking the talk if not walking the walk

...A CIA operative recruits a candidate by sharing his own anxieties; a jury debates a tricky case; Nasa learns to screen for emotional intelligence . . . it’s all a bit paint-by-numbers....

February 7, 2024

News updates from January 17: US retail sales beat expectations in December, Lagarde says ECB likely to cut rates this summer

Charles Schwab profits fall by more than a quarter

...Charles Schwab reported a full-year net income drop of 29 per cent last year, as the rush of clients chasing higher interest rates hit in the first half of 2023 hit profits....

January 17, 2024

Chris Giles on Central Banks

Central banks lower the bar for rate cuts Premium

...A concern that the Swiss National Bank had waited too long was evident in its statement after cutting rates to 1.5 per cent last month....

April 9, 2024

Economists Exchange

Charles Goodhart: ‘We’re in for a fiscal crisis down the road and we don’t know how to solve it’

...CG: It’s a very difficult period for central banks....

December 14, 2023

FT SeriesThe world’s best house museums

House museums #55: the Eames House

...A mishmash of books, candles, china, tins and sculptures is preserved from the time of Ray’s death in 1988 (Charles died 10 years earlier)....

February 17, 2024

FT Live

Global Wealth Management Summit

Recalibrating business for multi-generational private clients

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The scramble for a new EU leader

...Chinese companies are resorting to chips repurposed from standard PC gaming products to develop artificial intelligence tools, and Charles Michel’s run for European parliament is causing a scramble to replace...

January 10, 2024

Letter

Letter: Politics by focus group taken to a whole new level

...Charles Pugh London SW10, UK Letter in response to this letter:Calvinist Swiss? Maybe, but mostly just in attitude / From Steve Harrison, London SE15, UK...

November 16, 2023

ReviewNon-Fiction

3 Shades of Blue — the jazz geniuses of mid-century America

...It all began in the spring of 1959, when bassist and composer Charles Mingus entered Columbia Records’ 30th Street studio in New York and recorded a tribute to the great tenor saxophonist Lester Young, who...

March 28, 2024

Due Diligence

The Chinese banks behind Thames Water Premium

...Bank of China and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China are part of a group of lenders involved in a stand-off over debt at Thames Water’s parent company....

April 5, 2024

Live news: Singapore’s prime minister to step down after almost 20 years in power

What to watch in North America on Monday

...Broker Charles Schwab will also report earnings in the morning....

April 15, 2024

FT Schools

Charles Goodhart: ‘We’re in for a fiscal crisis down the road and we don’t know how to solve it’

...solve it’ Who is Charles Goodhart?...

December 18, 2023

European Council

Draghi floated as potential European Council president

...Charles Michel’s plan to resign early from his post as European Council president has jump-started negotiations over EU top jobs, with former Italian prime minister Mario Draghi tipped by some as a leading...

January 9, 2024

European Union

Charles Michel to step down early as European Council president

...European Council president Charles Michel has announced he will run in EU-wide elections in June in a move that would force him to step down early from his current role if elected, and could hand more influence...

January 7, 2024

News updates from November 6: Gaza death toll surpasses 10,000, Trump’s New York fraud trial starts

The week ahead: A first for King Charles while Trump takes the stand

...This week will bring a first stab at third-quarter gross domestic product (days after the Bank of England warned that growth would be “well below historical averages” over the medium term), house price data...

November 5, 2023

Isabel Berwick

Five secrets of workplace success

...Charles Duhigg, author of Supercommunicators, recommends a technique called “looping for understanding”. First you ask a question. Then you repeat back — in your own words — what you heard....

April 8, 2024

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