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Lloyd's of London Ltd
Lloyd’s of London attracts biggest ‘Names’ syndicate since 1990s
...“If you look at any index, any platform, you’d expect that [private investor share] to be higher,” Lloyd’s chief executive John Neal told the Financial Times....
March 28, 2024
Property sector
No 1 Poultry lender Bank of Ireland faces loss on home of Coq d’Argent
...Bank of Ireland is racing to avoid a loss on a loan against No 1 Poultry, the postmodern pink block that houses City restaurant Coq d’Argent, in a sign of the extent of the challenges for the London office...
December 6, 2023
FT Live
The Global Boardroom: 8th Edition
FT journalists in conversation with leaders in business and government
Wednesday, 4 DecemberDigital Conference
The best books of the week
Everywhere an Oink Oink — David Mamet’s funny, fiendish account of 40 years in film
...He explains how he solved a problem in the third act of a kidnap drama for director Martin Scorsese (“who I’d turned down for Raging Bull”)....
April 26, 2024
HTSI
Can John and Jack Whitaker make Olympic showjumping history?
...“When I woke up in hospital I said, ‘Where’s my jeans, I’d better get going, it’s Olympia [now LIHS] next week.’...
April 2, 2024
FirstFT
FirstFT: Japan exits era of negative interest rates
...Christine d’Ornano, global vice-president of Sisley Paris and co-creator of the new skincare brand Neuraé, thinks so....
March 19, 2024
Travel
My night in the Red Lady’s cave
...If you checked the internet, though, you’d know it offered an onward route, passable on foot at only the very lowest tides....
March 16, 2024
FT Live
Global Private Banking Awards 2024
Celebrating excellence in wealth management
Thursday, 7 NovemberThe Landmark London, London, UK
News in-depthPrivate credit
The former rugby lawyer shaking up the world of private credit
...I think it was effective and I’d do it again.”...
April 7, 2024
FirstFT
FirstFT: Slowdown in dealmaking leaves private equity with record unsold assets
...On Saturday, May 4 in Washington, D.C., join Jake Sullivan, Gucci Westman, Jancis Robinson, Anne Applebaum and many more for our third annual FT Weekend Festival: US edition....
March 11, 2024
Gardens
Does lunar gardening really work or is it promising the moon?
...“Before, I’d be starting seeds March to June but my gardens were super-weedy....
February 16, 2024
FirstFT
FirstFT: China is on cusp of next-generation chip production
...Today’s big read Harvey Schwartz, a former Goldman Sachs banker who took the helm of the private equity firm a year ago, after a fumbled succession from co-founders David Rubenstein and Daniel D’Aniello...
February 6, 2024
European prime property
Homebuyers love the quiet charm of Cannes beyond the Croisette
...Watson-Smith agrees that Cannes’ lesser-known village-like charm is what attracts buyers who are relocating to the town....
March 7, 2024
FirstFT
FirstFT: Middle East at its most ‘dangerous’ in 50 years, Blinken warns
...The state-run oil producer said the energy ministry had ordered the move which would have increased its daily output from 12mn barrels a day to 13mn b/d by 2027....
January 30, 2024
Financial & markets regulation
Crypto and fintech groups fined $5.8bn in global crackdown on illicit money
...“It’s got to a point now where law enforcement are openly saying they wish people would use crypto to commit crimes but you’d have to be mad to do that,” he added....
January 9, 2024
FirstFT
FirstFT: Sam Altman returns
...Adam D’Angelo, chief executive of question-and-answer platform Quora, will remain a board member....
November 22, 2023
FT Magazine
Inside the most mysterious and destructive friendship in high finance
...Robert Smith is an FT capital markets correspondent Follow @FTMag to find out about our latest stories first...
January 18, 2024
FT Live
Outstanding Directors Exchange
Fostering trust for steadfast leadership
Wednesday, 12 JuneHarvard Club of New York City, West 44th Street, New York, NY, USA
UK politics
Sunak promises ‘careful’ crackdown in wake of China cyber attacks
...On Tuesday the Foreign Office summoned the Chinese chargé d’affaires to deliver a message of “unequivocal condemnation” in response to the alleged hacking activity....
March 26, 2024
HTSIHow To Give It 2023
Damian and Freya Aspinall’s wild ambitions
...If those gorillas didn’t want to interact with Freya they’d tell me with their body language before she goes in.”...
December 9, 2023
InterviewTheatre
Director Thomas Ostermeier on updating Ibsen: ‘I want a little rock ’n’ roll’
...The UK cast is led by Matt Smith (known to many for Doctor Who). “On stage [Smith] has this layer of wildness,” says Ostermeier, appreciatively. “And that’s what I want for the character....
February 7, 2024
ReviewFilm
The Miracle Club film review — Maggie Smith brings gritty severity to Lourdes pilgrimage comedy
...There’s a complacent cosiness to the whole thing but the acting is as blue-chip as you’d expect from this cast....
October 12, 2023
World
FirstFT: Trump would gut Biden’s climate law if elected, say advisers
...“We’d be looking to cut a lot of that spending.” Trump has made no secret of his opposition to the IRA, which he has described as the “biggest tax hike in history”....
November 23, 2023
US interest rates
Fed triggers market rally as it signals rate cuts in 2024
...He later added the Fed would not wait until inflation had returned to 2 per cent to begin to cut rates because “you’d want to be reducing restriction on the economy well before” that point “so you don’t...
December 14, 2023
FirstFT
FirstFT: Consulting firms freeze starter salaries
...Take a break from the news Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise: The Final Months is the Musée d’Orsay’s supremely enjoyable show on the artist’s last, productive weeks....
November 6, 2023
HTSI
Men’s jewellery gets romantic
...Omega by Andrew Grima limited-edition c1970s gold and faceted-quartz-crystal Teak wristwatch, from the Jeux d’Or collection, POA, somlo.com Model, Robert Perry Smith at Chapter....
December 5, 2023
Menswear
Can shorts suits work off the runway?
...Wakeman’s tip to wear socks and sandals — regardless of the setting — is surely as divisive as a shorts suit itself, and though that look has always had my vote, I’d only attempt it at a wedding with a creative-leaning...
April 15, 2024
Letter
Letter: A ringside seat on custody battles in the family courts
...As regards coaching a child, which Cavendish also refers to, I’d hope any experienced bench would see right through the action....
November 3, 2023

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