Inside a hedge fund disaster
In 2007, when Dan Och took his hedge fund public, he was making a bet that his company would stand the test of time. More than 15 years, a bribery scandal, and a feud with his protégé later, things ha...
29 Nov 202321min
Best Of: Why companies don't want to list in the UK anymore
This week we’re revisiting an episode from earlier this year about the London Stock Exchange’s decline. The exchange once held the top spot in global financial markets, but that’s changed completely i...
22 Nov 202320min
Introducing: Life and Art, from FT Weekend
Introducing Life and Art, from FT Weekend. It's a new twice-weekly culture podcast from the Financial Times. On Monday, we talk about life, and how to live a good one, in a one-on-one conversation tha...
20 Nov 20231min
Citigroup reboots
In its early days Citigroup styled itself as a “financial supermarket”, a one-stop shop for all kinds of banking services around the world. But that plan has backfired in recent years. Stepping up to ...
15 Nov 202317min
Coming soon: Superintelligent AI
In a new series of Tech Tonic, FT journalists Madhumita Murgia and John Thornhill look at the concerns around the rise of artificial intelligence. Will superintelligent AI bring existential risk, or a...
10 Nov 20231min
Will the union ‘renaissance’ last?
In the US, nearly half a million people have gone on strike this year demanding better pay, working conditions and job security. With the FT’s US labour and equality correspondent Taylor Nicole Rogers...
8 Nov 202319min
Big Oil’s big bet
In October two US oil and gas giants announced massive deals: Chevron bought Hess, and ExxonMobil acquired Pioneer Natural Resources. These deals expand each company’s operations and secure their acce...
1 Nov 202315min
How Microsoft bagged Activision Blizzard
In the 1990s, Microsoft was seen as a tech industry bully. Once viewed as combative and ruthless in the eyes of regulators, the company underwent an image makeover in the decades since. Now, the FT’s ...
25 Okt 202319min
