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Among all the headline-grabbing tax cuts and growth initiatives in Kwasi Kwarteng’s so-called mini-Budget was one small, but powerfully symbolic, deregulation for the City of London.The new chancellor, heartily applauded by prime…
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Bill George thinks that we can attribute everything from George Floyd’s murder to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine to failed leadership. That is a provocative assertion from the former Medtronic chief executive turned Harvard Business…
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The Financial Times has announced the shortlist for the 2022 Business Book of the Year Award, which pits explorations of the geopolitics of energy and the development of free markets against investigations into venture capital, shipping and…
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This article is an on-site version of our Working It newsletter. Sign up here to get the newsletter sent straight to your inbox every WednesdayIn recent Working It podcast production meetings, a lot of themes bubbling up have had a common…
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“We do have statistics that we are not proud of,” said a manager at one UK asset manager about gender diversity. “But we have a clear commitment to doing something about it.” That was in 2004. Fast forward to 2016 and the CFA…
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In today’s complicated policy environment, few business figures are more in the line of fire than the top company lawyer — thanks to rising pressure on companies from input prices, interest rates, and geopolitics.Whether the title is…
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European banks are making slow progress on gender diversity, with women in just over a quarter of executive roles and 37 per cent of board seats last year, compared with 20 and 35 per cent respectively in 2020. The research by DBRS…
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Activists pushing for big ­business to take climate change, diversity and human rights more seriously have found a new tool: boardroom bonuses.As executive pay surges past its pre-pandemic levels, they are seeking to tie bonuses to…
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Santander hired a law firm to investigate a group of bankers who visited a strip club after a day of company meetings and whether younger employees had felt pressure to attend.The incident took place in February after the bank’s…
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The chief executives of some of Europe’s top companies are on the way out. In recent weeks there has been a flurry of departures from the C-suite. This week Royal Dutch Shell announced Ben van Beurden will step down at the end of…
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