From PERSONAL FINANCE 5:27pm

Africa calling: rewarding patient investors

A woman talks on the phone at a market in the Abobo neighbourhood of Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan, April 17, 2011. The French military said on Sunday it would hand control of Ivory Coast's main airport back to national armed forces as fighting in the West African state dies down. ©Reuters

Investing in the continent is a long-term game

Best of FTfm

‘When the sun shines, we buy an umbrella’
An illustration of Thijs Coenen
Thijs Coenen says APG’s success is due to being different
– Face to face
State Street battles two US lawsuits
State Street's Boston headquarters ©Reuters
Group denies retaining an ‘exorbitant share’ of revenues
– Top story
‘Free lunch’ accusations bite down
An illustration of Vikings
Allegations of excessive fees are levelled at asset managers
– FTfm editor
View from the US from FTFM OPINION 6:53pm

There is a rational basis for buying junk

John Dizard examines a range of trading strategies in high yield bond markets

From COMPANIES Feb 14, 2013

JPMorgan’s Gulati to launch own fund

Global head of equity proprietary trading to quit

From COMPANIES 11:32pm

BlackRock fixed income chief steps down

Generational change spurred by Larry Fink

From COMPANIES 3:04am

Einhorn raised Apple stake by nearly 50%

Hedge fund chief one of few to move in as others sold, filings show

From COMPANIES 11:49pm

SAC Capital extends investor deadline

Three more months to decide whether to pull money from the fund

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 9:47pm

Brussels vows to fight Tobin tax hurdles

Financial groups sceptical that proposal will become a reality

Special Report: Exchange traded funds

credit suisse

Sights are set on $3tn milestone. Interest is accelerating across asset classes

Special Report: OTC derivatives

A clearing house ©Bloomberg

While many issues are unresolved, new rules will leave few areas of trading untouched

From CAPITAL MARKETS Feb 14, 2013

Portugal eyes full return to bond markets

Rally in country’s debt fuels hopes of an exit from bailout

EU flag ©AFP From WORLD Feb 14, 2013

Brussels proposes €30bn ‘Tobin tax’

Washington and London strongly opposed to initiative

From COMPANIES Feb 14, 2013

Aberdeen buys PE and bond investors

Fund manager makes first acquisitions for three years

Columnists

FTfm editor

Chris Newlands ©FT Oxfam, the charity, has accused BNP Paribas of ‘speculating on hunger’, writes Chris Newlands

More stories

Investment strategy

Regulation & governance

Pensions

People

Hedge Funds

Private equity

Offers
FINANCIAL TIMES JOBSGlobal executive jobs Register today for free job alerts

FTFM VIDEOS

REPORTS

  1. Exchange traded funds
  2. OTC derivatives
  3. FTfm/Ignites: Investing for Retirement 2012
  4. Investing in commodities
  5. Quarterly industry review
More FTfm reports

MOST POPULAR IN FTFM

  1. BlackRock ‘too big’, bemoan its rivals
  2. State Street battles two US lawsuits
  3. Egyptian spring could be European storm
  4. ‘Free lunch’ accusations bite down
  5. US pension funds sue BlackRock
FTfm's paper this week

FINANCIAL TIMES JOBS

Enter job search
Register for free to receive the latest executive jobs by email

TOOLS & SERVICES

Multimedia

Tools

Updates

Quick links

Services