FTAV’s Friday charts quiz
Desire, I Quant To Turn Into You
Bangladesh dynastic heir defeats Islamist challengers in post-uprising election
Tarique Rahman set to take over as PM after landslide victory in first poll since 2024 youth-led revolution
UK ban on Palestine Action ruled unlawful
Ministers argued the direct action group engaged in a campaign of criminal damage and violence
Saudi Arabian games group nears $6bn deal for ByteDance’s Moonton
Savvy Games given war chest of tens of billions of dollars by Public Investment Fund
NatWest profits rise 25% as bank strikes biggest deal in decades
UK high street lender this week agreed to buy one of the country’s largest wealth managers, Evelyn Partners
Advertising group Dentsu replaces chief after worst annual loss
Japan’s largest ad agency suspends dividend for first time following huge writedowns on international business
10 outfits with fringe benefits
Feathers and fibreglass embellish the season’s best dresses
Keir Starmer’s hiring mistakes create a culture of drift
Even Chris Wormald’s critics are angered by treatment of top official, who, like others before him, was unsuited for the job
A beauty guru’s guide to San Francisco
Make-up artist Fara Homidi finds her happiness in the city’s sunsets, steakhouses and rooftop bars
How to wear a mini? Keep it short, short, short
Spring’s hemline prescription is a daring microdose
Who would be a FTSE 100 chair?
BAT is the latest London-listed company where succession is an issue
Submit your questions: How should you navigate global economic risks this year?
Take part in a live Ask an Expert Q&A with Chris Giles, the FT’s economics commentator, on February 19 at 1pm (GMT)
Britons and Europeans bumping into each other makes Heathrow feel crowded, says boss
Thomas Woldbye says passengers at UK’s only hub airport are often in ‘the wrong place’
The software sell-off (part one)
It’s not a simple story
Transcript: How China is fighting ‘involution’, with Yanmei Xie
Soumaya Keynes speaks to Yanmei Xie, senior associate fellow at the Mercator Institute for China Studies
Von der Leyen touts two-speed Europe to press ahead with economic reforms
Also in this newsletter: Meloni takes the pulse of her African development plan
What must happen for the world to stack RMB
For dollar wannabe renminbi, liability currency status > reserve currency status
FTAV’s further reading
The Maya; tariffs; median voters; football; debt; Super Bowl ads; and parenting
FirstFT: Top Goldman lawyer to quit over Epstein links
Also in today’s newsletter: Schroders’ UK Treasury call and US metals tariff rollback
Starmer set to call for multinational defence initiative to cut rearmament costs
UK prime minister expected to push idea of enhanced co-operation at Munich Security Conference
The Schroders dynasty is swallowed by US retirees
The asset manager was among the last holdouts in the City of London to remain under UK ownership
Transcript: Private equity’s workaround to buy law firms
Victoria Craig talks to Robin Wigglesworth and Stephen Foley
Trump plans to roll back tariffs on metal and aluminium goods
Latest softening of levies comes amid persistent voter anxiety about affordability in the US
Schroders is the defining deal of a glass half-empty UK
Asset manager is ending its listed life with a whimper rather than a bang