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Use the FT to join the dots between the energy sector, the politicians who shape its direction and the investors who finance it. Navigate trusted insight into competitors, commentary on global tensions, as well as analysis of political and investment trends.
The following recommendations are a great way for those working in energy to start optimising their use of FT.com.
- Stay informed on important themes by adding these topics to your myFT. You can also follow your competitors by searching the company names and selecting ‘Add to myFT.’
- Energy sector, Climate Capital, Oil & Gas, Commodities, Renewable energy, Opec, Middle East, Shale oil & gas, Infrastructure investment. - Subscribe to newsletters for concise bursts of insight delivered to your inbox.
- Energy Source, is a twice weekly briefing featuring the week’s must-read energy news, forward-thinking analysis and insider intelligence.
- Moral Money, sent three times a week, this is the trusted destination for news and analysis about the fast-expanding world of socially responsible business, sustainable finance, impact investing, and ESG trends.
- Lex, is published each Wednesday and again on Friday when the team reviews the week’s best commentary. Lex is the oldest and arguably the most influential business and finance column of its kind in the world. It highlights key emerging investment risks and opportunities and helps readers make better investment decisions. - Further develop your intellectual curiosity by reading renowned FT journalists and opinion writers. Try following the below in myFT for a range of perspectives to help challenge and shape your own views.
- David Sheppard (energy editor), Gillian Tett (chair of FT editorial board), Derek Brower (US energy editor), John Thornhill (innovation editor), Robert Shrimsley (Chief Political Commentator), Simon Mundy (Moral Money editor). - Consume the FT in different formats. Download the mobile app, listen to podcasts, watch video explainers, explore the most recent visual data and graphics.
- You can also closely follow any FT news updates on twitter, @FinancialTimes, @FTEnergy, @FTLex, @FTMoralMoney.
Read the FT for a macro view of current affairs, global economics, industry and market trends. Identify emerging risks and opportunities and make better informed decisions.
The following recommendations are a great way for those working in finance to start optimising their use of FT.com.
- Stay informed on important themes by adding these topics to your myFT. You can also follow individual sectors and companies of interest by searching for them and selecting ‘Add to myFT.’
- Markets, commodities, equities, fund management, IPOs, mergers & acquisitions, hedge funds, financial regulation, ESG investing, capital markets, currencies, fintech. - Subscribe to newsletters for concise bursts of insight delivered to your inbox.
- Due Diligence, is the must-read daily briefing on corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, and private equity.
- Disrupted Times, is an essential FT newsletter about the changes in business and the economy between Covid and conflict.
- #fintechFT, your curated briefing on digital disruption in the financial industry every Monday. Read original pieces of fintech reporting from our team based in Europe, Asia and the US.
- Moral Money, is sent to subscriber inboxes three times a week, and is the trusted destination for news and analysis about the fast-expanding world of socially responsible business, sustainable finance, impact investing, and ESG trends. - Further develop your intellectual curiosity by reading renowned FT opinion writers. Try following the below in myFT for a range of perspectives to help challenge and shape your own views. To hear more from our journalists follow them below:
- Martin Sandbu (European Economics Commentator), Robin Wigglesworth (Global Finance Correspondent), Katie Martin (Markets Editor), Gideon Rachman (Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator), Lex (FT’s flagship finance column), Gillian Tett (US Editor-at-Large), Alphaville (Daily finance commentary), Martin Wolf (Chief Economics Commentator). - Consume the FT in different formats. Download the mobile app, listen to podcasts, watch video explainers, explore the most recent visual data and graphics.
- You can also closely follow any FT news updates on twitter, @FinancialTimes, @FT, @FTFinancenews , @FTEconomics, @FTMoney, @FTCommodities, @FTLex, @FTData,
@FTAlphaville, @FTMarkets, @FTMoralMoney.
Use the FT to help inform policy making and better understand the global political and macro landscape. With 600 journalists around the world, the FT provides policy makers with a big picture view and unique insight and analysis on governments, central banks and organisations globally.
The following recommendations are a great way for those working in government to start optimising their use of FT.com.
- Stay informed on important themes by adding these topics to your myFT. You can also follow news from individual countries and agencies by searching the name and selecting ‘Add to myFT.’
- Politics, European Union, US Government, UK Government, Geopolitics, Global economy, US-China relations, Emerging markets. - Subscribe to newsletters for concise bursts of insight delivered to your inbox.
- Britain after Brexit is a weekly guide to the UK’s adjustment to life outside the European Union. With insights from our public policy editor Peter Foster and senior FT writers, subscribers can keep up to date with the latest post-Brexit developments.
- Europe Express dives into the most consequential topics in European politics and policy, offering smart, punchy insight and analysis. Subscribers get the news that is driving the European agenda that day and the critical developments that may not yet have made the headlines.
- FT Swamp Notes is a twice weekly newsletter with FT's senior US columnists Rana Foroohar and Edward Luce discussing the biggest themes driving US politics, business and markets from Washington, New York and beyond. - Further develop your intellectual curiosity by reading renowned FT opinion writers. Try following the below in myFT for a range of perspectives to help challenge and shape your own views. To hear more from our journalists follow them below:
- Janan Ganesh (Chief US Political Commentator), Martin Sandbu (European Economics Commentator), Gideon Rachman (Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator), Robert Shrimsley (UK Chief Political Commentator), Rana Foroohar (Global Business Columnist). - Consume the FT in different formats. Download the mobile app, listen to podcasts, watch video explainers, explore the most recent visual data and graphics.
- You can also closely follow any FT news updates on twitter, @FinancialTimes, @FT, @FTEconomics, @FTUKPolitics, @FTWorldNews, @FTNewsBriefing.
Use the FT to understand risk and opportunities to the sector from macroeconomic and political storms, as well as threats from competitors, new entrants and disruption by other industries.
The following recommendations are a great way for those working in pharma to start optimising their use of FT.com.
- Stay informed on important themes by adding these topics to your myFT. You can also follow your company and your competitors by searching the company names and selecting ‘Add to myFT.’
- Pharmaceuticals sector, Health sector, Health care, Medical science, Digital health, Disease control and prevention, Biotech, Drug prices, World Health Organisation. - Subscribe to newsletters for concise bursts of insight delivered to your inbox.
- FT Swamp Notes, is a twice weekly newsletter with FT's senior US columnists Rana Foroohar and Edward Luce discussing the biggest themes driving US politics, business and markets from Washington, New York and beyond.
- Disrupted Times, is an essential FT newsletter about the changes in business and the economy between Covid and conflict.
- FintechFT, your curated briefing on digital disruption in the financial industry every Monday. Read original pieces of fintech reporting from our team based in Europe, Asia and the US. - Further develop your intellectual curiosity by reading renowned FT journalists and opinion writers. Try following the below in myFT for a range of perspectives to help challenge and shape your own views. To hear more from our journalists follow them below:
- Sarah Neville (Global Health Editor), Hannah Kuchler (Global Pharma Correspondent), Gideon Rachman (Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator), Edward Luce (US National Editor), Martin Sandbu (European Economics Commentator), Clive Cookson (Science Editor). - Consume the FT in different formats. Download the mobile app, listen to podcasts, watch video explainers, explore the most recent visual data and graphics.
- You can also closely follow any FT news updates on twitter, @FinancialTimes, @FT, @FTWorldNews, @FTNewsBriefing, @FTData.
Use the FT to help deliver advice within a commercial context and build better relationships with your clients. Gain a deeper understanding of the industries they operate in using the FT’s commentary and analysis.
The following recommendations are a great way for those working in professional services to start optimising their use of FT.com.
- Stay informed on important themes by adding these topics to your myFT. You can also follow your clients by searching the company name and selecting ‘Add to myFT.’
- Law, legal services, financial & markets regulation, corporate governance, data protection, mergers & acquisitions, management consulting, innovation, corporate culture, technology. - Subscribe to newsletters for concise bursts of insight delivered to your inbox.
- Due Diligence, every Tuesday to Friday morning, Due Diligence is the must-read daily briefing on corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, and private equity.
- Disrupted Times, is an essential FT newsletter about the changes in business and the economy between Covid and conflict.
- Lex is published each Wednesday and again on Friday when the team reviews the week’s best commentary. Lex is the oldest and arguably the most influential business and finance column of its kind in the world. It highlights key emerging investment risks and opportunities and helps readers make better investment decisions. - Further develop your intellectual curiosity by reading renowned FT opinion writers. Try following the below in myFT for a range of perspectives to help challenge and shape your own views. To hear more from our journalists follow them below:
- Andrew Hill (Management Editor), Martin Sandbu (European Economics Commentator), Pilita Clark (Business Columnist), Gideon Rachman (Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator). - Consume the FT in different formats. Download the mobile app, listen to podcasts, watch video explainers, explore the most recent visual data and graphics.
- You can also closely follow any FT news updates on twitter, @FinancialTimes, @FT, @FTOpinion, @FTworkandcareers, @FTLex.
Use the FT to connect the dots between technology, business, politics and the economy, to better understand emerging risks and opportunities across borders and industries.
The following recommendations are a great way for those working in technology to start optimising their use of FT.com.
- Stay informed on important themes by adding these topics to your myFT. You can also follow your company, competitors and your customers by searching the company names and selecting ‘Add to myFT.’
- Tech sector, Tech start-ups, Trading tech, Big tech, Technology regulation, Data protection, Biotech, Cyber warfare, Cyber Security, Semiconductors, Fintech. - Subscribe to newsletters for concise bursts of insight delivered to your inbox.
- #techFT, daily coverage on how technology is transforming different industry sectors. Its input stretches from San Francisco to China.
- #fintechFT, your curated briefing on digital disruption in the financial industry every Monday. Read original pieces of fintech reporting from our team based in Europe, Asia and the US.
- Due Diligence, every Tuesday to Friday morning, Due Diligence is the must-read daily briefing on corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, and private equity. - Further develop your intellectual curiosity by reading renowned FT journalists and opinion writers. Try following the below in myFT for a range of perspectives to help challenge and shape your own views.
- Elaine Moore (Deputy Head of Lex), John Thornhill (Innovation Editor), Richard Waters (West Coast Editor), Yuan Yang (Deputy Beijing Bureau Chief), Rana Foroohar (Global Business Columnist), James Kynge (Global China Editor), Arash Massoudi (corporate finance and deals editor). - Consume the FT in different formats. Download the mobile app, listen to podcasts, watch video explainers, explore the most recent visual data and graphics.
- You can also closely follow any FT news updates on twitter, @FinancialTimes, @FT, @FTTechnews, @FTLex.