2013 FT/IFC Sustainable Finance Awards Winners Announced

LONDON: 13 June 2013: The Financial Times and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today announced the winners of the 2013 FT/IFC Sustainable Finance Awards, with M-KOPA of Kenya winning the Award for Excellence in Sustainable Finance, Banco Santander taking the Sustainable Global Bank of the Year transaction prize, and Impax Asset Management of the UK recognised as Sustainable Investor of the Year.

The FT/IFC Sustainable Finance Awards, now in their eighth year, have established themselves as the world’s leading awards for environmentally and socially responsible banking and investment. The 2013 Awards attracted a record 254 entries from 164 financial institutions and 57 non-financial groups in 61 countries. Read more

Emma Gilpin-Jacobs named PR Director of the Year

Last night at the annual CIPR Excellence Awards, the Financial Times’ global communications director, Emma Gilpin-Jacobs, was awarded the 2013 CIPR Institute of Directors Annual Prize.

The prize celebrates the achievements of senior public relations practitioners, focusing on the strategic importance of reputation management and the value practitioners bring to their organisations. Read more

Gillian Tett – Commencement Address at Baruch College

Hello everyone and many thanks for those kind words of introduction. I am absolutely thrilled to be standing here today, in front of you all, receiving this honorary degree. Although, I must admit that the use of the word “honor” makes me wince. If anyone deserves to be honored here today it is not me, who has arrived for a day – but instead the students who have worked so hard to get this degree, over so many years; and the families who have supported them. You are the real honorees here today, and to each of you I offer my hearty, humble congratulations and my applause.

Now, I expect that some of you in the audience today might be wondering why it is that I am standing at this podium, here in Citi field. After all, I am not American. I did not go to Baruch, or any American college. I certainly never played for the Mets and do not aspire to run New York, like Christine Quinn, last year’s speaker. Instead, as you may have guessed from my accent, I am British – or, more accurately, I am a global citizen, since I have spent most of my life working outside the UK, first as an anthropologist and then as a journalist for the Financial Times, which is one of the world’s leading global news organizations. Read more

Financial Times launches on Factset

30 May 2013: The Financial Times’ world-class news and expert analysis is now available on FactSet, providing the global investment community with easier access to business critical intelligence within their workflow. The partnership will bring FT headlines directly to the desktops of FactSet’s 49,000+ users globally.

With the integration of the FT’s content on the FactSet platform, financial professionals are able to move seamlessly between FactSet’s analytics and the FT’s news and opinions – saving time and making more informed decisions by connecting news stories with data. All FactSet customers will see headlines of FT articles and be able to link to FT.com to read the full article. Those with an FT corporate licence will have the added benefit of being able to view the full article within the FactSet platform. Read more

FT wins two prestigious Wincott Awards

Sir Samuel Brittan awarded inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award by the Wincott Foundation

Sir Samuel Brittan, noted Financial Times economic commentator, has won the first ever Wincott Lifetime Achievement Award. The judges said Sir Brittan never failed to “illuminate economic issues in a way that is refreshing, insightful and often unexpected.” Read more

Financial Times launches fastFT

Tailored for the active news consumer, fastFT delivers up-to-the-minute reporting and commentary in short, sharp and informed dispatches – giving FT readers the edge they expect and the agenda-setting analysis they rely on. It expands and deepens the FT’s existing content offerings – from breaking and investigative news, opinion and analysis to blogs, interactive journalism and videos – by adding a live and dynamic layer of news and insight.

Staffed by a dedicated team of journalists around the world, it will be updated 24 hours a day, Monday to Friday, and supplemented with exclusive content from the FT’s renowned network of journalists and guest contributors. Read more

Financial Times partners with Founders Forum

The Financial Times today announces its media partnership with Founders Forum, a community for leading global entrepreneurs, inspiring CEOs and key investors in media and technology.

Now in its 8th year, Founders Forum is a two day event that brings together a dynamic group of 1000 digital entrepreneurs, giving world leaders an opportunity to find and highlight future technologies and inventions that will change future business. Read more

FT hosts second annual Hack Day

The Financial Times hosted its second annual Hack Day on 20th and 21st May 2013, a 24-hour event that offers web developers from inside and outside the FT, and other interested staff, an opportunity to create prototypes for new digital products. Read more

Financial Times introduces new Spanish language service

21 May 2013: The Financial Times is today launching a new service in Latin America providing top FT news and analysis translated into Spanish. Available through the FT Syndication service, which offers media organisations the right to republish FT content, subscribers will receive 10 articles per week covering international trends and developments relevant to Latin America.

The service will include two articles a day in Spanish from Monday to Friday, available through print or digital channels. Content will include an opinion piece written by a top FT columnist and a news story from the world news, global economy or companies section. Read more