News in-depthNews review: exclusives of the yearThe best of our interviews and investigationsSpies, lies and the oligarch: inside London’s booming secrets industryThe battle over fugitive billionaire Mukhtar Ablyazov stretches from Kazakhstan to KnightsbridgeDonald Trump: Without Twitter, I would not be here — FT interviewGoverning is harder than he thought, but the US president is defiant about his style and agendaHarvey Weinstein: how lawyers kept a lid on sexual harassment claimsZelda Perkins wants to expose legal process that kept her claims secret for 19 yearsThe $143bn flop: How Warren Buffett and 3G lost UnileverThe story behind the failure of Kraft Heinz to win over the Anglo-Dutch giantRussia-born dealmaker linked to Trump assists laundering probeFelix Sater, who worked on Trump Soho, turns against Kazakh former business partnersThames Water: the murky structure of a utility companyAs raw sewage poured into London’s rivers, the water supplier awarded huge dividends to investorsMore from this SeriesEU chief Jean-Claude Juncker on the Brexit bill and the eroticism of powerOver carpaccio and veal, the politician tells Lionel Barber history will be harsh on the PM who took Britain out of the EULeft behind: can anyone save the towns the UK economy forgot?Soaring antidepressant usage, falling life expectancy: Blackpool embodies much of what is going wrong on the fringes of BritainAfter Brexit: the UK will need to renegotiate at least 759 treatiesFT research reveals that agreements with 168 countries must be redone just for Britain to stand stillWho owns HNA, China’s most aggressive dealmaker?Hainan Airlines parent is on a $40bn spree but sources of funding raise questionsPower struggle at Guggenheim Partners rattles a Wall Street starBattle between CEO and investment chief has alarmed clients and sparked departuresThe $1bn hostage deal that enraged Qatar’s Gulf rivalsDoha reportedly paid al-Qaeda affiliate and Iran to win release of royal hunting partyChinese billionaire abducted from Hong KongXiao Jianhua, a financier with links to the Xi family, taken to mainland ChinaErdogan’s informers: Turkey’s descent into fear and betrayalAs political pressure intensifies, friends, colleagues and even spouses are reporting each other for a range of offencesReturn to the Best of 2017
