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David Oakley

Assistant Companies editor

David Oakley edits business stories mainly focused on industry for the FT. He has written about business, investment and markets as corporate affairs correspondent, investment correspondent and capital markets correspondent at the FT.

Before he joined the FT, he was a sub-editor on The Sun and the political lobby correspondent at Westminster for the Western Daily Press.

Email David Oakley @davidoakleynews  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
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  • Wednesday, 30 November, 2016
    UK companies
    Travis Perkins and Polymetal to lose out in FTSE 100 reshuffle

    Medical group ConvaTec and Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust set to enter top index

  • Tuesday, 29 November, 2016
    Insurance
    Hunt for yield pushes more investors into riskier assets

    Pension funds and insurers have increasingly embraced alternative investments

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  • Thursday, 24 November, 2016
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    Theresa May suffers backlash over flagship business reforms

    BoE’s Haldane among senior figures to attack executive pay plans

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  • Monday, 21 November, 2016
    US & Canadian companies
    Lacklustre US earnings drag down global dividends

    Payouts tumble as flat profits add to fears over Trump, China and Brexit

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  • Monday, 14 November, 2016
    UK companies
    UK plc profits hit lowest level in a decade

    Competition on the high street cuts margins and uncertainty looms because of Brexit

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    Asset managers face corporate governance crackdown

    Watchdogs to act on groups that do not meet standards on reporting of range of issues

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    Time to consider the end of the world trade

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  • Tuesday, 1 November, 2016
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    Splitting the chief executive and chairman roles can be good for returns

    Need for another seat: the joint chief executive/chairman position is dying out in most parts of the world
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    Capita to assess contracts as part of strategic review

    Investigation to also consider outsourcer’s strategy of growing through acquisitions

  • Thursday, 27 October, 2016
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    Investors unconvinced by roadshow growth story and valuation

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    Flotations stall due to fears over economic outlook and mispricing

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    Corporate governance
    Cabinet split over plan to put workers on UK company boards

    Senior minister warns ‘it is not going to happen’

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    Only two of UK’s best paid bosses make top 30 for value creation relative to their peers

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  • Thursday, 29 September, 2016
    Corporate governance
    Theresa May faces fight over plans to reform business

    Opposition grows to putting workers on boards and rules on executive pay

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