FT News in Focus

Jamie Dimon, probably the world's most powerful banker, has said he intends to remain head of JPMorgan for another five years, and has appointed two co-presidents. What does the new structure tell us about Mr Dimon's rumoured intention to go into politics? Patrick Jenkins discusses this question with Martin Arnold, the FT's banking editor. Music by Kevin MacLeod

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Are family businesses more successful than other kinds of company and if so why? Ian Smith talks to Eugène Klerk, one of the authors of Credit Suisse research that shows listed family businesses outperform the wider equities market. He also talks to Phil Dudderidge executive chairman of Focusrite, the UK audio equipment maker, about what led him to list his company in 2014.

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After a gap of several years, Stanford Business School has returned to the top of the FT's annual MBA rankings. Wai Kwen Chan discusses the data and the reasons for Stanford's success with the FT's Laurent Ortmans and Jonathan Moules 

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What happens when cryptomania invades venture capitalism? Some of Silicon Valley’s leading investors are lining up to buy into a much-hyped initial coin offering by Telegram, the encrypted messaging service that is seeking $1.2bn to build a virtual economy within its app. Ravi Mattu asks the FT's Chloe Cornish and Jonathan Guthrie to explain why. 

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Business leaders and politicians gathering in the Swiss ski resort this year have been upbeat on prospects for global growth, but Andrei Kostin, chief executive of the leading Russian bank VTB, warned of rising geopolitical tensions that could spark military conflict.

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Democrats agreed to fund the US government until February 8 after Mitch McConnell, the top Senate Republican, pledged to introduce legislation to protect the "Dreamers" - 800,000 people brought illegally to the US as children who face deportation. Demetri Sevastopulo, Washington bureau chief, explains what must happen next in order to avoid another shutdown. Clip courtesy of Reuters. 

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Chinese regulators have reprimanded a string of foreign corporations, including Qantas, Zara and Marriott, for labelling Tibet and Taiwan as independent countries. Jyotsna Singh discusses Beijing’s action and the ire it stirred among Chinese consumers towards the multinationals with the FT's Emily Feng and Edward White. Music by David Sappa

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The collapse of Carillion, the UK construction and services group, has sent shock waves through British industry and prompted an investigation into how investors and ministers failed to spot the warning signs. Matthew Vincent discusses the political and economic fallout with the FT’s Gill Plimmer, Gemma Tetlow and Jim Pickard

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Banks are rethinking their strategy in a bid to lure MBA graduates away from rival recruiters in technology companies, new research shows, Patrick Jenkins discusses the battle to attract the best candidates with the FT's Jonathan Moules and Stéphane Rambosson from the advisory and executive search firm Vici.

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Mario Centeno, Portugal's finance minister, steps into a major economic policy making role in the euro area this week, taking over from Jeroen Dijsselbloem as president of the Eurogroup at a time when the focus has shifted from crisis management to strengthening institutions. Mehreen Khan talks to the FT's Jim Brunsden about Mr Dijsselbloem's achievements and the tasks facing his successor.

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