The Outsized Role of CEOs in 2022

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Mark Filipino: This is the era of the I alone can fix its CEOs. He says there's still a massive imbalance of power between CEOs and their boards. Saudi Arabia has created 13 new sectors, 66 companies and more than 500,000 direct and indirect jobs so far. The first sovereign wealth fund to issue a green bond supports Riyadh's 2016 net zero emissions target.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s bail is set at $250mn, Wall Street stocks slide after a round of upbeat economic data was released, and the FT’s Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson reflects on the year in corporate news.

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The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.

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