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    • Wednesday, 6 July, 2022
      ReviewVisual Arts
      Picasso and El Greco: kindred spirits separated by centuries

      A Basel exhibition explores the deep connections between the two artists

    • Friday, 10 June, 2022
      Art Basel 2022
      Artist Leonardo Drew’s explosive sculptures draw order from chaos

      The American uses rough, distressed elements in his large-scale works to speak of nature’s cycles and urban life

    • Friday, 10 June, 2022
      Art Basel 2022
      Art Basel welcomes newcomers as art-world power shifts

      The prestigious Swiss fair has 19 new galleries, reflecting pandemic ructions and market growth outside the west

    • Friday, 25 February, 2022
      InterviewVisual Arts
      Jenny Holzer on Louise Bourgeois — ‘She. Is. Bodacious’

      Holzer has curated a show of Bourgeois’ works in Basel, exploring trauma, anger and sex

    • Friday, 24 December, 2021
      Visual Arts
      The best art of 2021, from Goya via the Turbine Hall to a revived Courtauld

      Our critic surveys a year where hope and joy animated exhibitions but the culture wars continued their creep

    • Sunday, 24 October, 2021
      EU financial regulation
      Brussels warned not to delay tighter capital rules for EU banks

      European Commission set to propose 2025 date for implementation of final phase of Basel reforms

    • Friday, 17 September, 2021
      Art Basel 2021
      Drift and Superblue offer experiential art at Design Miami/Basel

      There is now strong commercial interest in high-tech art installations

    • Friday, 17 September, 2021
      Art Basel 2021
      Close up and personal with female artists at Fondation Beyeler

      As Art Basel opens, the Beyeler highlights artists from Berthe Morisot to Cindy Sherman who shatter preconceptions

    • Wednesday, 9 December, 2020
      Lars Rohde
      Bank capital buffers aren’t working

      Regulators must rethink overlapping Basel III requirements before the next crisis

    • Sunday, 15 March, 2020
      Rana Foroohar
      How coronavirus became a corporate credit run

      Central bankers are going to have to keep the money taps on

    • Thursday, 12 December, 2019
      US financial regulation
      Capital breaks for green lending ‘feckless’, says ex-regulator

      Retired Basel committee chief says banks are seeking to undermine financial standards

    • Monday, 21 October, 2019
      Residential
      Five reasons to live in Basel, Switzerland

      A thriving art and architecture scene adds to the appeal of one of the world’s safest cities

    • Tuesday, 2 July, 2019
      EU financial regulation
      EU watchdog warns of €135bn bank capital shortfall

      EBA says new global rules will raise minimum requirements 22.4%

    • Monday, 14 January, 2019
      News in-depthWatches & Jewellery
      Swiss watch fairs join forces to keep shows on the road

      Two largest annual events align dates to stop big brands abandoning the format

    • Thursday, 15 November, 2018
      Bitcoin
      ECB official dubs bitcoin ‘evil spawn of the financial crisis’

      Cœuré latest central banker to lay into cryptocurrency

    • Sunday, 9 September, 2018
      European companies
      New Swiss budget airline launches fundraising

      Founders seek $100m for long-haul flights between Basel airport and North America

    • Friday, 15 June, 2018
      FT SeriesArt Basel 2018
      Konstruktiv at Galerie Knöll, Basel — ‘a gem of a show’

      An exhibition of Concrete Art displays the vibrant aspects of a fiercely abstract movement

    • Thursday, 22 March, 2018
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Baselworld halves in size even as trade rebounds

      The fair needs to placate large exhibitors. Plus: a guide to its top launches

    • Thursday, 22 March, 2018
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Jewellers at Baselworld voice anger at years of being ignored

      Brands are threatening to leave, but the fair’s organiser is sanguine about change

    • Sunday, 14 January, 2018
      European companies
      SIHH sharpens contrast with Baselworld in battle of the watch fairs

      Geneva’s fair stresses its superior luxury, but it lacks its Basel rival’s scale

    • Sunday, 27 August, 2017
      InterviewThe Monday Interview
      Syngenta CEO Erik Fyrwald on bees and a Chinese takeover

      The Swiss agricultural chief is overseeing a merger with state-owned ChemChina

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2017
      Personal & Household Goods
      Baselworld watch fair opens with brands cautious and critical

      Some companies say they have been priced out

    • Tuesday, 11 October, 2016
      European banks
      Basel proposes interim period for lenders before new accounting rules
    • Wednesday, 14 September, 2016
      UK banks
      State Bank of India to price first offshore “coco” bond
    • Wednesday, 15 June, 2016
      Life & Arts
      Review: Vitra’s new design museum near Basel — ‘stark simplicity’

      Vitra’s factory site site boasts a sculptural building by Zaha Hadid, but its new museumthere looks ‘severely functional’

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