Schroders to sponsor FT Business Book of the Year

The Financial Times and Schroders have agreed a new partnership for the prestigious FT Business Book of the Year Award.

The previous sponsor was McKinsey & Co.

Now in its 19th year, the prize highlights ground-breaking books that explore important business and economic issues. The award is given to the book that the judges agree provides the most compelling and enjoyable insight into today’s business issues, including management, finance and economics.

The winner will receive an award of £30,000 and £10,000 will be awarded to each shortlisted title.

“I’m delighted to welcome Schroders as partner for our long-running and acclaimed Business Book of the Year Award. I’m also grateful to Nikkei for supporting this year’s prize,” said FT editor in chief Roula Khalaf in a statement. “It has been a bumper year for business books and I look forward to reviewing the longlisted titles with our expert judges.”

The longlist for the Business Book of the Year Award will be announced on Aug. 14, with the shortlist announcement scheduled for Sept. 21. The winner will be announced at an awards dinner in London on December 4.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.