Do diets work? Find out in BT weekend

THE festive season - and attendant feasting - is just around the corner, and with it, or soon after, will come the desire (or need) to go on a diet.

Atkins, Paleo, South Beach, Blood Type ... these and other food plans come and go. Keto - and the concept of intermittent fasting - are what's hot now. But do diets work? Brunch this Saturday in The Business Times Weekend delves into the matter - and finds Silicon Valley's in on the bandwagon as well.

BlackRock needs no introduction - it's the world's biggest fund manager, with US$6.44 trillion in assets under management as at end-September. The Raffles Conversation catches up with its founder, chairman and CEO, Larry Fink.