A great honour to win this. Thank you @absw for being the backbone of our community and gratitude to the Financial Times for supporting me to write columns that matter. 💪🏽

Love Wall St kremlinology - here on the latest JPMorgan machinations that included the ousting of Marianne Lake, known as a senior exec who would most openly disagree with Dimon. "One person close to Dimon says he has about 3 more years left as chief executive" www.ft.com/content/d289...

What Andy Burnham's choice of chancellor will reveal about the character of the government and the extent of any new radicalism - very good column from @robertshrimsley.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/b846...

PSA - if you planning Eurostar travels, keep an eye on your emails. Trains are being cancelled due to the "heat", even ones leaving early in the morning. You will need to rebook fast to get a train anytime soon. That has been my experience

Man City continuing to benefit from delays in the decision on its 115 charges

this is worth your time - joyous www.npr.org/2026/06/25/g...

About 90 per cent of the VC industry’s profits are generated by 5 per cent of all firms - illuminating stat from this @johnthornhill.bsky.social column on new research on the ever weirder world of venture capital www.ft.com/content/f56b...

What bond markets want from Andy Burnham - FT oped here from Pimco's always eloquent Peder Beck-Friis. "The UK will soon have a new prime minister, but not a new fiscal reality." www.ft.com/content/08d9...

This column by @christopherkay.ft.com highlights an important issue - as AI becomes more important and powerful, how do countries avoid becoming dependent on US centric models? is open-source AI enough? www.ft.com/content/3729...

The great Essex Boys trading story has reached a denouement www.ft.com/content/dcf8...

The CFTC has often been criticised as a regulator - but this is striking and important as indicator of where we are in US markets: @alphaville.ft.com blog by @robinwigglesworth.ft.com www.ft.com/content/b7a7...

The profits boom is a mixed blessing - smart column here from @philipcoggan.bsky.social who argues there might be a trilemma at work "Countries can have booming corporate profits, a shrinking budget deficit and happy consumers, but they cannot have all three at once." www.ft.com/content/7ff4...

I regret to inform you that #$WEN (Wendy’s) may now be a meme stock -More money changed hands trading it than AMZN or AAPL so far in the premarket -Most-mentioned ticker on r/wallstreetbets over past 12 hours

Private equity is changing youth sports in America with rising costs, fees and concerns over inequality - writes @sindap.bsky.social here. www.ft.com/content/e6be...

The red flags at HSBC over funds linked to Lebanese central bank scandal www.ft.com/content/cb64...

on the current heatwave in UK and Europe - @anjahuja.bsky.social. (also my reminder: curtains are your friend in a heatwave - block out the heat early in the day like Australia) www.ft.com/content/f059...

On the art collection being put up for sale by billionaire trader and Spurs owner Joe Lewis and his daughter Vivienne www.ft.com/content/91b7...

Gilt investors shouldn’t think so much about British politics - Duncan Weldon column here. "UK politics has been unusually dramatic over the past decade. Sometimes this drama has spilled over into asset prices, but most of the time it has not. " www.ft.com/content/8aa0...

How Citadel became an energy giant, rising from the ashes of Enron - great read from @robinwigglesworth.ft.com www.ft.com/content/3d08...

Stephen Miran makes the case here in an FT oped for ditching a specific, fixed inflation target and reducing the Fed's balance sheet www.ft.com/content/f0b2...

Draw your own Brexit chart game: very good from @theboysmithy.ft.com and Chris Smyth. Extend the charts from Brexit over the last ten years on key issues such as immigration to see how your knowledge matches the trend www.ft.com/content/3735...

From Keir Starmer's premiership in charts by @amyborrett.ft.com www.ft.com/content/be86...

What would a stablecoin run look like? @profhilaryallen.bsky.social oped here points out most retail holders can't redeem stablecoins, only sell. That means institutions are more like to lead a run. And if more assets are tokenised, this risk rises www.ft.com/content/7a19...

FT Editorial on Brexit - first 300 clicks free as.ft.com/r/5a28eaeb-5...

Big UK media scoop: Ministers will back the UK’s broadcasters with proposals to force social media and video platforms such as YouTube and Meta to make public service news content more prominent - a major victory for the PSB but a fresh battle with Big Tech www.ft.com/content/7f14...

Ivan Toney in the English football camp showing how to make tea www.instagram.com/reel/DZwvwEa...

The Knicks’ victory points to the value of scarcity - column here from James Fontanella-Khan www.ft.com/content/e563...

In a research note on the Everton-Burnley case, credit rating agency Morninstar DBRS warns the delays over the Manchester City case is "a systemic risk catalyst". Any players considering City should take note

Russian central bank chief’s absence stirs succession talk - rpt from @maxseddon.bsky.social and Anastasia Stognei www.ft.com/content/1dbf...

Andy Burnham’s landslide win should worry Nigel Farage - @stephenkb.bsky.social here www.ft.com/content/e3f0...

Many policy wonks overweight policy vs an ability by a politician to actually connect to people. Here @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on a piece written before the Makerfield results on the importance of a politician being able to project hope www.ft.com/content/756b...

Hillary Clinton op-ed in the FT: The world may not like Trump’s Gaza plan — but there is no alternative www.ft.com/content/2472...

After the biggest initial public offering in history, why not the biggest acquisition? Richard Waters column here on whether Tesla is destined to be folded into SpaceX www.ft.com/content/2c7e...

The Major Oak has died 😕🌳 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Poor Wenger - sat next to John Terry

I am sure all those Arsenal critics will decry scoring a from set piece and penalty

I want to hear what Kevin Warsh is gonna do about the Fed building renovations.

another notable London restaurant bites the dust

So much about finance/markets is about taking risk, managing risk. That is what makes Lloyd's of London so interesting. Really mysterious from the outside how it works. So this @alphaville.ft.com blog by @tobyn.bsky.social @leeharris.ft.com is really excellent www.ft.com/content/ae60...

European car makers might be hoping for a boost from expanding into defence. But the impact is not likely to be big and they might end up just renting out spare capacity - argues @richardmilne.ft.com in this column www.ft.com/content/0bc8...

Is this England’s best team since 1966? @simonkuper.bsky.social here www.ft.com/content/a699...

For some reason, investors are sceptical that Snap's $2,195 Specs will fly - shares down 10% yesterday. At least it is obvious you are wearing them www.ft.com/content/f091...

Olise 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Tina Brown in sharp form here in skewering Trump and Obama tinabrown.substack.com/p/trumps-rom...

One of the most lucrative deals of all time - one for the M&A history books: rpt by @davidkeohane.bsky.social Harry Dempsey and @antoinegara.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/22bc...

- @helene-rey.bsky.social here why global imbalances need not lead to trade wars. Chair of the G7 expert group on global imbalances, she will be economic adviser and head of the monetary and economic department of the BIS from Sept. www.ft.com/content/0e78...

Oh wow I can't believe they've finally arrested someone. www.lbc.co.uk/article/mult...

- @elerianm.bsky.social here on the return of an old financial framework. "Evolving realities now warrant a return to the 'sources and uses' discipline to minimise the adverse consequences of large imbalances between global demand for capital and the supply of it." www.ft.com/content/3d2d...

Obituary of John Basinger. Who – astonishingly – memorised all 79,529 words of Paradise Lost. (Via @thetimes.com)

From the recent speech by Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah at the Vatican on AI www.anthropic.com/news/chris-o...