Getting that bubbly feeling at ABS East in Miami — my @financialtimes.com column on.ft.com/3LaKe5L

👂POD TIME👂 In which @robarmstrong.bsky.social goes all fanboy about Scott Bessent Featuring possibly the greatest potential famous last words of all time, from SB: "Where the hell is the market risk?" www.ft.com/content/e36c...

Scrapping quarterly earnings would clearly widen the gap between ordinary investors on the one hand, and company insiders or those with private sources of information on the other. on.ft.com/422X6jT

🇺🇸👂🏼 POD TIME 👂🏼 🇺🇸 me and fast-talking New Yorker @brookeamasters.ft.com on: -the all-American shakedown economy 💰 -chicken-fried steak 🤔 -pumpkin-spice latte 🤢 -ANZ, you're fired 😱 ⛔ Please note this podcast is a Liz Truss-free zone ⛔ open.spotify.com/episode/74eJ...

No more Mr Nice Guy. Five years after the Covid pandemic forced employers to embrace empathy and flexibility, bosses are back to laying down the law. www.ft.com/content/605b... www.ft.com/content/605b... via financialtimes.com

The Gods of New York — Jonathan Mahler's new book is a fraught trip down memory lane for those of us who grew up in the city in the 1980s www.ft.com/content/8773... via financialtimes.com

Big news in the @financialtimes.com DC bureau: new hires and new assignments as we beef up our foreign policy and defense coverage. aboutus.ft.com/press_releas...

The Maha crusade against artificial ingredients is the Trumpian equivalent of what critics call “regulation by enforcement” on.ft.com/3GU0ruo

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but what happens when it veers into outright theft? on.ft.com/44vZx0d

The US constitutional system of checks and balances is being tested with potentially profound consequences for a country founded on the principle of no more kings. Read the conversation between me and @jderbyshire.ft.com on.ft.com/4nrASkL

Americans may be openhanded with CEO pay but they react badly if their generosity has been abused. (My @financialtimes.com column) on.ft.com/3SIJLIB

I’ll be on @msnbc.com tonight discussing tariffs, trump’s decision to call the military in to California and what the courts will think of both.

Industry enthusiasm for putting ordinary US retirement money into private assets comes as institutional investors are falling out of love with the sector and looking to cut back on.ft.com/3ZFMK8j

The dairy industry has buckled down and started to meet Americans where they are on.ft.com/3YLBPtz

American industry is losing one of its major global advantages, and so far most business leaders haven’t raised a peep. www.ft.com/content/f143...

"There has always been this fear among European regulators, are we becoming too dependent on US firms? That was always countered with ‘The US is on our side’, and ‘Would you prefer the Chinese?’ Both of those factors have now changed." on.ft.com/4jV6KMb via @financialtimes.com

We're looking for our next Fashion Editor to lead the FT Style team on FT Weekend. What a job job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...

I sat down for a fascinating lunch with the City of London's current public enemy number one: pugnacious hedge fund manager Boaz Weinstein. ft.com/content/c158... via @financialtimes.com

Vanguard CEO Salim Ramji is leading a charge into wealth management: “The mission around low cost still has a long way to go.” www.ft.com/content/6f4b...

Vanguard is cutting fees again as it makes a big push into fixed income and wealth management www.ft.com/content/5517... via @financialtimes.com

Super interesting piece about shareholder activist litigation by @brookeamasters.bsky.social, featuring a clever quote from @annmlipton.bsky.social

Conservative legal attacks on companies are only going to become more frequent. “It’s a culture war in a very specific way." via @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/a09f...

It's a crazy day for Wall Street succession planning. First JPM's Jenn Piepszak took herself out of the race to replace Jamie Dimon. Now an @financialtimes.com scoop that one of BlackRock's potential future leaders Mark Wiedman, is headed for greener pastures. on.ft.com/40ftjCW

Check out this cool new @isabelberwick.bsky.social video on CEO succession for @financialtimes.com (spoiler alert: I’m in it) youtu.be/wkumQyMp0uU

“the perception that judges are political in nature  degrades faith in the impartiality of the courts and undermines the rule of law”. Stefania Palma and I preview the fight over ‘forum shopping’ via @financialtimes.com on.ft.com/4gzTTNQ

This means that we will be hiring a replacement for me here in London. Spread the word and apply here job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...

Why US asset managers are beating out the Europeans, according to one American executive: "[Clients] don’t want to talk to losers, and they certainly don’t want to give their money to someone who may not be here in 10 years." www.ft.com/content/bc1b... via @ft

Has BlackRock bought a succession problem as part of its $28bn acquisition spree? on.ft.com/3VAX67E

This @edcrooks.bsky.social thread is really smart and really important. The end of Chevron deference will snarl all kinds of permitting.

Big @financialtimes.com news! @spiegelpeter.bsky.social will be bringing his deep experience and fabulous reporting to bear as a new global affairs commentator. And I will have very big shoes to fill as his successor as US Managing Editor.

A scoop before Thanksgiving: BlackRock has a handshake deal to buy HPS Investment Partners, as it looks to bolster its alternative investment business with the addition of one of the biggest private credit groups @arashmassoudi.bsky.social @brookeamasters.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/971b...

To profit from sustainability, companies must do more than just appeal to consumer idealism. Upcycling and waste prevention are the way to go ft.com/content/9da0... via @ft

Absolutely brilliant piece by @okr.bsky.social worth reading to the end for the kicker

Are you wondering how a Trump presidency will transform global trade and financial markets? Andy Bounds, @alanbeattie.bsky.social and I will be answering your questions here at 10am ET/3pm GMT on Thursday www.ft.com/content/e771...

Fed’s high-rates era handed $1tn windfall to US banks https://www.ft.com/content/4c013d3b-796b-47a3-a964-02f753d39846

"The outcome? Germany has forfeited well over €100mn ... that it might have expected ... from the premium paid by a strategic buyer. It also may find itself strategically outmanoeuvred, with its grip over Commerzbank’s future potentially weakened." on.ft.com/4gqrryp

The fury of the frequent flyer: how a 1980s marketing gimmick became a cash cow — and a cultural flashpoint. on.ft.com/3MW9cTP

Can cellphone data help investors spot looming SEC enforcement cases? Researchers think it could www.ft.com/content/d4f7... via @ft

the profit motive and progressive idealism have started to diverge via @financialtimes.com on.ft.com/4dOBYBM

JD Vance urges billionaire Peter Thiel to help bankroll Trump campaign - on.ft.com/475sQWQ

Could Eugene Scalia's talent for challenging regulatory overreach make him a $1bn lawyer? Rivals think so. www.ft.com/content/8943... via @ft

@robinwigglesworth.bsky.social has a great @alphaville.ft.com post on the ultimate passive portfolio. Any bets on how it will be before BlackRock decides to use its new Preqin data to offer one? on.ft.com/4fXLtA9

The Big Question: has tipping culture gone too far? https://www.ft.com/content/1bd128a7-c321-4eac-ae67-38fedb8ef8f2

Americans have “tip fatigue” but the US service economy would collapse without them on.ft.com/4duZaFd

Most US CEOS have been sitting out the presidential race. Kamala Harris has a chance to change that in Chicago. www.ft.com/content/f8e6...