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    Brooke Masters

    US Financial Editor

    Brooke Masters is the FT's US Financial editor, and an associate editor. She leads the team of reporters covering financial services in the world's financial capital and writes a business column.

    In 16 years at the FT, she has held a variety of editing, reporting and commentary roles in both New York and London. Among them were opinion and analysis editor, companies editor and chief regulation correspondent. She spent the first part of her career at the Washington Post covering criminal justice, local politics and education.

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    • Sunday, 3 December, 2023
      News in-depthCapital markets
      Gush of cash into money market funds tipped to continue in 2024

      Investors are rushing to take advantage of the highest yields in years before the Fed begins to cut interest rates

    • Friday, 1 December, 2023
      Wells Fargo
      Former Wells Fargo chief seeks $34mn in lawsuit over cancelled stock grants

      Tim Sloan claims he ‘bore the brunt of public criticism’ after scandals at the US bank

      Tim Sloan in 2018
    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
      Climate change
      UAE to launch $30bn investment fund at COP28

      UN climate summit host seeks to bolster credentials via initiative with BlackRock, TPG and Brookfield

      COP28 president Sultan al-Jaber, right, opened the summit with UN top climate official Simon Stiell in Dubai on Thursday
    • Wednesday, 29 November, 2023
      Walt Disney Co
      Gorman and Darroch join Disney board before Peltz proxy fight

      Morgan Stanley chair and former Sky chief executive will serve on committee to pick Bob Iger’s successor

      Bob Iger
    • Wednesday, 29 November, 2023
      Black Friday
      Black Friday bonanza could lead to a festive hangover for retail

      Record online sales in the US may have raised company hopes but the picture remains murky heading into Christmas

      Shoppers walk around Twelve Oaks Mall on Black Friday in Novi, Michigan
    • Wednesday, 29 November, 2023
      Apple Inc
      Apple approaches Goldman to wind down card partnership

      Move comes as Wall Street bank explores ‘strategic alternatives’ for its consumer business

      Apple sign on a building
    • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
      News in-depthNews in-depth3 min
      EU plan for connectivity patents could backfire | FT Tech

      Western competitiveness is at stake in the EU’s radical proposals to fix what patent users describe as a broken market

      FT Tech: EU's tech patent turmoil
    • Monday, 27 November, 2023
      US & Canadian companies20 min
      Citigroup and the 'financial supermarket' experiment | FT Film

      Why Citi has struggled to recover from its 1998 mega-merger

      FT Film The Citigroup experiment
    • Sunday, 19 November, 2023
      Fund management
      Wall Street watchdog floats plan to let brokers promise future results

      Finra proposal would allow performance projections in marketing to wealthy and institutional investors

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    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      US presidential election 2024
      Wall Street megadonors warm to Nikki Haley as their anti-Trump Republican

      Former US ambassador to the UN praised for ‘muscular foreign policy’ and electability

      Nikki Haley
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      Fund management
      Manulife to buy CQS in end of an era for Michael Hintze

      The Tory donor will step back from his firm as the Canadian money manager bulks up in private credit

      Lord Michael Hintze
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
      Who is watching the watchdog when it comes to FDIC behaviour?

      If the agency tolerated alleged sexual harassment and loutish boozing in house, no wonder it has struggled to control the bankers

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    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      On Wall StreetCitigroup Inc
      The perils of Citi’s prolonged restructuring

      Staff left on tenterhooks as they await news of big job cuts across the bank

    • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
      Occidental Petroleum Corp
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      Move is a sign of support for the world’s largest venture deploying nascent climate technology

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    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
      Workplace diversity & equality
      BlackRock study finds gender-balanced companies outperform peers

      World’s largest asset manager publishes report as critics attack ESG factors in investing

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    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
      Goldman Sachs Group
      Will Goldman’s big bet on wealth management work?

      David Solomon is counting on the newly merged division to close the bank’s valuation gap — and secure his job

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    • Wednesday, 1 November, 2023
      Morgan Stanley
      The dangers of succeeding a star CEO

      What can Morgan Stanley’s Ted Pick do after James Gorman?

      Ted Pick, right, who has been appointed Morgan Stanley’s next chief executive, and outgoing CEO James Gorman, during a Bloomberg Television interview in New York last week
    • Friday, 27 October, 2023
      Workplace diversity & equality
      UK financial regulators face City backlash over diversity drive

      Risks to privacy and mandatory data collection on religion flagged as concerns

      The City of London skyline seen from the south side of the river Thames
    • Friday, 27 October, 2023
      T Rowe Price Group Inc
      Asset manager T Rowe Price warns outflows will persist in 2024

      Shares fall for large US active fund group despite sharp rise in quarterly profit

      A woman passes the window of T Rowe Price technology development centre
    • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
      News in-depthMorgan Stanley
      How Ted Pick won Morgan Stanley’s succession race

      James Gorman took the bank from underdog to the top of Wall Street. The new chief must decide what comes next

      A montage image of Ted Pick and the Morgan Stanley logo in the background
    • Friday, 20 October, 2023
      Middle Eastern finance
      Financiers stick to ‘Davos in the Desert’ plans despite Middle East war

      Larry Fink, Jamie Dimon and Jane Fraser among those expected at Saudi investment conference

      Participants at the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh last year
    • Wednesday, 18 October, 2023
      Food & Beverage
      US cheapskates dampen high-end liquor’s party spirit

      Drinks groups mistook a pandemic bump for a long-term shift

      A man takes a bottle of bourbon from a shelf in a liquor store
    • Tuesday, 17 October, 2023
      Women in business
      Employers woo women back to work from career breaks

      Retraining and flexible hours help employees fit in after a period away from the workforce

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    • Friday, 13 October, 2023
      BlackRock Inc
      BlackRock profits jump in volatile quarter despite long-term outflows

      Asset manager reports higher than expected technology revenues

      A BlackRock building in New York
    • Thursday, 12 October, 2023
      US financial regulation
      SEC poised to shine light on short selling with stock loan disclosure

      Securities lenders would be forced to report deals within 15 minutes under proposed US rule

      The SEC headquarters in Washington, DC
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