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Patrick Jenkins

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Patrick Jenkins is Deputy Editor of the Financial Times.  Before his appointment, Patrick served as financial editor for over five years, shaping FT’s overall financial coverage and managing several teams, including banking, markets and Lex. 

Patrick joined the FT in 1998 and reported for FT Money and UK companies. He has been Frankfurt correspondent, Companies editor and Banking editor.

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  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Inside BusinessESG investing
    The new ESG realpolitik and the fossil fuel bonanza

    Frankness over the need for oil and gas is required in the transition to a greener future

  • Friday, 6 May, 2022
    Stablecoins
    ‘Bad things will happen’ if stablecoins are not regulated soon

    Top Republican tells FT that Congress should write new rules for fast-growing cryptocurrency

  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    Inside BusinessInvestor activism
    Elon Musk blazes trail for new-model investor activism

    Underperforming companies are vulnerable to increasing pressure

  • Monday, 11 April, 2022
    Inside BusinessCryptocurrencies
    Can crypto fill the gap left by Russian money in the UK?

    By connecting himself so personally to the concept, the chancellor is taking a big punt himself

  • Tuesday, 29 March, 2022
    Inside BusinessRussian business & finance
    Russia investors should put morals ahead of profiteering

    For sanctions to bite hard, there can be no compromise in economic measures to counter Ukraine invasion

  • Monday, 14 March, 2022
    Inside BusinessWar in Ukraine
    Fall of Lehman shows how unpredictable impact of Russian sanctions could be

    The world should take lessons from 2008 and brace for a financial and economic shock

  • Tuesday, 22 February, 2022
    Inside BusinessEuropean banks
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    Hopes of fatter margins on lending are offset by risks ignored by investors at their peril

  • Monday, 7 February, 2022
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    Climate disasters are like another 9/11 for insurers 

    Jump in prices to insure against flood and fire risks helps lead to boom-time conditions

  • Friday, 4 February, 2022
    British Museum
    Osborne taps backers to raise £1bn for ‘radical’ renovation of British Museum

    Government and private funding sought for modernisation of 170-year-old cultural institution

  • Monday, 24 January, 2022
    Inside BusinessBanks
    Pay problems: what Goldman Sachs and Ireland’s AIB have in common

    Both face a pressure point over remuneration for their bankers

  • Monday, 10 January, 2022
    Inside BusinessChinese business & finance
    Licence to kill: why a 0.007% yield could be dangerous

    Rising use of a centuries-old trade finance product in China raises concerns

  • Monday, 3 January, 2022
    FT Globetrotter
    Patrick Jenkins’ guide to Frankfurt’s Nordend

    From lakeside idylls to fine wine, the FT’s deputy editor returns to his favourite spots away from the banking hubbub

  • Monday, 20 December, 2021
    Inside BusinessCentral banks
    The dangers of politicising ‘independent’ central banks

    Pressure grows on the Fed, BoE and others as governments wrestle with debt, Covid crises and inflation

  • Sunday, 5 December, 2021
    Inside BusinessGerman economy
    Berlin airport shows new German government how not to finance growth

    The coalition agreement is clear that private sector money should be used to support investment

  • Monday, 22 November, 2021
    Inside BusinessEuropean banks
    Why European banks have failed to crack the US

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  • Monday, 8 November, 2021
    Inside BusinessBanks
    Why Carlyle is betting on an interest rate windfall at Metro

    Private equity interest in mid-tier UK retail banks reflects hopes for a turn in the sector’s fortunes

  • Monday, 25 October, 2021
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  • Sunday, 24 October, 2021
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  • Tuesday, 14 September, 2021
    FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign4 min
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