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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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  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    BlackRock Inc
    BlackRock’s billionaire bonanza

    The asset manager’s acquisition tear makes the leadership succession process more complex

    People walk in and out of the BlackRock investment company building in New York
  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    Legal services
    US Supreme Court rulings usher in era of regulatory caution

    A push by conservatives to cut red tape will raise the bar for enforcement and cause uncertainty for business

    The US Supreme Court building with people in the foreground
  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
    Vanguard doubles down on wealth management

    The asset manager is carving out its $900bn wealth and advice business into a separate unit

  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    Vanguard Group Inc
    Vanguard to accelerate wealth management drive in restructuring

    World’s second-biggest asset manager will break advice business into separate unit

    Someone holding a mobile phone displaying a Vanguard logo
  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
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    The world’s best food markets

    FT writers and editors choose their favourite places to stock up on great local produce

    Central Market in Valencia
  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2024
    BlackRock Inc
    BlackRock agrees to buy investment firm HPS in $12bn deal

    Deal is latest move by chief Larry Fink to accelerate group’s expansion into alternative assets

    The BlackRock logo outside of its offices in New York, US, with US flags flying above
  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
    BlackRock Inc
    BlackRock has deal to buy private credit manager HPS

    Transaction for prized lender could cost $12bn and be announced after Thanksgiving holiday

    The BlackRock logo outside its offices in New York City
  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
    ESG investing
    Republican US states sue BlackRock for ‘destructive’ green agenda

    Conservatives also target Vanguard and State Street in war on ‘woke capitalism’

    A coal-fired power plant in West Virginia, US
  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
    Food & Beverage
    Waste less, earn more: a new market for food byproducts

    Companies should take advantage of opportunities created by improved technology and changing tastes

    Canned gravy and cranberries for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday are shown for sale in a grocery store in Encinitas, California
  • Tuesday, 26 November, 2024
    Financial services
    Investor Ken Leech charged over alleged $600mn ‘cherry-picking’ scheme

    Former top investment officer at Franklin Templeton’s Western Asset Management is subject of criminal and civil cases

    Ken Leech
  • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
    US Securities and Exchange Commission
    Gary Gensler to step down as SEC chair in January

    Regulator had pushed through a blizzard of new rules during his tenure

    Gary Gensler speaks at a hearing
  • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
    UK politics
    Starmer meets BlackRock boss Larry Fink in Downing Street

    Discussions between ministers and asset manager’s board covered regulatory delays and boosting UK growth

    Sir Keir Starmer, right centre, hosts an investment roundtable discussion with BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, fifth from left, and members of his executive board inside 10 Downing Street
  • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
    Equity exchanges
    French asset manager Tikehau considering New York listing

    An increasing number of European companies are looking past home exchanges to more liquid markets in US

    Mathieu Chabran and Antoine Flamarion
  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2024
    Bridgewater Associates
    Bridgewater opens strategy to retail investors through State Street ETF

    Move by famously secretive hedge fund follows others in rushing to ink deals with big names in alternative assets

    Ray Dalio speaks at an event
  • Monday, 18 November, 2024
    Insurance
    Outgoing Manulife CEO says more scrutiny of private equity deals ‘welcome’

    Roy Gori says increased oversight would be a way to reinforce confidence in the insurance industry

    Roy Gori
  • Monday, 18 November, 2024
    ESG investing
    Vanguard says shareholders can vote for profits over ESG issues

    Asset manager gives investors greater say on proxy votes as it tries to navigate backlash to ‘woke’ policies

    Vanguard logo
  • Wednesday, 13 November, 2024
    Behind the Money podcast21 min listen
    Wall Street, tech and energy during Trump’s second term

    Examining what a new Trump administration means for three key sectors

  • Saturday, 9 November, 2024
    On Wall StreetUS financial regulation
    A Wall Street giddy over Trump should remember history

    Bankers are cheering the prospects for a lighter regulatory touch, but guardrails do benefit their industry

    Traders wearing Trump hats celebrate the re-election of US President-elect Donald Trump on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
  • Friday, 8 November, 2024
    PGIM Ltd
    Prudential taps Morgan Stanley’s Chappuis to lead asset management arm

    Jacques Chappuis to join as PGIM’s chief executive in May, replacing David Hunt after his 13-year stint

    Jacques Chappuis and David Hunt
  • Thursday, 7 November, 2024
    Millennium Management LLC
    BlackRock in talks to take minority stake in Millennium

    Two groups explore strategic partnership as world’s largest asset manager seeks to expand in fast-growing alternatives

    Izzy Englander
  • Thursday, 7 November, 2024
    News in-depthUS financial regulation
    Wall Street rejoices as the bell tolls for Biden-era regulation

    Bankers, private equity executives and money managers anticipate change in personnel and tone

    Trader Michael Capolino wears a Trump hat as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
  • Tuesday, 5 November, 2024
    State Street Corp
    State Street says it is ‘shopping’ for a private credit manager

    Money manager tries to catch up with rivals as investors shift into unlisted assets

    Yie-Hsin Hung
  • Monday, 4 November, 2024
    Franklin Templeton Investments
    Franklin Templeton hit by further outflows in wake of Western probe

    US asset manager says group revenue and income will be weighed down by troubles at unit

    Jenny Johnson
  • Wednesday, 30 October, 2024
    Financial services
    The cautionary tale of Goldman and Apple’s credit card

    Retail banking is not only harder than it looks but also heavily regulated by watchdogs who take their duties very seriously

    The Apple Card is shown on a screen with a person’s hand hovering over a mobile phone
  • Sunday, 27 October, 2024
    US & Canadian companies
    BlackRock wants to talk about retirement. Climate, not so much

    The US asset manager is promoting its pension and infrastructure offerings, after an ESG backlash

    Montage of Larry Fink, BlackRock’s LifePath Paycheck site on a phone and wind turbines with chart
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