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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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  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    US financial regulation
    BlackRock leads opposition to new US limits on bank ownership

    Proposal by regulators requires passive investment funds to seek approval when holdings hit 10%

    People walk into BlackRock‘s headquarters
  • Friday, 18 October, 2024
    Harvard University
    Harvard donations drop sharply in wake of criticism over Israel protests

    Donors and alumni cut gifts to west’s wealthiest university by 14% with endowment fund taking brunt of hit

    Demonstrators at a vigil for hostages on the steps of the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library at Harvard on the first anniversary of Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel
  • Wednesday, 16 October, 2024
    US & Canadian companies
    Why has your Big Mac become so much more expensive?

    Governments and business are trying to work out who to blame for cheapflation

    A Big Mac hamburger, fries and drink
  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2024
    Insurance
    Insurers embrace climate change investments as catastrophe costs mount

    Industry adopts low-carbon goals it once shunned as natural disaster losses exceed $100bn a year

    A montage of solar panels, a steel plant, a wind turbine and US dollars
  • Saturday, 12 October, 2024
    Investments
    Falling rates and growing confidence in US economy drive a bond revival

    Fixed-income ETFs see record inflows as investors seek steady returns and hedge against a stock sell-off

    The logos of Pimco, JPMorgan Chase and BlackRock, with close-ups of US dollar bills highlighted in blue in the background
  • Friday, 11 October, 2024
    BlackRock Inc
    BlackRock’s assets under management surge to record $11.5tn

    Shares hit new peak as a rebound in markets boosts results for the world’s largest money manager

    Signage of BlackRock headquarters in New York, featuring the company's name in large, metallic letters against a dark stone background.
  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    FT Film29 min
    Sequoia Capital and the evolution of the VC industry | FT Film

    Why Sequoia and the venture capital industry are up against challenging times

    The evolution of venture capital
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    HPS Investment Partners LLC
    Private lender HPS exploring $10bn sale to bidders including BlackRock

    Firm is also weighing IPO while world’s largest money manager seeks to boost its presence in alternative investments

    Larry Fink
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    COP29
    ‘You only go to the party if everyone is going’: finance bosses to skip COP29

    Business expectations lowered for summit to be held in Baku next month

    People walk past a large banner on a street promoting COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    News in-depthUS presidential election 2024
    Harris’s Wall Street charm offensive begins to pay off

    Vice-president builds ties with finance bosses in attempt to quell support for Trump

    A montage of Kamala Harris with the New York Stock Exchange building in the background
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    Wellbeing and fitness
    Ozempic is transforming your gym

    Weight-loss drugs and a new focus on wellness are pushing many exercise machines towards obsolescence

    Injection pens of Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss drug Wegovy
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    ReviewBooks
    Stolen Pride by Arlie Russell Hochschild — being the butt of a national joke

    A look at the impact of white nationalism and the far right in the Appalachias

    A coal train on the tracks. To the right is a town and on the left is a forest
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    Charles Schwab
    Charles Schwab chief Walt Bettinger to retire at end of year

    Brokerage’s longtime leader will be replaced by company president Rick Wurster

    Walt Bettinger
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    Nuveen Company
    Nuveen joins rush of asset managers to open Abu Dhabi office

    Move by US-based investment manager comes as oil-rich emirate woos financial services firms

    Nuveen signage
  • Wednesday, 25 September, 2024
    Vanguard Group Inc
    Vanguard plans fresh push into active fixed-income market

    CEO Salim Ramji cites inefficiencies and opportunities in the asset class

  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
    Europe’s battery darling runs out of juice

    Battery start-up raised more than $15bn but is struggling to secure the funds amid low production

  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    Airlines
    The fury of the frequent flyer

    Airline loyalty programmes have tested customer patience and now face government probes

    Passengers board a Bombardier CRJ200 jet, operated by United Airlines
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    Artificial intelligence
    BlackRock and Microsoft plan $30bn fund to invest in AI infrastructure

    Nvidia and Abu Dhabi-backed MGX will join effort as energy-intensive tech strains power and data grids

    The rooftop of a data centre in Johannesburg, showing multiple large cooling units with fan covers and extensive piping infrastructure
  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    News in-depthFinancial services
    Firms jostle to sell alternative assets to wealthy investors

    Critics warn of risks in selling illiquid and hard-to-value products to less experienced retail buyers

  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    US Securities and Exchange Commission
    How SEC mobile phones can signal an imminent stock price drop

    Research tracking mobile data shows how some corporate insiders avoided losses by selling around the time regulatory staff visited

    The Securities and Exchange Seal on its headquarters in Washington
  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    Wealth management
    BlackRock and Partners Group team up in latest effort to target wealthy

    Firms strike deal to offer model portfolios of alternative assets to rich individuals

    Blackrock’s New York headquarters
  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    Fund management
    PGIM becomes latest US asset manager to open Abu Dhabi office

    Oil-rich emirate draws new name as it seeks to become financial hub to rival neighbouring Dubai

    General view of the Abu Dhabi skyline
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    Fund management
    Apollo and State Street join forces on public-private credit fund

    ETF launch comes as big investment firms seek to sell alternative assets to retail investors

    Signage for Apollo Global Management in Hong Kong, China
  • Monday, 9 September, 2024
    Work & Careers
    Out of a job but not ready for the golf course: how about joining a board?

    More departing CEOs and CFOs are opting for a smorgasbord of director, consulting and mentoring roles

    A middle-aged woman in business attire leans against a glass door.
  • Saturday, 7 September, 2024
    On Wall StreetESG investing
    The way forward for ESG

    Actual owners of shares should have more say than their hired fund managers

    Protests outside BlackRock’s New York City headquarters
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