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              Arash Massoudi

              Finance and Markets Editor

              Arash Massoudi is the FT’s finance and markets editor, overseeing global coverage of markets, corporate finance, deals and private capital. Based in London, he also manages the teams behind FT Money and FT Wealth. Arash joined the FT in 2011 after working at the US Department of Commerce and has since reported from London and New York.

              His journalism has been recognised for awards for reporting on Tesla, SoftBank, Greensill Capital and HNA Group. In 2024, he was part of the team that won the Gerald Loeb Award for coverage of Credit Suisse's collapse.

              Arash is the co-creator and edits Due Diligence, the FT's finance and deals newsletter, and helped launch the FT's sport business coverage and Scoreboard newsletter. He also hosts two flagship FT conferences: DD Live and the Business of Football Summit.

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              • Monday, 30 December, 2024
                FT Globetrotter
                London’s best new restaurants of 2024

                This year’s top tables, as selected by FT editors and writers

                Framed vintage illustrations covering a green wall behind a dark-wood banquette and marble tables at Cloth
              • Friday, 13 December, 2024
                Citadel LLC
                Hedge fund Citadel poaches second Elliott portfolio manager in London

                Move by Pawel Serej indicates Ken Griffin’s hedge fund may adopt more activist tactics

                Ken Griffin, founder and chief executive of Citadel
              • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
                Abu Dhabi National Oil Co
                Former BP chief Looney joins board of Abu Dhabi energy group XRG

                Blackstone president Jonathan Gray also appointed to board

                Bernard Looney speaks during an interview
              • 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, 20 November, 2024
                US politics & policy
                Marc Rowan emerges as a top contender to be Trump’s Treasury secretary

                Private equity billionaire considering job and set to meet president-elect on Wednesday

                Marc Rowan speaks during a panel discussion
              • Thursday, 14 November, 2024
                Microsoft Corp
                US regulators plan to investigate Microsoft’s cloud business

                FTC chair Lina Khan continues to pursue Big Tech in final days of Biden presidency

                Lina Khan alongside Microsoft and Azure logos
              • Monday, 11 November, 2024
                Citadel LLC
                Citadel poaches Elliott Management veteran Bhanji

                London-based portfolio manager worked on some of activist hedge fund’s most high-profile campaigns

                Nabeel Bhanji
              • Thursday, 7 November, 2024
                News in-depthCarrefour SA
                Carrefour seeks way out of strategic impasse

                French supermarket group is examining several options including disposals as share price lags behind peers

                A Carrefour supermarket employee is seen from behind as she pushes a cart with boxes down an aisle stocked with various packaged goods
              • Sunday, 27 October, 2024
                Prosus
                New boss seeks to bring Naspers out of Tencent’s shadow

                Fabricio Bloisi will overhaul corporate culture and pay structures in search of growth beyond its stake in the Chinese internet giant

                Fabricio Bloisi
              • Wednesday, 16 October, 2024
                Tate & Lyle PLC
                Advent International prepares takeover bid for Tate & Lyle

                Offer for ingredients group would mark private equity’s latest attempt to acquire a London-listed company

                Tate & Lyle’s logo on the company’s building in London, England
              • 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
                IPOs
                Europastry’s ‘frozen croissant’ IPO delayed a second time

                Gallés family withdraws flotation after bankers say prospective €1.5bn valuation was thought to be too high by some investors

                The cereal research centre at Europastry’s laboratory in Sant Joan Despi, Spain
              • Friday, 4 October, 2024
                Shein
                Shein’s elusive founder holds pre-IPO investor meetings in London

                Sky Xu’s pitch comes as fast-fashion group still awaits regulatory approvals

                People walk past a Shein poster ad
              • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
                News in-depthUniCredit SpA
                Anatomy of a trade: how UniCredit built its Commerzbank stake

                Italian lender sidestepped bank ownership rules to build 21% position in German rival

                Montage of Andrea Orcel with Barclays, Bank of America, UniCredit and Commerzbank logos and euro notes in the background
              • Friday, 27 September, 2024
                General Atlantic LLC
                General Atlantic nears £800mn deal to buy UK’s Learning Technologies

                London-based group is ‘minded to recommend’ the 100p per share offer from private equity group

                General Atlantic logo
              • Saturday, 21 September, 2024
                FT SeriesThe FT Magazine’s Guide to the Business Lunch
                The FT’s favourite business lunch restaurants in London

                17 venues in and around the City worth rescheduling your 2pm for, and the best tables at each

                A stylish restaurant interior with round tables covered in white tablecloths, surrounded by wicker-backed chairs. Two black-and-white framed portraits hang on the wall
              • Thursday, 19 September, 2024
                Axel Springer SE
                Axel Springer agrees €13.5bn break-up deal with KKR

                Media division will be split from classifieds business

                Mathias Döpfner, Axel Springer’s chief executive
              • Saturday, 14 September, 2024
                Axel Springer SE
                Axel Springer and KKR near deal on €13.5bn break-up

                Agreement to be discussed next week could cement Mathias Döpfner’s control over media outlets Politico and Bild

                Mathias Döpfner at the Axel Springer award in October 2023
              • Monday, 9 September, 2024
                OCI Chemical Corporation
                OCI hits $11.6bn in sale proceeds with disposal of methanol unit

                Nassef Sawiris-led chemicals group agrees $2bn sell-off to Methanex as part of ambitious break-up plan

                A portrait of Nassef Sawiris sitting at his desk
              • Saturday, 7 September, 2024
                Chelsea FC PLC
                Power struggle looms at Chelsea FC as US co-owners’ relationship sours

                Ties between Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital have frayed since the record £2.5bn takeover

              • Wednesday, 14 August, 2024
                JPMorgan Chase & Co
                JPMorgan reshuffle erodes power base of Jamie Dimon’s top deputy

                Exits of protégés have raised questions about Daniel Pinto’s future and the bank’s succession plans

                A montage of Jamie Dimon and Daniel Pinto with the JPMorgan logo in the background
              • Tuesday, 6 August, 2024
                KKR & Co LP
                KKR nears $800mn deal to acquire corporate PR firm from WPP

                Private equity group’s offer values FGS Global at about $1.6bn

                KKR logo
              • Monday, 5 August, 2024
                Woodside Energy Group
                Woodside to buy OCI Global’s ‘blue’ ammonia project for $2.3bn

                Australian group’s quick second deal for US assets comes as Nassef Sawiris continues with OCI break-up plan

                Nassef Sawiris
              • Monday, 29 July, 2024
                WPP PLC
                WPP names former BT boss Philip Jansen as new chair

                Appointment comes as advertising industry grapples with arrival of artificial intelligence tools

                Signage for WPP
              • Friday, 26 July, 2024
                Bill Ackman
                Ackman postpones Pershing Square IPO after scaling back expectations

                Delay marks a setback for the billionaire hedge fund manager who hoped for one of the largest listings in history

                Bill Ackman
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