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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, 9 January, 2025
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    A Blackrock sign on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
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  • Tuesday, 31 December, 2024
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  • Friday, 27 December, 2024
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  • Tuesday, 17 December, 2024
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    Powerful US groups are shaking up the market and forcing their transatlantic rivals to partner and scale up — or exit the sector

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  • Sunday, 15 December, 2024
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  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
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  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
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  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2024
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  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
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    Conservatives also target Vanguard and State Street in war on ‘woke capitalism’

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  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
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  • Tuesday, 26 November, 2024
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    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

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

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  • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
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  • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
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