Brooke Masters
@brookeamasters.ft.com
US Managing Editor of the Financial Times
Companies are working overtime to stratify consumers, separating the haves from both the have nots and the have yachts
on.ft.com/4p6brF8 How the American dream turned out to be pay to play
on.ft.com/4p6brF8 How the American dream turned out to be pay to play
How the American dream turned out to be pay to play
[FREE TO READ] Big brands from Disney to American Express are profiting from economic divisions and making them wider
on.ft.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Companies are working overtime to stratify consumers, separating the haves from both the have nots and the have yachts
on.ft.com/4p6brF8 How the American dream turned out to be pay to play
on.ft.com/4p6brF8 How the American dream turned out to be pay to play
Getting that bubbly feeling at ABS East in Miami — my @financialtimes.com column on.ft.com/3LaKe5L
Deregulation will pour extra fuel on the private credit bonfire
The Trump administration’s looser rules could breed more ‘cockroaches’ in the lending market
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October 29, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Getting that bubbly feeling at ABS East in Miami — my @financialtimes.com column on.ft.com/3LaKe5L
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👂POD TIME👂
In which @robarmstrong.bsky.social goes all fanboy about Scott Bessent
Featuring possibly the greatest potential famous last words of all time, from SB: "Where the hell is the market risk?"
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In which @robarmstrong.bsky.social goes all fanboy about Scott Bessent
Featuring possibly the greatest potential famous last words of all time, from SB: "Where the hell is the market risk?"
www.ft.com/content/e36c...
The vigorous nods of Bessent
How the US Treasury secretary manages up
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October 29, 2025 at 11:02 AM
👂POD TIME👂
In which @robarmstrong.bsky.social goes all fanboy about Scott Bessent
Featuring possibly the greatest potential famous last words of all time, from SB: "Where the hell is the market risk?"
www.ft.com/content/e36c...
In which @robarmstrong.bsky.social goes all fanboy about Scott Bessent
Featuring possibly the greatest potential famous last words of all time, from SB: "Where the hell is the market risk?"
www.ft.com/content/e36c...
Scrapping quarterly earnings would clearly widen the gap between ordinary investors on the one hand, and company insiders or those with private sources of information on the other. on.ft.com/422X6jT
Trump’s quarterly reporting move is the wrong idea at the wrong time
[FREE TO READ] These disclosures are no passing regulatory fad but a bedrock of US markets
on.ft.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Scrapping quarterly earnings would clearly widen the gap between ordinary investors on the one hand, and company insiders or those with private sources of information on the other. on.ft.com/422X6jT
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🇺🇸👂🏼 POD TIME 👂🏼 🇺🇸
me and fast-talking New Yorker @brookeamasters.ft.com on:
-the all-American shakedown economy 💰
-chicken-fried steak 🤔
-pumpkin-spice latte 🤢
-ANZ, you're fired 😱
⛔ Please note this podcast is a Liz Truss-free zone ⛔
open.spotify.com/episode/74eJ...
me and fast-talking New Yorker @brookeamasters.ft.com on:
-the all-American shakedown economy 💰
-chicken-fried steak 🤔
-pumpkin-spice latte 🤢
-ANZ, you're fired 😱
⛔ Please note this podcast is a Liz Truss-free zone ⛔
open.spotify.com/episode/74eJ...
The people’s chip manufacturer
open.spotify.com
August 29, 2025 at 7:48 AM
🇺🇸👂🏼 POD TIME 👂🏼 🇺🇸
me and fast-talking New Yorker @brookeamasters.ft.com on:
-the all-American shakedown economy 💰
-chicken-fried steak 🤔
-pumpkin-spice latte 🤢
-ANZ, you're fired 😱
⛔ Please note this podcast is a Liz Truss-free zone ⛔
open.spotify.com/episode/74eJ...
me and fast-talking New Yorker @brookeamasters.ft.com on:
-the all-American shakedown economy 💰
-chicken-fried steak 🤔
-pumpkin-spice latte 🤢
-ANZ, you're fired 😱
⛔ Please note this podcast is a Liz Truss-free zone ⛔
open.spotify.com/episode/74eJ...
No more Mr Nice Guy. Five years after the Covid pandemic forced employers to embrace empathy and flexibility, bosses are back to laying down the law. www.ft.com/content/605b... www.ft.com/content/605b... via financialtimes.com
The boss is back
As AI bites and job cuts surge, employees are losing ground — for now
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August 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
No more Mr Nice Guy. Five years after the Covid pandemic forced employers to embrace empathy and flexibility, bosses are back to laying down the law. www.ft.com/content/605b... www.ft.com/content/605b... via financialtimes.com
The Gods of New York — Jonathan Mahler's new book is a fraught trip down memory lane for those of us who grew up in the city in the 1980s www.ft.com/content/8773... via financialtimes.com
The Gods of New York — four fraught years that transformed the Big Apple
A compelling portrait of the city argues that the ‘gladiatorial arena’ of egos in the late 1980s fractured its promise of a better life
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August 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The Gods of New York — Jonathan Mahler's new book is a fraught trip down memory lane for those of us who grew up in the city in the 1980s www.ft.com/content/8773... via financialtimes.com
Big news in the @financialtimes.com DC bureau: new hires and new assignments as we beef up our foreign policy and defense coverage. aboutus.ft.com/press_releas...
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July 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Big news in the @financialtimes.com DC bureau: new hires and new assignments as we beef up our foreign policy and defense coverage. aboutus.ft.com/press_releas...
The Maha crusade against artificial ingredients is the Trumpian equivalent of what critics call “regulation by enforcement” on.ft.com/3GU0ruo
Coca-Cola gets roped into making America healthy again
[FREE TO READ] Trump’s pressure on food and drink manufacturing raises questions of fairness and predictability
on.ft.com
July 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The Maha crusade against artificial ingredients is the Trumpian equivalent of what critics call “regulation by enforcement” on.ft.com/3GU0ruo
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but what happens when it veers into outright theft?
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Lululemon vs Costco: the fashion copycat fight
[FREE TO READ] The athleisure group is challenging public enthusiasm for ‘dupe’ products
on.ft.com
July 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but what happens when it veers into outright theft?
on.ft.com/44vZx0d
on.ft.com/44vZx0d
The US constitutional system of checks and balances is being tested with potentially profound consequences for a country founded on the principle of no more kings. Read the conversation between me and @jderbyshire.ft.com on.ft.com/4nrASkL
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June 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The US constitutional system of checks and balances is being tested with potentially profound consequences for a country founded on the principle of no more kings. Read the conversation between me and @jderbyshire.ft.com on.ft.com/4nrASkL
Americans may be openhanded with CEO pay but they react badly if their generosity has been abused. (My @financialtimes.com column) on.ft.com/3SIJLIB
Pay, perks and CEO prerogatives
[FREE TO READ] Reducing disclosure of C-suite packages under the guise of cutting red tape carries risks
on.ft.com
June 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Americans may be openhanded with CEO pay but they react badly if their generosity has been abused. (My @financialtimes.com column) on.ft.com/3SIJLIB
I’ll be on @msnbc.com tonight discussing tariffs, trump’s decision to call the military in to California and what the courts will think of both.
TONIGHT: White House escalates military response to deportation protests-ICE facilities reach capacity-& US-China trade talks
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June 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I’ll be on @msnbc.com tonight discussing tariffs, trump’s decision to call the military in to California and what the courts will think of both.
Industry enthusiasm for putting ordinary US retirement money into private assets comes as institutional investors are falling out of love with the sector and looking to cut back on.ft.com/3ZFMK8j
Should ordinary US retirement accounts be investing in private assets?
[FREE TO READ] Some worry that PE funds could become a dumping ground
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May 28, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Industry enthusiasm for putting ordinary US retirement money into private assets comes as institutional investors are falling out of love with the sector and looking to cut back on.ft.com/3ZFMK8j
The dairy industry has buckled down and started to meet Americans where they are on.ft.com/3YLBPtz
How milk got its mojo back
[FREE TO READ] The dairy industry’s efforts to woo customers away from plant products are a masterclass in corporate survival tactics
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May 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The dairy industry has buckled down and started to meet Americans where they are on.ft.com/3YLBPtz
American industry is losing one of its major global advantages, and so far most business leaders haven’t raised a peep. www.ft.com/content/f143...
Corporate America must stand up to Trump on US innovation
The failure of business to join universities in the fight for academic research is short-sighted as well as cowardly
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April 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
American industry is losing one of its major global advantages, and so far most business leaders haven’t raised a peep. www.ft.com/content/f143...
"There has always been this fear among European regulators, are we becoming too dependent on US firms? That was always countered with ‘The US is on our side’, and ‘Would you prefer the Chinese?’ Both of those factors have now changed." on.ft.com/4jV6KMb via @financialtimes.com
Trump could derail the conquering march of American finance
[FREE TO READ] A range of policies, including tariffs, are leading foreign firms to question their dependence on US funding
on.ft.com
April 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"There has always been this fear among European regulators, are we becoming too dependent on US firms? That was always countered with ‘The US is on our side’, and ‘Would you prefer the Chinese?’ Both of those factors have now changed." on.ft.com/4jV6KMb via @financialtimes.com
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We're looking for our next Fashion Editor to lead the FT Style team on FT Weekend. What a job job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
March 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
We're looking for our next Fashion Editor to lead the FT Style team on FT Weekend. What a job job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
I sat down for a fascinating lunch with the City of London's current public enemy number one: pugnacious hedge fund manager Boaz Weinstein. ft.com/content/c158... via @financialtimes.com
Hedge fund manager Boaz Weinstein: ‘I love punching a bully in the nose’
The Saba Capital founder on his campaign to shake up the UK investment sector — and why Elon Musk is right to disrupt US bureaucracy
ft.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I sat down for a fascinating lunch with the City of London's current public enemy number one: pugnacious hedge fund manager Boaz Weinstein. ft.com/content/c158... via @financialtimes.com
Vanguard CEO Salim Ramji is leading a charge into wealth management: “The mission around low cost still has a long way to go.” www.ft.com/content/6f4b...
How Vanguard plans to play disruptor again
Low fees made the group a passive investing powerhouse. But it needs to improve tech and service as it pushes into wealth management and cash accounts
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February 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Vanguard CEO Salim Ramji is leading a charge into wealth management: “The mission around low cost still has a long way to go.” www.ft.com/content/6f4b...
Vanguard is cutting fees again as it makes a big push into fixed income and wealth management www.ft.com/content/5517... via @financialtimes.com
Vanguard puts pressure on rivals with large round of fee cuts
Money manager claims reductions will save clients $350mn this year
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February 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Vanguard is cutting fees again as it makes a big push into fixed income and wealth management www.ft.com/content/5517... via @financialtimes.com
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Super interesting piece about shareholder activist litigation by @brookeamasters.bsky.social, featuring a clever quote from @annmlipton.bsky.social
Conservative legal attacks on companies are only going to become more frequent. “It’s a culture war in a very specific way." via @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/a09f...
Corporate America discovers that activists can judge-shop too
As conservatives find judicial allies, companies should expect more challenges
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January 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Super interesting piece about shareholder activist litigation by @brookeamasters.bsky.social, featuring a clever quote from @annmlipton.bsky.social
Conservative legal attacks on companies are only going to become more frequent. “It’s a culture war in a very specific way." via @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/a09f...
Corporate America discovers that activists can judge-shop too
As conservatives find judicial allies, companies should expect more challenges
www.ft.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Conservative legal attacks on companies are only going to become more frequent. “It’s a culture war in a very specific way." via @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/a09f...
It's a crazy day for Wall Street succession planning. First JPM's Jenn Piepszak took herself out of the race to replace Jamie Dimon. Now an @financialtimes.com scoop that one of BlackRock's potential future leaders Mark Wiedman, is headed for greener pastures. on.ft.com/40ftjCW
Top BlackRock executive Mark Wiedman to depart
[FREE TO READ] Move scrambles asset management giant’s plans to eventually replace founder Larry Fink
on.ft.com
January 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
It's a crazy day for Wall Street succession planning. First JPM's Jenn Piepszak took herself out of the race to replace Jamie Dimon. Now an @financialtimes.com scoop that one of BlackRock's potential future leaders Mark Wiedman, is headed for greener pastures. on.ft.com/40ftjCW
Check out this cool new @isabelberwick.bsky.social video on CEO succession for @financialtimes.com (spoiler alert: I’m in it) youtu.be/wkumQyMp0uU
How to fix the CEO succession problem | FT Working It
YouTube video by Financial Times
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December 30, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Check out this cool new @isabelberwick.bsky.social video on CEO succession for @financialtimes.com (spoiler alert: I’m in it) youtu.be/wkumQyMp0uU