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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.

Meet Brooke

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  • Tuesday, 20 August, 2024
    Employment
    The US tipping system is teetering

    Customers are growing more resentful as gratuities soar

    James Ferguson illustration of a waiter trying to balance a tray holding a leaning tip jar
  • Tuesday, 20 August, 2024
    Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia
    Saudi wealth fund brings era of easy money to an end

    Once considered a cash cow by dealmakers, PIF has slowed spending on global investments, bankers say

    Mohammed Bin Salman, Riyadh skyline and logos of Softbank, Lucid Motors and BlackRock
  • Monday, 19 August, 2024
    News in-depthUS presidential election 2024
    ‘Little upside and a lot of risk’: Harris-Trump clash tests US CEOs

    Executives hope for a more business-friendly Democrat but remain reluctant to take a public position

    US President Joe Biden enters the stage with Vice-President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris during an event on Medicare drug price negotiations
  • Tuesday, 6 August, 2024
    Renewable energy
    Carbon ‘insets’ tackle emissions by unleashing the power of capitalism

    The certificates trace reduction instead of offsetting it with unconnected activity like planting trees

    A passenger aircraft is silhouetted by the setting sun
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    Consumer trends
    Brand loyalty ain’t what it used to be

    When concerns about high prices prompted shoppers to look around, many liked what they saw

    Supermodel Cindy Crawford drinks a Pepsi in an award-winning ad produced for regular Pepsi in 1991
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    BlackRock Inc
    Top BlackRock executive benefits from unusual ‘points-style’ bonus pay

    Rob Kapito in line for at least $20mn in retirement incentives beyond annual pay and company stock

    Rob Kapito, president of BlackRock, speaks at the Global Financial Leaders Investment Summit in Hong Kong
  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
    US financial regulation
    US regulators seek to limit asset managers’ sway over big banks

    Investment groups are alarmed by efforts to curb their influence on governance and strategy at American lenders

    Martin Gruenberg
  • Monday, 29 July, 2024
    The Big Read
    BlackRock’s Larry Fink won’t be rushed in the search for his successors

    The head of the giant asset manager has been grooming a new top team for more than a decade. Some worry he is taking too long

    Larry Fink
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    Exchange traded funds
    Vanguard warns investors over company stake limits

    Asset manager says US regulators could enforce ownership caps, raising costs for index-tracking funds

  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2024
    Behind the Money podcast18 min listen
    Less regulation, more problems?

    Recent US Supreme Court decisions curtail federal agencies’ power

  • Tuesday, 23 July, 2024
    US financial regulation
    Transparency rules for US private funds lapse after SEC allows deadline to pass

    Appeals court ruling that found financial regulator had exceeded its authority will stand

    The US Securities and Exchange Commission logo outside its headquarters in Washington
  • Saturday, 20 July, 2024
    ObituarySocial affairs
    Ruth Westheimer, sex therapist, 1928-2024

    Known to millions from radio, TV and books as ‘Dr Ruth’ she revolutionised the way Americans thought and talked about sex

    An elderly woman holds a microphone while laughing
  • Friday, 19 July, 2024
    InterviewLunch with the FT
    Corporate lawyer Faiza Saeed: ‘There’s a human element to all deals’

    The powerbroker with a ringside seat to big US mergers on knife-edge decision-making — and how clients can become friends

    A watercolour illustration of a smiling mid-aged woman wearing a leopard-print blouse seated in a restaurant
  • Thursday, 18 July, 2024
    Collecting
    Ken Griffin buys 150mn-year-old stegosaurus for $44.6mn

    Citadel founder purchases nearly complete specimen at Sotheby’s auction

    The skeleton of ‘Apex’ the Stegosaurus
  • Monday, 15 July, 2024
    BlackRock Inc
    BlackRock’s Fink highlights ‘barbell effect’ as investors return to fixed income

    World’s largest money manager sees assets under management hit record high of $10.6tn

    Larry Fink
  • Friday, 12 July, 2024
    US banks
    Big US banks warn of stress among lower-income consumers

    Earnings from lending fall at JPMorgan, Citigroup and Wells Fargo in second quarter

    A view of the exterior of the JPMorgan headquarters in New York
  • Thursday, 11 July, 2024
    Envestnet Inc
    Wall Street groups to buy software maker Envestnet for $4.5bn

    Consortium bets on growing demand for independent asset management among younger, more tech-savvy clients

    Logo of Bain Capital on a purple background
  • Thursday, 11 July, 2024
    Financial & markets regulation
    US businesses may soon find that deregulation comes with risks

    Recent Supreme Court decisions have hamstrung regulators but they will also make things much more complex

    A judge’s gavel smashes a tough nut
  • Thursday, 4 July, 2024
    Preqin Ltd
    The BlackRock private data deal that minted a UK billionaire

    Sale of Preqin for £2.5bn has catapulted founder Mark O’Hare into ranks of Britain’s wealthiest people

    Larry Fink, Mark O’Hare and the logos of BlackRock and Preqin
  • Wednesday, 3 July, 2024
    ESG investing
    Conservative challenge to NYC fossil-fuel divestments thrown out by judge

    Case is part of a flurry of lawsuits over socially conscious investment decisions

    An environmental activist marching in Manhattan
  • Tuesday, 2 July, 2024
    Climate change
    BlackRock navigates climate proposals with new voting policy

    World’s biggest asset manager attempts to balance the demands of European and US clients on decarbonisation

    BlackRock’s logo on its offices in New York
  • Tuesday, 2 July, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    Trump is a threat to US economy and democracy, Kenneth Frazier says

    Former Merck boss urges business leaders to consider risk posed by ex-president to the rule of law

    Kenneth Frazier
  • Monday, 1 July, 2024
    Silvergate Bank
    Collapsed FTX-linked lender Silvergate pays $63mn to settle probes

    California-based bank had grown as it drew in crypto customers but later failed after billions were withdrawn

    Silvergate Bank headquarters in La Jolla, California
  • Monday, 1 July, 2024
    BlackRock Inc
    BlackRock to acquire UK data group Preqin for £2.55bn

    Pursuit of data providers has grown alongside demand for ever more granular financial information

    BlackRock’s New York office
  • Saturday, 29 June, 2024
    ESG investing
    BlackRock throws support behind effort to move pensions beyond ESG

    The $10.5tn money manager emphasises investor choice after a backlash to its advocacy for sustainable investing

    The BlackRock logo on its New York headquarters
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