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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, 31 December, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
    Biden’s departing gift to Ukraine

    Biden administration races to provide Kyiv with additional support before Donald Trump takes office

  • Monday, 30 December, 2024
    BlackRock Inc
    BlackRock and FDIC on course for early 2025 clash over bank stakes

    US watchdog is seeking greater scrutiny over asset management giant’s vast holdings in lenders

    The FDIC logo is displayed on a wooden surface.
  • Monday, 30 December, 2024
    Investing in funds
    Stockpicking funds suffer record $450bn of outflows

    Shift into passive strategies and ETFs has accelerated as performance of pricier mutual funds lags behind benchmarks

    A large US flag hangs on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange building.
  • Monday, 30 December, 2024
    News in-depthWorking It16 min
    How to fix the CEO succession problem | FT Working It

    CEO turnover is at an all-time high. So why aren’t some businesses putting plans in place?

    FT Working It - The succession problem
  • Monday, 30 December, 2024
    News in-depthLaw
    Fight over ‘forum shopping’ heads for US Supreme Court

    Case could give justices a chance to curb the rush to sue in the most ideologically friendly venues

    The US Supreme Court
  • Friday, 27 December, 2024
    US financial regulation
    Vanguard strikes deal with FDIC over huge holdings in US banks

    $10tn money manager agrees to curbs on influencing decisions of mid-sized and regional lenders

    Vanguard sign
  • Tuesday, 17 December, 2024
    The Big Read
    The relentless advance of American asset managers in Europe

    Powerful US groups are shaking up the market and forcing their transatlantic rivals to partner and scale up — or exit the sector

    Montage of the City of London skyline with logos in the background of Goldmans Sachs, Vanguard, BlackRock and JPMorgan Chase
  • Sunday, 15 December, 2024
    US financial regulation
    Trump’s recruitment of watchdog chiefs impeded by talk of regulatory cuts

    Advisers to incoming president float plans to consolidate patchwork of banking bodies

    Consumer Financial Protection Bureau signage
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    BlackRock Inc
    BlackRock’s billionaire bonanza

    The asset manager’s acquisition tear makes the leadership succession process more complex

    People walk in and out of the BlackRock investment company building in New York
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    Behind the Money podcast23 min listen
    What Trump’s presidency means for banking

    Listen to a live recording from the FT Global Banking Summit!

  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    Legal services
    US Supreme Court rulings usher in era of regulatory caution

    A push by conservatives to cut red tape will raise the bar for enforcement and cause uncertainty for business

    The US Supreme Court building with people in the foreground
  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
    Vanguard doubles down on wealth management

    The asset manager is carving out its $900bn wealth and advice business into a separate unit

  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    Vanguard Group Inc
    Vanguard to accelerate wealth management drive in restructuring

    World’s second-biggest asset manager will break advice business into separate unit

    Someone holding a mobile phone displaying a Vanguard logo
  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    HTSI
    The world’s best food markets

    FT writers and editors choose their favourite places to stock up on great local produce

    Central Market in Valencia
  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2024
    BlackRock Inc
    BlackRock agrees to buy investment firm HPS in $12bn deal

    Deal is latest move by chief Larry Fink to accelerate group’s expansion into alternative assets

    The BlackRock logo outside of its offices in New York, US, with US flags flying above
  • 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, 27 November, 2024
    ESG investing
    Republican US states sue BlackRock for ‘destructive’ green agenda

    Conservatives also target Vanguard and State Street in war on ‘woke capitalism’

    A coal-fired power plant in West Virginia, US
  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
    Food & Beverage
    Waste less, earn more: a new market for food byproducts

    Companies should take advantage of opportunities created by improved technology and changing tastes

    Canned gravy and cranberries for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday are shown for sale in a grocery store in Encinitas, California
  • Tuesday, 26 November, 2024
    Financial services
    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

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

    Regulator had pushed through a blizzard of new rules during his tenure

    Gary Gensler speaks at a hearing
  • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
    UK politics
    Starmer meets BlackRock boss Larry Fink in Downing Street

    Discussions between ministers and asset manager’s board covered regulatory delays and boosting UK growth

    Sir Keir Starmer, right centre, hosts an investment roundtable discussion with BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, fifth from left, and members of his executive board inside 10 Downing Street
  • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
    Equity exchanges
    French asset manager Tikehau considering New York listing

    An increasing number of European companies are looking past home exchanges to more liquid markets in US

    Mathieu Chabran and Antoine Flamarion
  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2024
    Bridgewater Associates
    Bridgewater opens strategy to retail investors through State Street ETF

    Move by famously secretive hedge fund follows others in rushing to ink deals with big names in alternative assets

    Ray Dalio speaks at an event
  • Monday, 18 November, 2024
    Insurance
    Outgoing Manulife CEO says more scrutiny of private equity deals ‘welcome’

    Roy Gori says increased oversight would be a way to reinforce confidence in the insurance industry

    Roy Gori
  • Monday, 18 November, 2024
    ESG investing
    Vanguard says shareholders can vote for profits over ESG issues

    Asset manager gives investors greater say on proxy votes as it tries to navigate backlash to ‘woke’ policies

    Vanguard logo
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