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‘Nuclear bomb’ ruling on car finance could spur UK bank deals - Patrick Jenkins column here on rising expectations of UK bank M&A ft.com/content/b028a1…

Meredith Whitney here on a potential positive for the US economy - the huge scope for householders to tap home equity lines of credit ft.com/content/2cc26c…

‘I have been making this recipe since I came across it in 2004.’ FT Financial opinion editor Tony Tassell chooses this week’s recipe on.ft.com/3XIwnXF

What is behind the dramatic shift in markets - column here from Mohamed A. El-Erian. Striking graph from Ray Douglas ft.com/content/7568e7…

Everyone needs to be reading Gillian Tett now. This an important column - on how tariffs on goods under a Trump administration may be a prelude to tariffs on money. If that happens we have a long way to go in turmoil in markets/finance/geopolitics. ft.com/content/b1bf08…

Jack's back: 'Our problems haven't vanished, but we have hope again' ... brilliant Financial Times big read from Zijing Wu & Eleanor Olcott on Alibaba, AI and the resurrection of the Alibaba founder... ft.com/content/df2bcc…

+44% increase in attendance by US investors at Morgan Stanley's European financials conference today Underscoring the BofA survey which also showed the swiftest rotation from US equities to European ever

Review here of a book by my former colleague Emily Feng 冯哲芸 who did some ground-breaking work on Xinjiang at the FT. Now at NPR, her book Let Only Red Flowers Bloom chronicles the lives of Chinese people under Xi ft.com/content/0900e1…

Barry Eichengreen long been a reference point for views on the dollar. In this sweeping piece, he looks at the how the dollar’s dominance - forged on trade, relationships and institutions - is under threat. “Who would have thought it would come to this?” ft.com/content/8a71dc…

People (we) are calling it “the best job in journalism”. And it could be yours! on.ft.com/41Nc11W

SCOOP: Andreessen Horowitz in talks to help buy out TikTok’s Chinese owners The politically connected firm is in serious talks ahead of April 5 deal deadline. ⁦Antoine Gara⁩ ⁦George Hammond⁩ ⁦Hannah Murphy⁩ ⁦James Fontanella-Khan⁩ on.ft.com/4jbjM7F

Many thanks to Tony Tassell and the Financial Times for inviting me to share the Absolute Strategy Research view on the risks to global capital flows from the hiatus in global trade following the #liberationday tariff announcements ft.com/content/c56480…

Wall Street’s dealmakers are in survival mode. M&A deal account is at two-decade low, IPOs are struggling, layoffs are coming, and now Trump’s tariffs are sending markets into tailspin. This may be not just a downturn but a reckoning. My column in @ft today

My op-ed on SLR and Treasury Market @ft today: A mooted fix for the Treasury market may actually increase systemic risk ft.com/content/478628…

Next week will be my last at the Sunday Times. I am excited to say that I will be joining the FT in July to become the banking and fintech correspondent. I have had an amazing four years at the Sunday Times and have learnt so much from one of the best teams on Fleet Street.

Investing naysayers have let gloom override judgment under Donald Trump - FT column by David Zervos chief market strategist at Jefferies ft.com/content/5d8081…

SCOOP Pentagon has launched review of #Aukus to decide if should continue with US-UK-Australia #submarine deal. Review led by Bridge Colby (Under Secretary of Defense Elbridge Colby) who has previously expressed scepticism about the deal. Has sparked anxiety in Canberra and London. on.ft.com/3HCXxtQ

🚨 Thought it might be worth posting that I'm going freelance. I really enjoyed working as a staff writer at The Londoner and I'm very proud of the features I produced there (linked below). Editors, please get in touch if you need some writing or just want to meet for a chat.