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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.

                Email Brooke Masters @brookeamasters  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)

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                • Saturday, 30 September, 2023
                  Gramercy Funds Management LLC
                  US hedge fund provides record loan for environmental lawsuits

                  Gramercy’s $552.5mn funding will support pollution cases against BHP and Vale, and 14 carmakers over ‘dieselgate’

                • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
                  JPMorgan Chase & Co
                  JPMorgan’s decision to settle over Epstein was a long time coming

                  As the lawsuits dragged on, the more executive time they consumed and the worse the details looked

                  JPMorgan’s headquarters in New York
                • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
                  US Securities and Exchange Commission
                  SEC cracks down on misleading fund names over industry objections

                  Changes require ETFs and mutual funds to hold 80% of their assets in line with their labels

                  The Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters in Washington
                • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
                  Climate change
                  Yellen warns of ‘significant economic costs’ of climate change

                  US Treasury sets out new voluntary ‘principles’ to spur investment and combat greenwashing

                  Janet Yellen speaking at a meeting in New York on September 18 2023
                • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
                  Fund management
                  Fund industry braced for SEC crackdown on deceptive product labels

                  Overhaul would require 80% of a fund’s portfolio to match its name

                  Gary Gensler, SEC chair, speaks at a hearing
                • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
                  The CEO
                  American Express’s Steve Squeri: ‘If you’re not ready for the upswing, you’ve missed’

                  Chief executive who made bold moves during pandemic is facing fresh economic upheaval

                  Steve Squeri
                • Saturday, 16 September, 2023
                  Sexual misconduct allegations
                  Sex, lies and magical thinking about CEO behaviour

                  The departure of Bernard Looney is another example of how boards are stepping up their scrutiny

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                • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
                  US financial regulation
                  Private funds prepare to spend billions on compliance after SEC rule

                  New regulations on disclosure and expenses are ‘keeping general counsels up at night’

                • Sunday, 10 September, 2023
                  Climate change
                  BlackRock breaks with Glencore over environment policy

                  Latest filings show two top 10 shareholders voted against Swiss miner’s climate plan

                  Glencore’s Bulga Coal Complex
                • Friday, 8 September, 2023
                  First Republic
                  FDIC acknowledges ‘too generous’ view of First Republic’s liquidity

                  US regulator’s report says it could have done more to address risks before bank failed

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                • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
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                • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
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                  Why do Brits make such bad managers?

                  Unlike Americans, they don't seem to take management seriously

                • Monday, 4 September, 2023
                  Non-Fiction
                  Taming the Street — the SEC and the battle to clean up America’s financial markets

                  Diana B Henriques’ history of Wall Street and Washington from the late 1920s to the start of the second world war is both riveting and timely

                • Friday, 1 September, 2023
                  US financial regulation
                  Private funds sue to stop ‘unlawful’ SEC disclosure rules

                  Plaintiffs ask the court to intervene on US regulator’s measures they say will harm the industry and their investors

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                • Friday, 1 September, 2023
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                  The world will need to stop piggybacking on US pharma

                  Medicare’s negotiations on the cost of medicines could affect how drug research is funded globally

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                • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
                  US Securities and Exchange Commission
                  Gensler unleashes biggest SEC regulatory blitz since financial crisis

                  US watchdog has proposed 47 rules affecting market participants under chair’s leadership

                  Gary Gensler
                • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
                  Cryptocurrencies
                  Crypto vs SEC: What Grayscale’s court victory means for bitcoin ETFs

                  Despite a win for the besieged crypto industry, there is no guarantee that regulators are ready to open the floodgates

                  A montage of bitcoin with the logos of Grayscale and the SEC
                • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
                  Cryptocurrencies
                  Grayscale scores big court win against SEC over bitcoin ETF

                  Price of crypto token shoots higher after regulator’s decision to reject application found to be ‘arbitrary’

                  Representation of bitcoin token
                • Monday, 28 August, 2023
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                  Vanguard’s backing for green and social proposals falls to 2%

                  Asset manager joins BlackRock in cutting support for investor resolutions it considers ‘overly prescriptive’

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                • Saturday, 26 August, 2023
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                  Presidential candidate makes polling gains by capitalising on image as successful businessman

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                • Saturday, 26 August, 2023
                  BlackRock Inc
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                  New York City comptroller accuses $9.4tn asset management group of giving in to ‘war against ESG’

                  BlackRock headquarters in New York
                • Friday, 25 August, 2023
                  US financial regulation
                  Hester Peirce, Republican thorn in the SEC’s side

                  Donald Trump appointee has spent the past three years fighting efforts to boost financial regulation

                  Hester Peirce
                • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
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                  Wagner group’s Prigozhin presumed dead

                  Nvidia’s revenue more than doubled in the latest quarter

                • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
                  US financial regulation
                  US regulators impose tougher disclosure rules on private funds

                  SEC adopts the biggest shake-up of private equity, real estate and hedge funds in more than a decade

                  Seal of the US Securities and Exchange Commission
                • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
                  BlackRock Inc
                  BlackRock’s support for climate and social resolutions falls sharply

                  Asset manager blames proposals that are ‘overreaching’ or ‘simply redundant’

                  Larry Fink
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