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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.

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    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
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      Money market madness

      Nickel market could face widespread problems after instances of fraud start to emerge

    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
      US banks
      Money market funds swell by more than $286bn amid deposit flight

      Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Fidelity benefit from big inflows amid turmoil in financial sector

    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
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      First Republic hit by succession crisis before Fed began raising rates

      C-suite turmoil and shaky business model left US lender exposed to tighter monetary policy

    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
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      Banker accountability is easier to demand than deliver

      Better financial conditions made it possible to believe that problems had been fixed — until the last two weeks

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
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      Will a $3bn bailout be enough for Sri Lanka?

      First Republic plunges on deposit flight and credit rating hit

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
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      Shares of lender plummet after rating downgrade despite $30bn lifeline last week

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
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      FDIC says it will entertain separate offers for main lender and wealth unit

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
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      Current banking wobbles make a mockery of claims that government-funded rescues were a thing of the past

    • Saturday, 18 March, 2023
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      Silicon Valley Bank was warned by BlackRock that risk controls were weak

      Consultants said systems lagged behind peers more than a year before lender’s collapse fomented a banking crisis

    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
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      White House calls on Congress to authorise clawbacks of share sales and industry bans

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
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      Janet Yellen, Jamie Dimon and Jay Powell devised plan for banks to deposit $30bn into California lender

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
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      Shareholders are worried about lower profits and more regulation after collapse of Silicon Valley Bank

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
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      BlackRock chief executive fears ‘more seizures and shutdowns’ of banks possible after ‘decades of easy money’

    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
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    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
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    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
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    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
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      Tech-focused lender failed in eleventh-hour attempt to raise new capital after facing $42bn in deposit outflows

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      Investors worry over the value of sector’s bond portfolios and falling deposits

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      Hamilton Lane warns venture capital-backed companies face downgrades

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
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