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Emma Dunkley

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Investment reporter for the Financial Times. Gooner

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A Reader of the FT @a-reader-ft.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Fund managers prepare for ‘reckoning’ in US tech sector—The IMF, the Bank for International Settlements, the Bank of England and the European Central Bank are among those to issue warnings about valuations. www.ft.com/content/48d9... @emdunks.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
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Fund managers prepare for ‘reckoning’ in US tech sector
Some investors reduce positions or buy protection for their portfolios amid concerns over valuations
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A Reader of the FT @a-reader-ft.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Can the world’s largest listed hedge fund rebound?-Shares in the world’s largest listed hedge fund had fallen 36 per cent in the past year, key strategies were in the red and wealthy individuals were pulling their money. www.ft.com/content/3581... @emdunks.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
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Can the world’s largest listed hedge fund rebound?
Falling share price, investor withdrawals and lacklustre performance present a strategic dilemma for Man Group
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Todd Tucker @toddntucker.com · 19/08/2025
On the fight for easier access to CATASTROPHE BONDS! It's 2025: Bet on natural disasters for your retirement security. From @leeharris.ft.com @emdunks.bsky.social. www.ft.com/content/82c7...
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Retail investors fight for right to bet on natural disasters
Asset managers push back against an EU attempt to curb access to fast-growing market for catastrophe bonds
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Emma Dunkley @emdunks.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Excl: the Pru has kicked off a search to replace chair Shriti Vadera, the former government minister. She was also among the city grandees to be scouted for HSBC’s chair, but sources said she declined www.ft.com/content/7dfa... @leeharris.ft.com
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Prudential launches search to replace chair Shriti Vadera
Former minister has ruled herself out of race to be new HSBC chair
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Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 18/07/2025
HT @ewan.thekirks.co.uk who I think first told me about this.
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A Reader of the FT @a-reader-ft.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Vanguard cuts fund fees as competition in Europe heats up—Debbie Fuhr, founder of research firm ETFGI, said: “What we’re seeing is firms are trying to compete on fees because… www.ft.com/content/8663... @emdunks.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
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Vanguard cuts fund fees as competition in Europe heats up
World’s second-largest asset manager estimates reduction will save investors $3.5mn a year
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Emma Dunkley @emdunks.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Excl: L&G, one of Europe’s largest asset managers, is merging divisions and cutting jobs in an attempt to slash costs and focus on faster-growing markets www.ft.com/content/7df4... with @leeharris.ft.com
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Legal & General merges divisions and cuts jobs across asset management
Move comes amid FTSE 100 company’s wider restructuring in push to acquire more private assets
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Emma Dunkley @emdunks.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Excl: Rachel Reeves prepares to launch review of the ISA market in a move that could pave the way for a big shake up, as the government seeks to encourage savers to invest in London-listed stocks www.ft.com/content/2b0a...
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Rachel Reeves prepares to launch Isa review
Treasury to begin consultation as UK chancellor looks to encourage savers to invest in domestic stocks
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Mike Harrison @higheredactuary.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Excellent reporting in today’s FT. “Get your hands off our assets.” Sincerely, The UK pensions industry. (Discuss…) @emdunks.bsky.social @georgewparker.bsky.social @henrytapper.bsky.social @stevewebb1.bsky.social @pensionsdave.bsky.social @johnralfe.bsky.social @jonstapleton.bsky.social
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Emma Dunkley @emdunks.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
ICYMI: Vanguard, one of the world’s largest asset managers, has ruled out re-entering China in its big international push www.ft.com/content/35fd...
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Vanguard rules out China in big international push
Second-largest asset manager has its sights set on UK, Europe, Canada, Latin America and Australia instead
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Emma Dunkley @emdunks.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Former fund manager Neil Woodford plots comeback with investment service “W4.0” www.ft.com/content/05d8...
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Neil Woodford plots comeback with new investment service ‘W4.0’
Former star fund manager will sell stockpicking strategies to subscribers six years after downfall
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Sam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
New: Russia’s executions of Ukrainian prisoners point to systematic policy. Investigation with @christopherjm.ft.com @joesinft.ft.com @alisonkilling.bsky.social @digitalcampbell.ft.com @peter.andringa.me
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Russia’s executions of Ukrainian prisoners point to systematic policy
[FREE TO READ] FT documentary investigates rise in cases of Russian soldiers executing Ukrainian POWs
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
this is such a brilliant interview/profile with Peter Mandelson by @georgewparker.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/085e...
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Jamie John @jamie-john.ft.com · 31/01/2025
City firms urge Rachel Reeves to curb cash Isas - on.ft.com/3WIQBjs via @FT
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City firms urge Rachel Reeves to curb cash Isas
[FREE TO READ] Companies have told chancellor that scaling back tax breaks on savings accounts could boost UK financial services
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Jack Blackburn @hackblackburn.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Today is the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and Holocaust Memorial Day. Please read the testimony of these survivors I had the honour of interviewing ‘I know the Holocaust happened — I was born in a concentration camp’ www.thetimes.com/article/02a0... #holocaust #hmd80
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‘I know the Holocaust happened — I was born in a concentration camp’
Eighty years on, British Holocaust survivors share their harrowing stories, a stark reminder of the genocide as denial rises and witnesses dwindle
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Robert Wright @reporterrwright.ft.com · 22/01/2025
I don't know how many of my followers are the kinds of people who get sizeable annual bonuses. But, if you are, do please fill in this survey for my FT Money colleague Claer Barrett: www.feedback.ft.com/rsp/5df7fef7...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/01/2025
Dame Joan Plowright obituary
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Dame Joan Plowright obituary
Stage and screen star who was part of a radical generation of actors responsible for establishing the National Theatre Joan Plowright, who has died aged 95, played a central role in the historic overhaul of British theatre at the Royal Court in the late…
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Emma Dunkley @emdunks.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Ah, David Lynch, so sad. A mad, creative genius. Will be rewatching Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks on repeat.
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Emma Dunkley @emdunks.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Janus Henderson’s chief exec didn’t hold back yesterday when he told a conference that activist Boaz was “very aggressive,” urging investors to vote against his takeover plans for U.K. investment trusts www.ft.com/content/2118...
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Janus Henderson chief criticises ‘very aggressive’ action by hedge fund Saba
Ali Dibadj warns against ‘complacency’ as US group tries to take over the management of seven UK investment trusts
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Emma Dunkley @emdunks.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Excl: US activist Boaz Weinstein reveals plans for U.K. investment trust takeover. He wants to be dubbed the “white knight” for British retail investors and the London Stock Exchange. But he faces a fierce backlash from the trusts www.ft.com/content/bcf0...
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US activist Boaz Weinstein wants to be ‘white knight’ of UK stock market
Saba Capital founder says aim of his firm’s takeover of seven investment trusts is a new strategy to help small investors
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Alice Ross @aliceemross.ft.com · 18/12/2024
A new career as culture critic beckons www.ft.com/content/7849...
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Emma Dunkley @emdunks.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Blue Whale, the fund backed by billionaire Peter Hargreaves, sells major tech stocks due to concerns over their spend on AI www.ft.com/content/3781...
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Peter Hargreaves’ Blue Whale sells major tech stocks over AI concerns
Fund cuts exposure to ‘Magnificent Seven’ because of heavy spending on artificial intelligence
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
stoked to see business journalist of the year prize go to FT’s awesome @bondhack.bsky.social and Gill Plimmer
Gill and Rob pick up a gong
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Emma Dunkley @emdunks.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Vanguard has overhauled its fees for U.K. customers. “DIY” investors with less than £32,000 will now pay a £4 a month charge, or £48 a year, compared with previous cost of 0.15 per cent… www.ft.com/content/2ff7...
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Vanguard overhauls fees for UK investors
£4 a month charge will make platform more expensive than rivals for those with less than £10,000
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Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
I agree. Pay bosses more like footballers! Pay UK bosses like football stars, says Lord Spencer on.ft.com/4g4F8Cw
Chart showing average UK CEO pay running at more than double average Premier League player pay.
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Mercedes Ruehl @mjruehl.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
🚨 Some personal news 🚨 After nearly five years in Singapore reporting on politics, business, tech and finance in SE Asia, I’ll be moving on. From February I will be the @FT’s Switzerland and Austria correspondent, based in Zurich. Thrilled to be joining the Europe team.
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Emma Dunkley @emdunks.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Excl: St James’s Place, the UK’s largest retail wealth manager, is ditching its “lavish” meetings at the o2 and Gleneagles in an attempt to repair its image after years of criticism over its excessive perks www.ft.com/content/73f2...
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St James’s Place ditches glitzy get-togethers in bid to improve image
Wealth manager’s opulent annual events in London and Gleneagles perceived as rewards for aggressive sales tactics
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Emma Dunkley @emdunks.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Excl: St James’s Place, the UK’s largest retail wealth manager, is ditching its “lavish” meetings at the o2 and Gleneagles in an attempt to repair its image after years of criticism over its excessive perks www.ft.com/content/73f2...
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St James’s Place ditches glitzy get-togethers in bid to improve image
Wealth manager’s opulent annual events in London and Gleneagles perceived as rewards for aggressive sales tactics
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Eric Platt @ericgplatt.ft.com · 03/12/2024
BlackRock confirmed our scoop on HPS this morning. The deal accelerates its expansion into alternatives, moving it further beyond publicly traded equities and bonds that have powered its growth since its founding in 1988. It also sets up an interesting fight for retail www.ft.com/content/70a0...
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 03/12/2024
If you read the FT, chances are the kids in your life have a decent grasp of how money works, and they have enough of it to get a proper breakfast before school. If you can, please support our charity appeal to give other children the same opportunity: on.ft.com/3Ziu5hS
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Two vital interventions to boost children’s life chances
FT Seasonal Appeal backs charities devoted to financial literacy and free school meals
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A Reader of the FT @a-reader-ft.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Sale of UK tech gem Arm was ‘big mistake’, says Nick Train-Nick Train, one of the UK’s best-known fund managers, has branded the sale of British chip designer Arm “a mistake” that potentially dissuaded… www.ft.com/content/f53e... @financialtimes1.bsky.social @emdunks.bsky.social
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Sale of UK tech gem Arm was ‘big mistake’, says Nick Train
UK fund manager says Rightmove’s rejection of takeover shows lessons have been learnt
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Emma Dunkley @emdunks.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Exc interview with U.K. fund manager Nick Train, on Manchester United, Unilever, Rightmove, and how it was a “mistake” to sell british tech gem Arm www.ft.com/content/f53e...
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Sale of UK tech gem Arm was ‘big mistake’, says Nick Train
UK fund manager says Rightmove’s rejection of takeover shows lessons have been learnt
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Emma Dunkley @emdunks.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
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Emma Dunkley @emdunks.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Scoop: investment firm Canaccord explores potential sale of U.K. wealth business, by @ivanlevingston.bsky.social and Harriet Agnew www.ft.com/content/5d11...
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Canaccord explores options for UK wealth management business
Canadian financial services group working with Fenchurch Advisory on a strategic review of the venture
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Kalyeena Makortoff @kalyeena.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Digital bank Revolut says it wants to be a 'lifestyle brand' But for some with longer memories, Revolut’s £1m+ Coachella-inspired mega-party echoes the banking industry's excesses in the lead up to the financial crisis www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Brat banking: Charli xcx takes the stage in Revolut’s push to cleanse its image
Two-day bash in London was part of ‘lifestyle brand’ push to snare younger customers
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Emma Dunkley @emdunks.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Exclusive: U.K. wealth managers warn government over its plan to levy inheritance tax on pensions, saying it will “undermine” the pensions system and risks leaving beneficiaries with higher costs and lengthy delays, with @marymcd.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/785c...
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UK wealth managers warn Rachel Reeves over plan to levy inheritance tax on pensions
AJ Bell boss tells chancellor that ‘complex and costly’ Budget proposal will ‘undermine’ retirement savings system
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Emma Dunkley @emdunks.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Excellent choice of clip… this is one of the best films (both Mrs White and Mrs Peacock, brilliant)
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 18/11/2024
Vanguard says shareholders can vote for profits over ESG issues www.ft.com/content/f0516b4b-bdc3-47…
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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
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Emma Dunkley @emdunks.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Thousands of investors who bought Neil Woodford’s flagship fund are suing investment site Hargreaves Lansdown for backing the product even as it ran intro trouble. HL managed to avoid a formal probe from the FCA. www.ft.com/content/2af6...
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Thousands more investors sue Hargreaves Lansdown over Woodford collapse
UK’s largest investment site accused of continuing to recommend Woodford’s flagship fund even as it ran into trouble
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Emma Dunkley @emdunks.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Aside from the property issues, how exciting!
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Emma Dunkley @emdunks.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Legal and General to axe jobs in its asset management division following a restructuring (even though CEO said there would be no job cuts earlier this year… 👀) www.ft.com/content/8a1f...
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L&G to axe jobs in new asset management division
Insurance company attempts to cut costs and boost returns after restructure
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Kate Allen @kateallen.ft.com · 09/11/2024
News ed’s piece of the day: our Lunch with Peter Hargreaves in which he becomes (I think) the first Lunchee to order an espresso martini on the FT’s dime (free to read link) Peter Hargreaves: ‘I can never see the point of spending money for the sake of it’ on.ft.com/4epOkjo
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Peter Hargreaves: ‘I can never see the point of spending money for the sake of it’
[FREE TO READ] The Hargreaves Lansdown co-founder on building one of the UK’s most valuable companies, his take on the Neil Woodford scandal — and why he regrets buying a private jet
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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 13/11/2024
A tale of two platforms: BlueSky user numbers have hit a new record high in recent days, while the number of people deleting their accounts on X/Twitter has rocketed 🚀
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