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Amelia Pollard

@pollard.bsky.social
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Investment Correspondent at the Financial Times Reach me at amelia.pollard@ft.com and sign up for Due Diligence —> www.ft.com/due-diligence

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mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
LOVED getting to talk to @pollard.bsky.social about Situational Awareness and what we can learn from it, if anything. stay til the end for a GREAT dinner party activity: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye08...
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The AI Hedge Fund That Imploded And Is Still Up 80% This Year
YouTube video by Mary in America
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Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 21/05/2026
Brilliant stuff from @costasmourselas.bsky.social and @pollard.bsky.social
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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Superb read on Chris Hohn, the investor and huge donor to charities and climate causes (even backing Extinction Rebellion). Hohn has seldom given interviews, certainly not this personal. Here he talks on investing, spirituality and his career👏👏👏 @costasmourselas.bsky.social and @pollard.bsky.social
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Is Chris Hohn Britain’s answer to Warren Buffett?
The billionaire hedge fund manager has deep convictions on finance, philanthropy — and, increasingly, faith
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Brooke Masters @brookeamasters.ft.com · 30/03/2026
Want the big picture on private credit? Tune into a special FT webinar with my colleagues on April 16 at 1200 GMT/1300 BST/0800 EST. It's exclusively for Financial Times subscribers. Come ask questions of @bondhack.ft.com, @pollard.bsky.social, @antoinegara.bsky.social and @johnsfoley.bsky.social
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Michela Tindera @mtindera.ft.com · 11/02/2026
This week on Behind the Money, the @financialtimes.com's @pollard.bsky.social & @costasmourselas.bsky.social are talking about the Elliott Management deal that's being fought 'until hell freezes over.' 🔥 ▶️ podfollow.com/behind-the-m...
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Ian Smith @iankmsmith.ft.com · 05/01/2026
"Venezuela is out of the deep freeze and back in play" @jsphctrl.ft.com @costasmourselas.bsky.social @pollard.bsky.social on some of the winners 👇 www.ft.com/content/9403...
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Hedge funds profit as Venezuela’s bonds surge
Broad Reach, Winterbrook and Allianz among those making gains as debt jumps in price
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Rafe Uddin @rafeuddin.ft.com · 08/12/2025
New: Big Tech is spending billions on data centres in the US to train and deploy AI models. But these plans could fail due to a power bottleneck. w/ @financialtimes.com visual storytelling and energy colleagues. Full article: ig.ft.com/ai-power/
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The power crunch threatening America’s AI ambitions
A lack of electricity for new data centres could deflate the AI ‘bubble’
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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 07/11/2025
Very normal scenes at a very normal session of the very normal United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas More First Brands drama here from the incomparable @pollard.bsky.social and @sindap.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/7f58...
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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 04/11/2025
In the last few days, the First Brands situation has escalated from “suspected” to “alleged” fraud. Our crack bankruptcy reporters @sindap.bsky.social and @pollard.bsky.social have had you covered.
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Michela Tindera @mtindera.ft.com · 25/09/2025
This week on Behind the Money, my @financialtimes.com colleagues, Akila Quinio and Amelia Pollard (@pollard.bsky.social) explain what they know about the collapse of (and fallout from) subprime auto lender Tricolor Holdings. 🎧: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
NEW WIRED led the way in reporting on Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle the US government. My colleagues and I spoke to 100s of employees at dozens of agencies to understand what happened. This is the definitive story of DOGE as told by those who experienced it www.wired.com/story/oral-h...
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The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers
WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.
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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 08/09/2025
this is a cracking piece on "Uncle Steve" Cohen's lobbying campaign to build one of New York's first casinos in Queens from @pollard.bsky.social on.ft.com/4pdl7Pc
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The hedge fund billionaire aiming to be king of Queens
[FREE TO READ] Steve Cohen already owns the Mets baseball team and now wants to build one of New York’s first casinos. But that has drawn him into local politics
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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 22/08/2025
entirely normal state of affairs for two independent companies that just happen by coincidence to have similar names
Extract from FT article: The filing said the two companies had been working together since 2019 and had a close enough relationship that CoreWeave chief executive Michael Intrator would join Core Scientific’s board meetings.
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Amelia Pollard @pollard.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Zohran still taking photos with people at his election night party at 1:30 AM
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
“My commitment is about delivering a city that is not only affordable to each and every New Yorker, but is one that each and every New Yorker feels proud of living in.”
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Antoine Gara @antoinegara.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
My colleague @pollard.bsky.social and I look at what could be one of the biggest policy decisions of Trump's administration -- and the multibillion-dollar hedge fund windfall among some of his most ardent supporters that hangs in the balance. www.ft.com/content/d6d6...
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Donald Trump’s plans for Fannie and Freddie would mean payday for hedge funds
Critics warn privatisation of the mortgage giants would enrich Wall St but endanger the housing market
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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 04/05/2025
Lovely despatch from Omaha from @pollard.bsky.social, capturing the unique slice of Americana that is the Berkshire Hathaway AGM www.ft.com/content/ee1a...
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Warren Buffett devotees say farewell at poignant Omaha ‘pilgrimage’
Berkshire shareholders witnessed the end of an era at the legendary investor’s annual meeting
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Amelia Pollard @pollard.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Read my snapshot of the regular investors who made the pilgrimage for this year’s historic Berkshire Hathaway meeting (aka festival) in Omaha
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Griffin Pion @griffinpion.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Excited to share a new paper accepted to @cogscisociety.bsky.social 2025 on the cognitive representation polysemy and their use in reasoning! Pre-print here: doi.org/10.31234/osf... Thread below! (🧵1/9)
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 07/04/2025
Debt defaults and corporate bankruptcies jump during economic downturns, and the new levies go beyond what many experts had forecast. How does that compare with the dotcom bubble of the year 2000? Click to read on our live blog: www.ft.com/content/44ea...
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
I spoke with the @financialtimes.com for this in-depth report How Trump is Exploiting Big Law’s Identity Crisis By @pollard.bsky.social James Fontanella-Khan @sindap.bsky.social and Stefania Palma
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How Trump is exploiting Big Law’s identity crisis
Firms like Paul Weiss have hired star lawyers to expand in dealmaking. Fear of losing business has made them less willing to have a fight with the government
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Amelia Pollard @pollard.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Stanley Druckenmiller’s long been a celebrity on Wall Street. But now, his two closest protégés are in Trump’s inner circle, and Druck’s influence on the world’s biggest economy has spiked practically overnight. W/ the @financialtimes.com’s JFK and Alex Rogers on.ft.com/4hdc9fy
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‘Druckonomics’: Wall St veteran poised to shape the new US economic order
[FREE TO READ] Stanley Druckenmiller has spent years quietly running his family office. Now one protégé is Treasury secretary and another is vying for Fed chair
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 07/03/2025
‘Druckonomics’: Wall St veteran poised to shape the new US economic order www.ft.com/content/33ea21f2-e14f-48…
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‘Druckonomics’: Wall St veteran poised to shape the new US economic order
Stanley Druckenmiller has spent years quietly running his family office. Now one protégé is Treasury secretary and another is vying for Fed chair
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NPR's Planet Money @planetmoney.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
There is a financial cautionary tale that still chills the spine of traders today: Long Term Capital Management. The hedge fund had two Nobel prize winners on their side. How could they fail so spectacularly? We get the inside story from a founding partner. www.npr.org/2025/02/21/1...
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The rise and fall of Long Term Capital Management : Planet Money
There's this cautionary tale, in the finance world, that nearly any trader can tell you. It's about placing too much confidence in math and models. It's the story of Long Term Capital Management.The s...
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Eric Platt @ericgplatt.ft.com · 12/02/2025
Banks are close to selling $3bn worth of loans backing Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, offloading another huge portion of the risk they’re holding. Demand has been so strong, they’ve eliminated a discount they had initially offered, expecting to price the loans at par www.ft.com/content/653b...
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Wall Street nears sale of $3bn of debt tied to Elon Musk’s Twitter buyout
Billionaire’s close ties to re-elected US president have piqued investors’ interest
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Amelia Pollard @pollard.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Well, that was fast
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Amelia Pollard @pollard.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
And the MTA wonders why the emergency brake is activated so often
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Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 06/02/2025
This profile of the Prince of Darkness by George Parker is spectacular. on.ft.com/42JrbGv
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He’s back: the Prince of Darkness returns
[FREE TO READ] All political careers may end in failure, but the UK’s new ambassador to Washington, Peter Mandelson, isn’t done yet
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John Reed @johnreedwrites.ft.com · 28/01/2025
“A little-known Chinese hedge fund has thrown a grenade into the world of artificial intelligence with a large language model that, in effect, matches the market leader, Sam Altman’s OpenAI, at a fraction of the cost.” on.ft.com/42A6Cfp
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DeepSeek changes rules of AI’s great game
[FREE TO READ] Chinese start-up’s breakthrough may be bad news for US tech giants, but could be a windfall for everyone else
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Amelia Pollard @pollard.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Purdue and the Sacklers have agreed to pay $7.4bn to settle the mountain of lawsuits for their role in the opioid crisis. What we still don’t know: how the hell the deal is structured (W/ @sindap.bsky.social) on.ft.com/40rDxAi
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Purdue and Sackler family agree to $7.4bn opioid settlement with US states
[FREE TO READ] New deal is $1.4bn higher than previous one struck down by Supreme Court last year
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Amelia Pollard @pollard.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Hindenburg Research has been one of the most-feared short sellers on Wall Street. After seven years, it’s shutting down w/ @ortenca.bsky.social: on.ft.com/3PFAQGh
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Short seller Nathan Anderson to shut down Hindenburg Research
[FREE TO READ] Firm behind high-profile bets against groups from India’s Adani to US’s Super Micro to disband
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Christopher Grimes @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
I've been following the LA fires all week with my brilliant, tireless colleague @pollard.bsky.social. Here's our latest piece, featuring stunning cartography by @sdbernard.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/9400...
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The iconic Los Angeles neighbourhoods reduced to ashes
Home of Hollywood struggles to cope after thousands of homes and businesses are destroyed
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Amelia Pollard @pollard.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
When FTX collapsed, most hedge funds and institutional investors took it as a sign to drop crypto. But a group of loyalists stuck around: on.ft.com/401XUVG
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Brevan Howard and Galaxy Digital cash in on crypto boom
[FREE TO READ] Crypto strategies made more than 30 per cent in November following Donald Trump’s election victory
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 05/12/2024
New ‘anti-woke’ ETF makes Starbucks its first target www.ft.com/content/f19c34b2-2eb0-40…
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New ‘anti-woke’ ETF makes Starbucks its first target
Azoria Partners will hold event at Donald Trump’s Florida resort on Thursday
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Amelia Pollard @pollard.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Motives in the UnitedHealth murder are still obviously under investigation, but worth noting there’s at least $220 billion of medical debt in the US. Around 3 million Americans owe more than $10,000.
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Amelia Pollard @pollard.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
What was a Nippon Steel executive doing at a Pittsburgh Steelers game a few weeks ago? Trying to rally support for the biggest deal of his career. Latest with Bluesky-less @JFK:
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How an American steel takeover became a political firestorm
A Japanese company’s plan to buy US Steel is challenging the country’s long-standing policy towards foreign investment
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Marie Patino @mariepastora.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
It’s December it’s holiday music time meaning I can share this evergreen again crucial reporting with @pollard.bsky.social!! www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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All I Want for Christmas Is ... More Christmas Music
From malls to grocery stores, highly curated playlists of popular holiday music are part of the plan to create the best consumer experience and encourage customers to buy.
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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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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 13/11/2024
Speechless.
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