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Senior Markets Correspondent at the Financial Times. Previously: Insurance Correspondent. Generally: finance, low culture Stories: https://www.ft.com/ian-smith Contact: [email protected]
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I wrote about my brother Charlie’s final 48 hours, and his increasingly desperate attempts to track down an emergency supply of medication from the NHS. It’s an upsetting read but one I’m proud of. He’d be delighted to have made the @financialtimes.com magazine front cover: on.ft.com/434zZqn

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Cracking piece, with a cracking headline www.ft.com/content/7707...

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“Every finance ministry wants the issue addressed. They all want a more effective debt market" Investors call for shake-up of Europe’s ‘failed’ securitisation market www.ft.com/content/1cae...

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For the @financialtimes.com I spoke with credit agencies and specialists about a set of guidance from AAOIFI that risks turmoil in the $1tn market for Islamic debt. At its core is a tension between commercial pragmatism and religious tenets. Story w/ @jsphctrl.ft.com on.ft.com/3XdJMqC

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Movies you've watched more than six times, gifs only

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A must-watch doc

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Surrey is having a bit of a week Huge sinkhole swallows up more of Surrey street www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Adventurous Surrey cat earns its own railcard www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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European exceptionalism sweeps markets/things aren't yet quite as bad as feared www.ft.com/content/3436...

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"Markets are underestimating the risk of a neck-snapping shift in the global financial regime under Donald Trump, with the dollar at its centre," writes the ever-excellent @katie0martin.ft.com www.ft.com/content/439a...

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Yield curves are steepening in Europe as investors focus on growing sovereign debt issuance, with defence spending pledges seen as the latest catalyst for those running steepener trades 📈 www.ft.com/content/a13e... [with fixed link]

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Tip-top markets stories from Asia-based colleagues today – @arjunneilalim.ft.com and Harriet Clarfelt on intriguing fall in China's Treasuries holdings www.ft.com/content/73ae... @owenwalker0.ft.com with @arjunneilalim.ft.com on Asia FX markets thriving on Trump trades www.ft.com/content/f241...

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Very interesting. If this did go to a vote and Elliott does largely have a derivative position, depending on what type it might have to acquire voting rights at a cost. (Assuming it would want to vote) www.ft.com/content/6410...

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on.ft.com/417UgbU Australia seizes Gupta steelworks over ‘irredeemable’ financial problems - now with added @bondhack.ft.com

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European equities 🚀 or a rally "based on hope, not facts"? www.ft.com/content/b31a...

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Great news: the slavery museum does an excellent job of telling vital stories like the Zong Massacre

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Things that are doing well in 2025 but not for great reasons GOLD www.ft.com/content/fb53...

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We’re so back

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If you're looking for a tenuous excuse this Valentine's Day www.ft.com/content/e2ae...

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Sunlit uplands here we come www.ft.com/content/6eb3...

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biggest comeback since Lazarus this one

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This is cool www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... the Temple of Mithras under Bloomberg towers is also cool

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The "oh dear" scenario www.ft.com/content/311a...

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Another reminder that this is ACTUALLY happening, and is hopefully going to be a blast, so I hope to see you there. www.ft.com/content/a970...

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Annuity sales continue to surge on higher bond yields. Nice hit from @jamie-john.ft.com www.ft.com/content/2475...

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Fascinating visual journalism here

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"Trump trades" are fizzling 💵🫠 www.ft.com/content/d79c...

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"Inflation is for real this time" Away from the tariff noise, Japan is undergoing a structural shift that is already reshaping global markets... www.ft.com/content/5924...

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“Demand conditions are quite a bit weaker than has been the case — and I have changed my mind on that” The BoE's hawk-turned-dove speaks to the FT www.ft.com/content/b249...

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Seems a bit out-there www.ft.com/content/7b83...

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What an end! 🏉🏉🏉

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watch the bond yields, watch the bond yields, watch the bond yields

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Gilts have been flying in recent weeks, giving the UK chancellor back some wiggle room against her fiscal rules It “just goes to show how quickly the mood music changes”, said one fund manager www.ft.com/content/0ead...

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includes the wonderful consultancy speak "sunsetting", which is what you do to something after "double-clicking" on it www.ft.com/content/0c0c...

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