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A history of crime, intrigue, murder and scandal How the world’s oldest bank brought an Italian city to its knees Your must read of the day - a masterpiece by Owen Walker and FT Weekend Magazine ft.com/content/323e87…

Australian bank weighs ban on office-hours boozing after trader misbehaviour ft.com/content/794889…

I started a new job today as the FT's financial regulation editor in London - on the hunt for the next big financial crisis or scandal. Great to feel the buzz of a global city as I walked to work this morning, even if I will miss much about Frankfurt and covering the ECB.

Schroders plans to appoint chief financial officer Richard Oldfield as its next CEO -scoop by Harriet Agnew Owen Walker Michael O'Dwyer ft.com/content/b76630…

Reading between the lines, this piece in the FT argues that the best shot of Germany at stopping Unicredit from taking over Commerzbank is.... to swamp them with paperwork requests. Can anyone think of something more German ? ft.com/content/a9f923…

📢Job news!📢 I’m starting as the FT’s Pensions Correspondent today!😀Excited to get stuck into how some huge institutions invest and how policy is adapting to ageing populations and subdued economic growth. Pensions community... please get in touch! [email protected].

🚨I'm starting a new job today as the FT's Senior Markets Correspondent #delighted Keen to talk rates/FX and big global capital-markets stories, do get in touch at [email protected]

I spent 5 months investigating the role of a British accountant, a London broker and a Dubai-based British shipping magnate in at least 25 tankers bought for Lukoil’s Eiger Shipping, in an effort to lift the veil on Russia’s shadow fleet Hope you read it on.ft.com/3BFQBt5

This week Owen Walker is on the Financial Times’s Behind the Money: “For European banks to really be able to grow and have the lending capacity as the US banks, it's all about the cross-border deals.” 🎧: link.chtbl.com/ftbehind-the-m…

Tonight in New York, the Financial Times won the Gerald Loeb Awards in Breaking News for The Collapse of Credit Suisse! Congratulations to Stephen Morris James Fontanella-Khan Brooke Masters Arash Massoudi and Owen Walker on their outstanding achievement.

Congrats to the Financial Times banking and deals teams: our first Gerald Loeb Awards in the Breaking News category for our world-beating coverage of Credit Suisse collapse. Salute to Stephen Morris, James Fontanella-Khan, Arash Massoudi & Owen Walker!

Loeb-winning journalist "Owen Walker" bids farewell at HQ and prepares for higher office in a new geography

👏🏼 Bravo to whoever arranged this display at WH Smith's

It's my first day as the Financial Times's new Singapore correspondent. Mercedes Ruehl has left some big shoes to fill! Looking forward to working with great colleagues in FT China, FT India News and across the FT network DMs open for any tips 🇸🇬🌏🗞️

🚨New job Excited to be taking over as the FT’s European Banking Correspondent, focusing on some of the largest financial institutions on the continent. Get in touch if you have a story/tip or want to grab a coffee ([email protected])

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Binance boss hails crypto ‘golden age’ after Trump win ⁦Nikou Asgari⁩ ⁦Owen Walker⁩ ⁦Will Schmitt⁩ on.ft.com/3O5xETi

Singapore oil trader sentenced to 17 years for ‘cheating’ HSBC over $112mn ft.com/content/b5519a… via @ft

DBS hired 80 relationship managers focused on the north Asia market in 2024, with plans to recruit 30 more in the year ahead, according to people with knowledge of the matter. on.ft.com/4ilDjT7