Emma Dunkley
@emdunks.bsky.social
Investment reporter for the Financial Times. Gooner
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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
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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September 30, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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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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.
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It's 2025: Bet on natural disasters for your retirement security.
From @leeharris.ft.com @emdunks.bsky.social.
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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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August 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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...
It's 2025: Bet on natural disasters for your retirement security.
From @leeharris.ft.com @emdunks.bsky.social.
www.ft.com/content/82c7...
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
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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July 23, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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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HT @ewan.thekirks.co.uk who I think first told me about this.
Lucy Bronze on how she decided to blast her penalty down the middle (and score).
“Statistically it’s risky for the goal keeper to stand still… so yeah, I love maths”.
“Statistically it’s risky for the goal keeper to stand still… so yeah, I love maths”.
July 18, 2025 at 6:49 AM
HT @ewan.thekirks.co.uk who I think first told me about this.
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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
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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June 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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
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
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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May 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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
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...
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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May 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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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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
“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
May 5, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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
“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
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...
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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April 28, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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...
Former fund manager Neil Woodford plots comeback with investment service “W4.0”
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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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April 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Former fund manager Neil Woodford plots comeback with investment service “W4.0”
www.ft.com/content/05d8...
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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
Investigation with @christopherjm.ft.com @joesinft.ft.com @alisonkilling.bsky.social @digitalcampbell.ft.com @peter.andringa.me
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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February 20, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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
Investigation with @christopherjm.ft.com @joesinft.ft.com @alisonkilling.bsky.social @digitalcampbell.ft.com @peter.andringa.me
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this is such a brilliant interview/profile with Peter Mandelson by @georgewparker.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/085e...
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February 6, 2025 at 7:03 AM
this is such a brilliant interview/profile with Peter Mandelson by @georgewparker.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/085e...
www.ft.com/content/085e...
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City firms urge Rachel Reeves to curb cash Isas - on.ft.com/3WIQBjs via @FT
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
on.ft.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:29 PM
City firms urge Rachel Reeves to curb cash Isas - on.ft.com/3WIQBjs via @FT
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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
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
‘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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January 27, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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
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 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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January 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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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Dame Joan Plowright obituary
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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January 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Dame Joan Plowright obituary
Ah, David Lynch, so sad. A mad, creative genius. Will be rewatching Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks on repeat.
a woman in a sweater holding a log says " my log does not judge "
ALT: a woman in a sweater holding a log says " my log does not judge "
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January 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Ah, David Lynch, so sad. A mad, creative genius. Will be rewatching Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks on repeat.
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
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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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January 16, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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...
www.ft.com/content/2118...
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
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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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January 12, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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...
www.ft.com/content/bcf0...
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December 18, 2024 at 10:34 AM
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...
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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December 16, 2024 at 8:52 AM
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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stoked to see business journalist of the year prize go to FT’s awesome @bondhack.bsky.social
and Gill Plimmer
and Gill Plimmer
December 12, 2024 at 7:48 PM
stoked to see business journalist of the year prize go to FT’s awesome @bondhack.bsky.social
and Gill Plimmer
and Gill Plimmer
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...
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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December 12, 2024 at 5:13 PM
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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I agree. Pay bosses more like footballers!
Pay UK bosses like football stars, says Lord Spencer
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Pay UK bosses like football stars, says Lord Spencer
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December 11, 2024 at 7:37 AM
I agree. Pay bosses more like footballers!
Pay UK bosses like football stars, says Lord Spencer
on.ft.com/4g4F8Cw
Pay UK bosses like football stars, says Lord Spencer
on.ft.com/4g4F8Cw
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🚨 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.
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.
December 9, 2024 at 12:02 PM
🚨 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.
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.