Emma Dunkley

Excl: Hargreaves Lansdown, the UK’s largest DIY investment site, to cut jobs as part of broader overhaul to modernise business: ft.com/content/accab7…

Will L&G be the City’s next domino to fall? ft.trib.al/rjvTWe9

Scoop: KKR explores $10bn sale of ex-Unilever spreads business behind brands like I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! ft.com/content/c4178a…

Vanguard passes $1tn in assets outside US ft.trib.al/WBDZD0q

@Justin_Cash_1 @IvanLevingston 😂

@EmDunks @IvanLevingston What are the odds?😉(Probably quite high if you go texting a bunch of contacts 'hey, don't suppose you've heard an update on the Aegon thing...')

Scoop: JP Morgan and Goldman have won advisory roles as @Aegon lines up a sale of its UK business. Bids are expected in February. The FT also reports this morning that Phoenix Group, Royal London and Scottish Widows are among those circling. fnlondon.com/articles/aegon…

@Justin_Cash_1 @IvanLevingston That was close! 😉 Cheers Justin

Props to the ever-excellent @EmDunks and @IvanLevingston for giving me an 'I really should've just clicked publish last night' moment.

Big one… Scoop: KKR in talks to buy ⁦@LFC⁩ ⁦@PSG_English⁩ investor and private equity sports pioneer Arctos W ⁦@AntoineGara⁩ ⁦@mroliverbarnes⁩ ⁦@FT⁩ ft.com/content/500036…

The CEO of investment site AJ Bell has warned over the “absolutely bonkers” Isa charge aimed at stopping people from getting around the new £12k limit ft.com/content/4fce16…

@Sony hello, how do we request a song to be uploaded on Spotify?

I haven’t been able to talk about this up until now… My lovely mother was brutally attacked by her partner earlier this year after she broke up with him. His assault left her paralysed from the chest down & on a ventilator in ICU for 3 months.

The link to her @gofundme page is gofundme.com/f/help-us-care…

The Treasury has confirmed our scoop that it will cut the annual cash ISA limit to £12,000 (down from £20,000) from April 2027 - for under 65s. More in our live blog here: ft.com/content/d0a551…

The big three in today’s Due Diligence newsletter UBS to USA: ‘May I meet you?’ Blue Owl to investors in lossmaking deal: ‘May I meet you?’ Big Law’s survival plan: “May I meet you?” @FT ⁦@BillAckman⁩ on.ft.com/49Yvzou

With @laith_alkhalaf

Dame Alison Rose, the former chief executive of NatWest, had been named chair of wealth fintech FNZ ft.com/content/ecc7dd…

Excl: the UK’s Investment Association has warned the Treasury against overhauling the ISA regime in the Budget next week. Story soon on FT

Sunday night scoop: Permira nears £2bn plus deal to buy JTC ft.com/content/72dc6f…