Ian Smith

🚨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 ian.smith@ft.com

Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Thursday 19 December on.ft.com/3DjIbIL

I'll be covering the Insurance beat at the @FT from November 25, until our replacement for the esteemed @iankmsmith is appointed. Got a story? Email josephine.cumbo@ft.com

Euro weakens particularly #post-30582ffa-6949-4f3c-9180-9b74331fdc14" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ft.com/content/d4de45… US and European bond markets diverge #post-874488e1-d7c3-413b-9973-a277615d69d2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ft.com/content/d4de45… Bitcoin record high ft.com/content/bdc331… Stock winners/losers. Banks up, renewables down ft.com/content/6e323b…

Trump's election victory is reshaping global markets today, as expectations for tariffs, lower US taxes and other Trump policies reorder global stocks, bonds and currencies ft.com/content/6804f4…

Here it is, folks: The @FT's 2024 US election live blog. ft.com/content/d4de45… via @ft

Our analysis of gilts' wobbly week – Investors say it's not Truss 2.0, but the Budget has introduced a "fiscal risk premium" into gilts. Which could reduce the government's room for manoeuvre ft.com/content/ae73cf… with colleagues inc @HClarfelt

Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Friday 1 November on.ft.com/4e46DdG

“Sometimes it’s a small door and we all try and run out that same door" How shifting economic data and an emerging "Trump trade" shook up Treasuries and rippled through global markets By @HClarfelt + me ft.com/content/d14523…

Rachel Reeves confirms change to UK fiscal rules to help fund £20bn investment ft.com/content/091ca9… via @ft

The US dollar has rallied strongly this month, fuelled by stronger economic data and an emerging 'Trump trade' as former president's election odds narrow ft.com/content/5f545c…

Priced for perfection? US credit spreads tighten dramatically. By @HClarfelt @double_you_ess + me ft.com/content/fa4dcf…

@ArashMassoudi @OwenWalker0 Man looks at picture of himself

Loeb-winning journalist "@OwenWalker0" bids farewell at HQ and prepares for higher office in a new geography

@RobinWigg @thekrazykobra Really enjoyed this. Reminded me of the scoring system on Come Dine With Me

You can tell @thekrazykobra is still smarting from the 360 review that accused him of skipping leg day... ft.com/content/62150d…

The missing ingredient? Advent International prepares takeover bid for Tate & Lyle FT scoop from the team: ft.com/content/581ce1… via @ft

"It seems that the US economy is once again defying gravity" Divergent US/eurozone economic fortunes play out in currency markets ft.com/content/89e706…

France's proposed budget has not quelled bond market anxiety about its fiscal + political challenges ft.com/content/e845ff…

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SCOOP: Steel magnate Sanjeev Gupta prosecuted over failure to file accounts ft.com/content/4406f0… via @ft @BondHack

Private credit lender HPS is in talks with asset managers to sell itself. It's also running an IPO process. But is it slow walking that IPO? Some investors view a delay as a sign the process is mainly being used as a way to test HPS's valuation for a sale ft.com/content/585509…

The market is "still lurching from one narrative to the other on an almost weekly basis" Volatility in the $27tn US Treasury market surges as investors adjust interest rates bets Latest by @jennhughes13 + me ft.com/content/8a8d84…