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James Fontanella-Khan

US Finance Editor

James Fontanella-Khan is the US Finance Editor at the Financial Times, overseeing coverage of some of the world’s most important financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs, Blackstone, and BlackRock, as well as our deals and private capital team across America. He also works closely with the FT’s Washington DC team to cover the intersection of politics and money. Previously, he worked on Lex and as a correspondent in Brussels, New Delhi, and Mumbai. He began his career at the FT in 2005 on the world news desk in London.

JFK co-created the FT’s corporate finance newsletter Due Diligence and helped launch the FT’s business of sports newsletter Scoreboard. His journalism has been recognized with multiple awards, including for his reporting on Guggenheim Partners and WeWork, as well as for launching Due Diligence. In 2024, he was part of the FT team that won the Gerald Loeb Award for its coverage of Credit Suisse’s collapse.

Email James Fontanella-Khan @JFK_America  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
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    Plan would reduce stake of Abu Dhabi-based IMI to overcome objections of British government on grounds of foreign control

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  • Tuesday, 15 April, 2025
    The Big Read
    How Wall Street got Donald Trump wrong

    Titans of finance and business are beginning to realise they misread the president’s second-term priorities

    Montage of Donald Trump in golf shirt and Maga cap, with hands on his hips, against a background picture of the New York Stock Exchange
  • Sunday, 13 April, 2025
    Sport
    Sports sector can cope with Trump tariffs, says AC Milan owner

    Redbird founder Gerry Cardinale predicts clubs and leagues will prove ‘resilient’ even if consumer spending falls

    AC Milan’s Kyle Walker in action against Feyenoord during a Champions League match at the San Siro stadium in February
  • Friday, 11 April, 2025
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    Scott Bessent, the Treasury secretary shaping Trump’s trade war

    The former hedge fund manager is being asked to lead negotiations with foreign governments amid America’s self-inflicted hit

    Joe Cummings illustration of Person in the News Scott Bessent.
  • Wednesday, 9 April, 2025
    Trump tariffs
    Why did Donald Trump buckle?

    The market turmoil and pressure from Wall Street to Capitol Hill proved too much for the US president

    Donald Trump is seated at a desk in the Oval Office
  • Tuesday, 8 April, 2025
    Trump tariffs
    Billionaire financiers lambast Trump tariffs

    Alarm at market turmoil prompts allies of president to speak out

    Ken Langone
  • Wednesday, 2 April, 2025
    TikTok Inc
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    Blackstone and Andreessen Horowitz among firms poised to wrest control of social media site from China’s ByteDance

    The TikTok app logo
  • Wednesday, 2 April, 2025
    The Big Read
    How Trump is exploiting Big Law’s identity crisis

    Firms like Paul Weiss have hired star lawyers to expand in dealmaking. Fear of losing business has made them less willing to have a fight with the government

    Montage image of Donald Trump, the Capitol and activists protesting against Paul Weiss’s deal with the president
  • Monday, 24 March, 2025
    Legal services
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    Capitulation of Paul Weiss strikes fear in American legal boardrooms

    An image of Donald Trump in front of law firm logos
  • Friday, 21 March, 2025
    TikTok Inc
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    General Atlantic, Susquehanna, KKR and Coatue discuss acquiring more stakes in viral app’s US operations alongside Oracle

    Montage of US President Donald Trump, Oracle and TikTok logos
  • Thursday, 20 March, 2025
    Boston Celtics
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    Consortium led by William Chisholm scoops up majority stake in storied basketball franchise in historic deal

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  • Tuesday, 18 March, 2025
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    Decision reflects risk regulators could block takeover of cyber security start-up

    The Google logo on the side of a building
  • Tuesday, 18 March, 2025
    Alphabet Inc
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    All-cash deal is Google parent’s biggest acquisition in its history

    Person holding cellphone with webpage of US cloud security company Wiz Inc on screen in front of logo
  • Monday, 17 March, 2025
    Media
    The New York Sun back in the black as Trump helps boost the title

    US president’s interest bolsters news group’s profile and readership

    The New York Sun on the first day of its relaunch on a corner near New York’s Grand Central Terminal in 2002
  • Wednesday, 12 March, 2025
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    Donald Trump Jr with names of different companies he’s involved in
  • Monday, 10 March, 2025
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    Rainmakers at annual corporate gathering hope Trump dealmaking bump will still materialise

    A view of New Orleans near the Roosevelt Hotel and a truck parked in front of the entrance to the conference hotel in New Orleans that had a mounted electronic billboard featuring Elon Musk
  • Friday, 7 March, 2025
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    Oxford-educated Gail Slater’s concerns about market concentration have caused disquiet on Wall Street

    Gail Slater
  • Friday, 7 March, 2025
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    Stanley Druckenmiller has spent years quietly running his family office. Now one protégé is Treasury secretary and another is vying for Fed chair

    Stanley Druckenmiller
  • Wednesday, 19 February, 2025
    Thames Water
    KKR submits £4bn bid to take majority stake in Thames Water

    Private equity firm plans to keep debt-laden utility in one piece, in contrast to other bidders

    A Thames Water van
  • Wednesday, 19 February, 2025
    Semiconductors
    Silver Lake in talks to buy majority stake in Intel’s Altera unit

    US buyout group is the struggling tech company’s preferred buyer for its specialist chipmaker

    People walk past a sign at Intel’s offices
  • Tuesday, 18 February, 2025
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Herc gatecrashes United Rentals’ H&E takeover with $5.3bn bid

    Rival bid follows wave of consolidation in heavy equipment rental industry in recent years

    A City of Los Angeles Sanitation department-rented Herc Rentals dump truck
  • Friday, 14 February, 2025
    Shein
    Shein IPO plans hit by Trump’s low-cost parcels crackdown

    Fast fashion group was targeting London listing in first half of 2025

    The Shein logo displayed on a smartphone is held in front of a screen displaying its web shop
  • Monday, 10 February, 2025
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    US dealmaking slides in 2025

    The overall number of US mergers and acquisitions collapsed nearly 30 per cent in January

  • Saturday, 8 February, 2025
    BP PLC
    Activist hedge fund Elliott builds stake in struggling BP

    US investor could force UK oil company to refocus on core fossil fuels business or even pursue a full break-up

    BP sign at a petrol station
  • Friday, 7 February, 2025
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    US dealmaking suffers worst start to year in a decade amid Trump volatility

    Wall Street executives say uncertainty over trade and economic policy has put sudden chill on M&A

    A sticker supporting President Donald Trump is displayed on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Monday, February 3 2025
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