Tony Tassell

The crumbling mansions of the Guptas are on sale again. Combined asking price R22mn (£1mn) but with offers starting at R15mn (£675k) you can get 18 bedrooms & a piece of South African history for the price of a London flat. www.property24.com/for-sale/sax... www.property24.com/for-sale/sax...

There is a lot of talk in markets about to hedge the dominant AI trade - for Michel Lerner of UBS it is UK stocks as.ft.com/r/55212e4b-a...

New: Inside Donald Trump Jr’s Mongolian hunting trip with a Kremlin-linked oligarch Superb reporting by @peter.andringa.me, @digitalcampbell.ft.com & Eenee Purevdorj reveals a remote rendezvous with Umar Kremlev — a businessman with a criminal record and ties to Putin as.ft.com/r/90284870-a...

"The signs are that the US and Israel are poised for a renewed assault on Iran, soon after the midterm elections in America next week." - @gideonrachman.bsky.social column here. Market should take note as.ft.com/r/6ddb2dd6-4...

After stunning victory, Lula will face a deep hangover - column from Geoff Dyer www.ft.com/content/5c28...

Illuminating, brilliant read here on Peter de Putron, the reclusive billionaire one of the most influential and enigmatic figures in the world of trading - by @costasmourselas.bsky.social Harriet Agnew and @jamie-john.ft.com as.ft.com/r/f0f8c810-3...

This is very good

I wonder if this is the thing that gets people to use AI personal agents - you won’t able to book a tennis court, gig to a concert, a restaurant table at a popular restaurant without one - rpt by @marinovik.bsky.social and Jason Ma as.ft.com/r/0a01397f-6...

in which @bhgreeley.bsky.social takes aim at tokensation, arguing why it does not suspend the laws of finance as.ft.com/r/fb0b5d8a-a...

Sad news. Author Ryu Murakami (no relation to Haruki) has died - and not long after another great Japanese writer Keigo Higashino passed. asia.nikkei.com/life-arts/ob...

Very good Gillian Tett column here on the risks of Bessent’s tilt towards short-term debt including these asides as.ft.com/r/48d3d087-a...

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon oped here on how AI companies should manage risk. Here are two of the measures he proposes. More in the piece. as.ft.com/r/2ef8918d-e...

FYI, my FT column on "our yields, your problem" -- Why Europe should not wait for lower US bond yields. www.ft.com/content/92e1... #economy #markets #bonds #yields #europe @financialtimes.com

a joy to read as always from @bryce.lol www.ft.com/content/ec67...

Is corporate India’s exuberance merited? column here from @christopherkay.ft.com The gap between corporate India’s public optimism and household and investor anxiety has become increasingly apparent as.ft.com/r/c12db9f5-b...

AI and inflation: how worried should central bankers be? thoughtful piece here from @soumayakeynes.ft.com as.ft.com/r/e69d1b45-9...

Most excellent...

The rich are running out of places to park their yachts ft.trib.al/BvE7T1O #FTEdit

The AOL-Time Warner of this era? www.ft.com/content/f2a2...

this made me laugh

"Riots are nothing new in France, of course....What makes this situation different is the accumulation of crises that the country is facing simultaneously" - great oped by @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/6c0c7b2e-9...

It’s time to give individual shareholders direct votes on climate change - strong column here from former HSBC CEO John Flint. He says given the retreat from green committments by fund managers and corporates, individual savers and investors must have a direct say as.ft.com/r/ae007121-c...

what is striking about this too that it is essentially a reprise of a 2023 scene showing Parisians enjoying a glass of wine with riots near by www.tiktok.com/@cbsnews/vid...

From the FT canteen

I am always here for sushi restaurant in Japan coverage as.ft.com/r/eba34fe7-0...

Are we sleepwalking into World War III? @gideonrachman.bsky.social read from the weekend if you have not read as.ft.com/r/977d8055-5...

BoE scrutinises Barclays over claim traders misrepresented private credit exposure - scoop by @ortenca.bsky.social Martin Arnold www.ft.com/content/f312...

From Sky: Arsenal had 210 passes in the final third, 1 shot on target

That was a bit of struggle watch

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Me on this week's dress rehearsal for a proper AI reckoning 300 free clicks- as.ft.com/r/652f6bc3-7...

Janan Ganesh on the Man City theory of politics as.ft.com/r/4371970d-4...

Quite a moment for the WSJ reporters www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Shareholders should have a say on making AI safe - oped here from Prashant Yerramalli of the $660bn Calpers pension fund www.ft.com/content/8540...

Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and Washington Post photographer in West Bank www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/1...

A reminder that I’m at Daunt’s Marylebone branch today at 3pm to sign copies of A Fabulous Debt (or Trillions fwiw) for anyone who fancies it.

As I drink my morning coffee from my Bialetti, really enjoyed this read on the espresso pot test of Italian capitalism by Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli. as.ft.com/r/c0972c9b-2...

Richard Waters here on the looming risk of an AI crunch for the stock market "Between..two poles — acute shortages in the short term and the looming shadow of severe overcapacity — there could be a world of hurt for the stock market." as.ft.com/r/4fe42ad4-2...

Big week for FT interviews - Le Pen, Zelenskyy and now Merz - here www.ft.com/content/da78...

The toll of the inheritance tax brought in by Rachel Reeves is mounting on UK family companies - column here by @andrewtghill.ft.com as.ft.com/r/ae519d2e-b...

From a sneak preview last night of the @alphaville.ft.com chart show last night at Great St Barts church. This chart showing catastrophic declines in population - from the potato famine in Ireland to the first Gulf War. Chart by @tobyn.bsky.social