Owen Walker

Journalist, Singapore correspondent @FT, CPFC fan. I used to write about scandal-hit banks and sandal-hit fund managers

[Owen Walker @OwenWalker0]

🚨Personal news klaxon🚨

After 4 years, one G-SIFI collapse 🇨🇭🪦and a couple of financial crises 📉📉, I'm leaving European banks and one of the newsiest beats in journalism.

From November, I will be the FT's new Singapore correspondent. Can't wait to get started!

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[Financial Times @FT]

DBS hired 80 relationship managers focused on the north Asia market in 2024, with plans to recruit 30 more in the year ahead, according to people with knowledge of the matter. https://t.co/bQzaNM1inL

[Owen Walker @OwenWalker0]

Singapore oil trader sentenced to 17 years for ‘cheating’ HSBC over $112mn https://t.co/U370VzZEQm via @ft

[Alex Rogers @arogDC]

Binance boss hails crypto ‘golden age’ after Trump win

⁦@nikasgari⁩ ⁦@OwenWalker0⁩ ⁦@double_you_ess⁩ https://t.co/Oe00xAtHtv

[Owen Walker @OwenWalker0]

Looks grate! I will make sure to wishlist that myself

[Tom Braithwaite @TBraithwaite]

Some great ideas for little treats at the end of a busy week https://t.co/EFjY8NCvH3

[Simon Foy @Simon_Foy]

🚨New job

Excited to be taking over as the FT’s European Banking Correspondent, focusing on some of the largest financial institutions on the continent.

Get in touch if you have a story/tip or want to grab a coffee ([email protected])

[Owen Walker @OwenWalker0]

It's my first day as the @FT's new Singapore correspondent. @mjruehl has left some big shoes to fill!

Looking forward to working with great colleagues in @ftchina, @ftindianews and across the FT network

DMs open for any tips

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[Owen Walker @OwenWalker0]

👏🏼 Bravo to whoever arranged this display at WH Smith's

[Arash Massoudi @ArashMassoudi]

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

[Peter Spiegel @SpiegelPeter]

Congrats to the @FT banking and deals teams: our first @LoebAwards in the Breaking News category for our world-beating coverage of @CreditSuisse collapse. Salute to @sjhmorris, @JFK_America, @ArashMassoudi & @OwenWalker0!

[FT Press Office @FTPressOffice]

Tonight in New York, the @FT won the @LoebAwards in Breaking News for The Collapse of Credit Suisse! Congratulations to @sjhmorris @JFK_America @brookeamasters @ArashMassoudi and @OwenWalker0 on their outstanding achievement.

[Michela Tindera @mtindera07]

This week @OwenWalker0 is on the @FT’s Behind the Money: “For European banks to really be able to grow and have the lending capacity as the US banks, it's all about the cross-border deals.”

🎧: https://t.co/bKR87q3uF1

[Tom Wilson @thomas_m_wilson]

I spent 5 months investigating the role of a British accountant, a London broker and a Dubai-based British shipping magnate in at least 25 tankers bought for Lukoil’s Eiger Shipping, in an effort to lift the veil on Russia’s shadow fleet
Hope you read it https://t.co/6gKzOsiF8S

[Ian Smith @iankmsmith]

🚨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 [email protected]

[Mary McDougall @marymcdougall13]

📢Job news!📢 I’m starting as the FT’s Pensions Correspondent today!😀Excited to get stuck into how some huge institutions invest and how policy is adapting to ageing populations and subdued economic growth.
Pensions community... please get in touch! [email protected].

[JohannesBorgen @jeuasommenulle]

Reading between the lines, this piece in the FT argues that the best shot of Germany at stopping Unicredit from taking over Commerzbank is.... to swamp them with paperwork requests.

Can anyone think of something more German ?

https://t.co/r1wZQ7F2Ll

[Tony Tassell @TonyTassell]

Schroders plans to appoint chief financial officer Richard Oldfield as its next CEO -scoop by @HarrietAgnew @OwenWalker0 @_MODwyer https://t.co/kRzECMGyAN

[Martin Arnold @MAmdorsky]

I started a new job today as the FT's financial regulation editor in London - on the hunt for the next big financial crisis or scandal. Great to feel the buzz of a global city as I walked to work this morning, even if I will miss much about Frankfurt and covering the ECB.

[Owen Walker @OwenWalker0]

Australian bank weighs ban on office-hours boozing after trader misbehaviour

https://t.co/TwGKBVQI6O

[Arash Massoudi @ArashMassoudi]

A history of crime, intrigue, murder and scandal

How the world’s oldest bank brought an Italian city to its knees

Your must read of the day - a masterpiece by @OwenWalker0 and @FTMag

https://t.co/Hdf7zkXlwq

[Owen Walker @OwenWalker0]

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