Accessibility helpSkip to navigationSkip to contentSkip to footer

Cookies on FT Sites

We use cookies (opens in new window) for a number of reasons, such as keeping FT Sites reliable and secure, personalising content and ads, providing social media features and to analyse how our Sites are used.
Manage cookies
Accept & continue
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe
Open side navigation menuOpen search bar
Financial Times
myFT
  • Home
  • World
    Sections
    • World Home
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • Americas
    • Middle East and North Africa
    Most Read
    • England’s lockdown fails to suppress rise in Covid transmissions
    • EU and BioNTech/Pfizer clash over reduced vaccine deliveries
    • China imposes sanctions on Trump officials including Mike Pompeo
    • Biden signals return to normality on first day as president
    • Angela Merkel warns Joe Biden to expect ‘arguments’
  • US
    Sections
    • US Home
    • US Economy
    • US Companies
    • US Politics & Policy
    Most Read
    • QAnon in crisis as day of reckoning fails to materialise
    • Baupost’s Seth Klarman compares investors to ‘frogs in boiling water’
    • China imposes sanctions on Trump officials including Mike Pompeo
    • Biden signals return to normality on first day as president
    • Angela Merkel warns Joe Biden to expect ‘arguments’
  • Companies
    Sections
    • Companies Home
    • Energy
    • Financials
    • Health
    • Industrials
    • Media
    • Professional Services
    • Retail & Consumer
    • Tech Sector
    • Telecoms
    • Transport
    Most Read
    • Crackdown on Jack Ma’s empire gathers pace despite reappearance
    • Beckhams pay themselves healthy dividend even as losses deepen
    • Cheap antiparasitic could cut chance of Covid-19 deaths by up to 75%
    • BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine found effective against Covid-19 variant
    • Fifa moves to block breakaway ‘super league’ with international player ban
  • Tech
  • Markets
    Sections
    • Markets Home
    • Alphaville
    • Markets Data
    • Capital Markets
    • Commodities
    • Currencies
    • Equities
    • Fund Management
    • Trading
    • Moral Money
    • ETF Hub
    Most Read
    • Baupost’s Seth Klarman compares investors to ‘frogs in boiling water’
    • Crises facing Biden threaten to create vicious cycles
    • US emerges as early winner of shift in derivatives trading from London
    • Higher inflation is coming and it will hit bondholders
    • Time to look again at the financial system’s dangerous faultlines
  • Climate
  • Opinion
    Sections
    • Opinion Home
    • Columnists
    • The FT View
    • The Big Read
    • Lex
    • Obituaries
    • Letters
    Most Read
    • Democratic Unionists are now Irish reunification’s secret weapon
    • Mystery of the UK’s vanishing foreign-born workers
    • Crises facing Biden threaten to create vicious cycles
    • Unequal vaccine access will return to haunt the rich
    • The right answer to Xi Jinping is a one-China policy
  • Work & Careers
    Sections
    • Work & Careers Home
    • Business School Rankings
    • Business Education
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Recruitment
    • Business Books
    • Business Travel
    Most Read
    • Vaccines won’t get us back in the office any time soon
    • When combining a senior job with study — when should I apply for my next role?
    • The pandemic tests a new generation of graduate trainees
    • Disabled workers find an upside in new working practices
    • How acts of leadership kindness make everyone better
  • Life & Arts
    Sections
    • Life & Arts Home
    • Arts
    • Books
    • Food & Drink
    • FT Magazine
    • House & Home
    • Style
    • Travel
    • FT Globetrotter
    Most Read
    • The new codes of White House dressing
    • Millions of people face tax return fines due to Covid, body warns
    • Why does Davos Man get it so wrong?
    • Six films to watch this week
    • The fight for the future of America’s local newspapers
  • How to Spend It
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe
MenuSearch
  • Home
  • World
  • US
  • Companies
  • Tech
  • Markets
  • Climate
  • Opinion
  • Work & Careers
  • Life & Arts
  • How to Spend It
Financial Times
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe

Cat Rutter Pooley

Lombard writer
Cat Rutter Pooley writes UK corporate commentary for the FT’s Lombard column. Cat is a former corporate lawyer turned journalist, who worked at Slaughter and May and Osborne Clarke before joining the FT in 2016. She was most recently the FT’s City correspondent and before that wrote breaking news about UK companies.
Email Cat Rutter Pooley @catrutterpooley (link opens in a new browser window)
Email Cat Rutter Pooley @catrutterpooley (link opens in a new browser window)

Add to myFT Digest

Add this topic to your myFT Digest for news straight to your inbox

  • Thursday, 5 November, 2020
    City Bulletin
    City Bulletin: Bank of England boosts QE and warns of double-dip recession risk Premium

    Boost to QE, Sainsbury’s to shut most Argos shops, tech shares surge

  • Wednesday, 4 November, 2020
    City Bulletin
    City Bulletin: M&S falls to historic half-year loss as clothing sales slump Premium

    M&S’s historic loss; Alibaba shares tumble; Martin Wolf’s ten things the Covid crisis will change

  • Tuesday, 3 November, 2020
    City Bulletin
    City Bulletin: Primark owner holds off paying final dividend after profits drop Premium

    Dividend drought at ABF, BNP beats forecasts, we’re all quants now

  • Monday, 2 November, 2020
    City Bulletin
    City Bulletin: Business begins to count the cost of new national lockdown Premium

    Primark predicts £375m hit to sales, bookie GVC and insurer Hiscox also warn of knocks but Ocado upgrades forecasts

  • Thursday, 29 October, 2020
    City Bulletin
    City Bulletin: Shell and Lloyds lead busy quarterly results day Premium

    Shell lifts divi; Lloyds returns to profit; Tiffany and LVMH make up

  • Wednesday, 28 October, 2020
    LombardUK airports
    Heathrow’s Parisian eclipse isn’t a question of Covid testing

    Airport faces short-term blip but long-term challenge; Kaz Min saga gets its final airing

  • Wednesday, 28 October, 2020
    City Bulletin
    City Bulletin: Heathrow cedes title of Europe’s busiest airport to Paris CDG Premium

    Heathrow overtaken by Paris; Next upgrades profits (again); your Knightsbridge dining guide

  • Tuesday, 27 October, 2020
    LombardBP PLC
    BP has yet to prove it is performing or transforming

    Investors will need patience when delivering a verdict on Bernard Looney’s overhaul; St James’s Place under fire

  • Tuesday, 27 October, 2020
    City Bulletin
    HSBC follows Barclays as loan loss provisions recede Premium

    HSBC ahead; BP ekes out profit; Lex on Ant Group’s blockbuster IPO

  • Promoted Content
  • Monday, 26 October, 2020
    LombardThe Hut Group
    The Hut Group has an Ocado-like tinge

    E-commerce promise outweighs proof of profits for investors

  • Monday, 26 October, 2020
    City Bulletin
    City Bulletin: The Hut Group raises sales forecast in maiden trading update Premium

    Hut Group’s maiden update; Bayer’s $4bn pharma deal; why now is no time for bank dividends

  • Friday, 23 October, 2020
    City Bulletin
    City Bulletin: Loan loss charges ease as Barclays bounces back Premium

    Barclays’ loan losses ease, Goldman’s guilty plea, disinfectants’ moment

  • Thursday, 22 October, 2020
    City Bulletin
    City Bulletin: BA owner warns of bleak outlook as Europe locks down Premium

    BA owner’s bleak outlook, Tesla’s fifth quarterly profit, boardrooms must be more diverse

  • Wednesday, 21 October, 2020
    LombardCyber Security
    Working from home doesn’t always mean a big boost for tech

    Avast takes hit as cyber security surge slows; Not-so-super superfunds

  • Wednesday, 21 October, 2020
    City Bulletin
    City Bulletin: UK borrowing soars in response to pandemic Premium

    UK borrowing record, Netflix growth slows, Martin Wolf on the economy’s ‘long Covid’

  • Tuesday, 20 October, 2020
    LombardUK companies
    City of London’s plans to reinvent itself are laudable but not landmark

    Sustainability, small businesses and start-ups recall a Cameron manifesto from ten years ago

  • Tuesday, 20 October, 2020
    City Bulletin
    City Bulletin: City of London targets arts and small business post-pandemic Premium

    City of London to reinvent itself (again), UBS profits double, Lombard on PwC and Boohoo

  • Monday, 19 October, 2020
    City Bulletin
    City Bulletin: Johnson to warn business ‘time running out’ for Brexit preparations Premium

    Johnson’s Brexit warning for business; CMA’s tough tech talk; managing bank bonus expectations

  • Thursday, 15 October, 2020
    City Bulletin
    City Bulletin: Heineken-owned pub group fined £2m for breaking tie-in rules Premium

    Heineken-owned pub group fined £2m, Ryanair cuts winter flights, Zoom launches marketplace

  • Wednesday, 14 October, 2020
    City Bulletin
    City Bulletin: Pandemic shopping surge boosts retailer Asos's profits Premium

    Asos’s pandemic profit boost; 5G iPhones arrive; last orders for pub groups

  • Tuesday, 13 October, 2020
    City Bulletin
    City Bulletin: Redundancies surge to highest level since the financial crisis Premium

    Redundancies surge, Disney targets streaming, Lex on Alex Cruz's BA exit

  • Monday, 12 October, 2020
    City Bulletin
    City Bulletin: British Airways’ boss Alex Cruz steps down Premium

    BA’s boss Cruz out, bankers summoned back to Blighty, humour in the office

  • Friday, 9 October, 2020
    City Bulletin
    City Bulletin: UK growth slows despite August Eat Out to Help Out boost Premium

    UK growth disappoints, LSE sells Italian business, Morgan Stanley’s Eaton Vance deal

  • Thursday, 8 October, 2020
    City Bulletin
    City Bulletin: EasyJet set to report first ever annual loss Premium

    EasyJet’s first loss, Vatican’s Hertz bet, Frasers’ Fearless 1,000

  • Wednesday, 7 October, 2020
    City Bulletin
    City Bulletin: Tesco’s new boss begins reign with solid set of results Premium

    Tesco’s solid results, Big Tech takedown, rollercoasters’ big Covid plunge

Previous You are on page 1 Next

Useful links

Support

View Site TipsHelp CentreContact UsAbout UsAccessibilitymyFT TourCareers

Legal & Privacy

Terms & ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookiesCopyrightSlavery Statement & Policies

Services

FT LiveShare News Tips SecurelyIndividual SubscriptionsGroup SubscriptionsRepublishingContracts & Tenders
Executive Job SearchAdvertise with the FTFollow the FT on TwitterFT TransactSecondary Schools

Tools

PortfolioToday's Newspaper (ePaper)Alerts HubBusiness School Rankings
Enterprise ToolsNews feedNewslettersCurrency Converter
More from the FT Group
Markets data delayed by at least 15 minutes. © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2021. FT and ‘Financial Times’ are trademarks of The Financial Times Ltd.
The Financial Times and its journalism are subject to a self-regulation regime under the FT Editorial Code of Practice.
Financial Times

International Edition

  • Switch to UK Edition
  • Top sections
  • Home
  • World
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • Americas
    • Middle East and North Africa
  • US
    • US Economy
    • US Companies
    • US Politics & Policy
  • Companies
    • Energy
    • Financials
    • Health
    • Industrials
    • Media
    • Professional Services
    • Retail & Consumer
    • Tech Sector
    • Telecoms
    • Transport
  • Tech
  • Markets
    • Alphaville
    • Markets Data
    • Capital Markets
    • Commodities
    • Currencies
    • Equities
    • Fund Management
    • Trading
    • Moral Money
    • ETF Hub
  • Climate
  • Opinion
    • Columnists
    • The FT View
    • The Big Read
    • Lex
    • Obituaries
    • Letters
  • Work & Careers
    • Business School Rankings
    • Business Education
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Recruitment
    • Business Books
    • Business Travel
  • Life & Arts
    • Arts
    • Books
    • Food & Drink
    • FT Magazine
    • House & Home
    • Style
    • Travel
    • FT Globetrotter
  • Personal Finance
    • Property & Mortgages
    • Investments
    • Pensions
    • Tax
    • Banking & Savings
    • Advice & Comment
    • Next Act
  • How to Spend It
  • Special Reports
  • FT recommends
  • Graphics
  • Lex
  • Alphaville
  • Lunch with the FT
  • FT Globetrotter
  • #techAsia
  • Moral Money
  • FTfm
  • Newsletters
  • Video
  • Podcasts
  • News feed
  • myFT
  • Portfolio
  • Today's Newspaper (ePaper)
  • Crossword
  • Our Apps
  • Help Centre
  • Subscribe
  • Sign In