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Robert Armstrong

US financial editor

Robert Armstrong is the FT’s US financial editor. Previously, he was chief editorial writer and has also edited the FT’s Lex Column. Before becoming a journalist, he worked in finance and studied philosophy.

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    Debts of more than $1bn are tied to the Covid-struck commercial real estate market

  • Wednesday, 28 October, 2020
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    Payment processors’ revenues hit by struggling economic rebound and travel disruptions

  • Monday, 26 October, 2020
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  • Friday, 23 October, 2020
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    The fallacy of ESG investing

    Win-win arguments promoting both bigger profits and better social returns are illogical

  • Thursday, 15 October, 2020
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  • Wednesday, 14 October, 2020
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    News overshadows declining credit costs and improved results from banks’ fee-based businesses

  • Wednesday, 14 October, 2020
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    Wells Fargo returns to profit after painful second quarter

    Income in lender’s mortgage unit surges as Americans rush to refinance at lower rates

  • Tuesday, 13 October, 2020
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    Banks bolstered by slimmer loan loss provisions and trading boom

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    Investors are assessing US presidential election polls that show a strong lead for Joe Biden

  • Monday, 12 October, 2020
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    The charters would set up a legal conflict between the OCC and the Federal Reserve

  • Monday, 12 October, 2020
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    Five things to watch in US bank earnings season

    Lenders will report against a backdrop of rising market optimism

  • Friday, 9 October, 2020
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  • Thursday, 8 October, 2020
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    The painter’s powerful Ku Klux Klan-themed paintings have stirred up an art-world brouhaha

  • Wednesday, 7 October, 2020
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    Citigroup fined $400m over internal controls ‘deficiencies’

    Federal regulators order US bank to upgrade processes and technology

  • Tuesday, 6 October, 2020
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    Goldman adds benefits for partners but cuts numbers

    Solomon plans to elevate fewer to the partnership this year than any time since flotation

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    Incoming chief’s dilemma is whether to stay the course with current bank structure or shake things up

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    Goldman picks first woman to run large division in years

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    AnalysisCorporate bonds
    Upbeat bond market at odds with banks over scale of Covid risks

    US lenders are provisioning for hefty losses but yield spreads suggest they are too conservative

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    US banks
    US banks trim expectations in era of low interest rates

    New Fed policy overshadows positive news on credit performance and capital markets

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    Citigroup Inc
    Jane Fraser seeks to tame the Citigroup ‘beast’

    First female leader of a big Wall Street bank will need to bring order to its operations

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