Old London(ish) FinTwit
Starter pack for folks joining because of the promise that Bluesky was a bit like 2011-era Londonish FinTwit. OK - so I'm not saying that these folks were all tweeting in 2011, but they'd have fitted right in.
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@tobyn.bsky.social
@economistmeg.bsky.social
External MPC Member, Bank of England; Senior Fellow, Chatham House; Senior Fellow, Brown University; Red Sox fan. All opinions mine.
@pickardje.bsky.social
Deputy political editor, Financial Times. Also amateur iphone photographer and some-time musician.
@financeguy.bsky.social
Institutional money manager 🇬🇧🇨🇭🇫🇷 Markets, energy, history, politics
@alphaville.ft.com
A markets and finance blog that's outside the FT paywall. All we ask is that you register to read: https://on.ft.com/3tDRiiu
@nihoncassandra.bsky.social
My best friends are Rawlsian and kind. http://nihoncassandra.blogspot.com
@jvs.bsky.social
Family Office Adviser: Helping those with assets make better decisions around them.
@chriswhittall.bsky.social
Associate Editor, derivatives and secondary markets, at IFR. Views all mine.
@aisling7468.bsky.social
@williamw1.bsky.social
Founder of think tank New Financial. Bigger & better capital markets in Europe. ‘Top City wonk’ - CityAM. Expert on the decline of ties - Daily Mail
@pdonovan-econ.bsky.social
Economist. Part time farmer. Amateur boxer. Occasional author. Egotist. Advocate of economics without jargon. Inflation, environmental economics, the economics of prejudice, structural change. ubs.com/pauldonovan
@jamessmithrf.bsky.social
Research Director at the Resolution Foundation. Previous lives at the Bank of England and in the civil service. Focussed mainly on macroeconomics (mainly).
@winmonroe.bsky.social
PhD candidate in Finance at Imperial College Business School ‖ Banking, Monetary Policy, Crises, Funding Markets ‖ via Federal Reserve, IMF, BoE ‖ UPF-BSE, Johns Hopkins, Georgetown ‖ www.winmonroe.com
@flipchartrick.bsky.social
Nottingham-born West Londoner. Author of Flip Chart Fairy Tales blog. Patient #NFFC supporter.
@actuarybyday.bsky.social
Partner at LCP. Actuary. Deputy Chair of the CMI. MBE for services to Public Health. Expect statistics and data.
@stevewebb1.bsky.social
Pensions Minister 2010-15; Partner LCP; all posts personal views steve.webb@lcp.uk.com
@msaundersecon.bsky.social
Economist. Now Senior Advisor at Oxford Economics, previously BoE MPC 2016-22, economist at Citi and Salomon Brothers 1990-2016.
@veron.bsky.social
Senior Fellow at Bruegel and at the Peterson Institute for International Economics
@george17.bsky.social
China watcher, ex Chief Economist UBS, now at China Centre, Oxford and at SOAS, London. Rock&Indie music lover. Also golden retriever owner and fan.
@asvalero.bsky.social
Member of Council of Economic Advisers at HM Treasury (on leave from Centre for Economic Performance, LSE)
@guardianheather.bsky.social
Economics editor at the Guardian. Former political editor, former Observer economics editor. Londoner, Mum. heather.stewart@theguardian.com
@louisemurphy.bsky.social
Senior Economist at the Resolution Foundation, focusing on employment, young people and health | views my own
@thekrazykobra.bsky.social
Retired investment banker. Fulham FC fan. 2 Legit 2 Quit. “Allergic to the counterfeit, impartial to the politics” https://www.ft.com/craig-coben https://www.globalcapital.com/author/craig-coben
@georgeeaton.bsky.social
Senior Editor (Politics), New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/author/george-eaton
@oldtrotter.bsky.social
Former economist and civil servant. Still a music fan and trying to return to being a cyclist after open heart surgery.
@gemmatetlow.bsky.social
Chief Economist, Institute for Government Formerly Economics Correspondent at the Financial Times and Programme Director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies
@greyskiesthinking.bsky.social
Research, analysis & grey-skies thinking on labour markets, social security, public finance & equality. Usual disclaimer. @declangaffney@mstdn.social. 🇮🇪 Profile pic is Takashi Shimura with Toshiro oMifune in Stray Dog (Akira Kurosawa, 1949).
@jamesdaustin.bsky.social
This again. Outdoors. Politics. Sport. Not always in that order. Labour. Trade Unionist. Trying to do community things. Views entirely my own
@pauljdavies.bsky.social
Has views on banking and finance for Bloomberg Opinion. Just because you “like” something doesn’t mean you *like* something… Money. Music. Books and Bad like really atrocious Jokes. Also #COYS
@bondhack.ft.com
Corporate Finance Editor at the Financial Times. Have a tip? Email: robert.smith@ft.com / robert.smith.ft@proton.me | Signal: robert_smith_ft.55
@annpettifor.bsky.social
I write about the global financial system & its impact on the ecosystem. Books: The Production of Money, The Case for The GND (2018), The Coming First World Debt Crisis (2006). My newsletter: System Change, https://annpettifor.substack.com/
@adamposen.bsky.social
President, PIIE. Globalist. Former central banker. Political economy with a policy purpose. Writes on macroeconomic policy, G7/China relations, globalization, and economies of US, UK, Germany, Japan, and PRC.
@petertl.bsky.social
Global Editor, Reuters Breakingviews. Usual disclaimers apply. Signal: petertl.17 www.breakingviews.com
@bau.bsky.social
残り物には福がある。Trafiquant de l’ésoterique. Unverified(Ogre). Usually couth, sometimes kempt, often gruntled. Strong opinions held weekly.
@evanhd.bsky.social
The bloke who presents the BBC Radio 4 PM programme as well as the Bottom Line. And Dragons Den on BBC1. I try to be reasonable, but it is sometimes a struggle.
@jasonfurman.bsky.social
Professor at Harvard. Teaches Ec 10, some posts might be educational. Also Senior Fellow @PIIE.com & contributor @nytopinion.nytimes.com. Was Chair of President Obama's CEA.
@mccrum.bsky.social
Do investigations for the FT, into dubious accounting and dodgy characters mainly. Wrote a book called Money Men about a spectacular fraud
@robarmstrong.bsky.social
US Financial Commentator, Financial Times. Opinions mine, unfortunately. The pursuit of pleasure is hard work.
@gabrielmilland.bsky.social
Mainly research for strategy. Former senior UK government comms official and adviser. Once a journalist. Further back, a historian of the media, war and public opinion. Halberdier. Aggro-centrist. Bristol City FC.
@chanret.bsky.social
I teach politics at a university in the UK. I'm interested in electoral systems, public opinion, and the politics of non-majoritarian institutions like courts and regulators. ORCID: 0000-0002-8932-9405
@johnspringford.bsky.social
Economist and occasional politics dabbler. Working on a project to improve labour markets. Associate fellow, Centre for European Reform. Visiting fellow, Institute for Policy Research, Bath University.
@rlspang.bsky.social
Professor of History, sometimes administrator at big public university in Midwest. Writes about money, French Revolution, restaurants. Friend to vert paleo. ex UCL History; Yale SOM Visiting Fellow; Guggenheim and New America Fellow. once/future Mainer
@mattsteinglass.bsky.social
Europe correspondent for The Economist. If you don’t use your real name, the bar for mute/block is low. Send me tales of corruption, the most important story in the world.
@mijrahman.bsky.social
Managing Director, Europe and co-head of London office, Eurasia Group. Formerly HM Treasury and European Commission. Senior Research Fellow, LSE European Institute. ECFR Council Member. My views. Seeking analytical truth https://www.eurasiagroup.net
@dianecoyle1859.bsky.social
Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge; economist
@hetanshah.bsky.social
Chief Executive, The British Academy Chair, Our World in Data Board, National Audit Office Visiting Professor, Kings College London Fellow, Birkbeck College Advisory board, Resolution Foundation; Bennett Institute; UCL Policy Lab My own views
@katemac.bsky.social
understander of things climate-related, Polycrisis co-writer, and more
@marychilds.bsky.social
a cohost of 🌏💰 and author of The Bond King mchilds at npr dot org Signal @marychilds01
@jemima.bsky.social
Columnist and feature writer at the Financial Times. 👩🏼💻 https://www.ft.com/jemima-kelly Probably at a Stoke Newington drinks party.
@alexbhturnbull.bsky.social
Climate / energy / materials / climate dad / Sneaky Sasquatch / in 🇸🇬. Posts are on rolling delete. syncretica.substack.com https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1Vg7PNIAAAAJ&hl=en
@tonytassell.bsky.social
Financial Opinion Editor at the FT. I have views. A spotter of things in markets, companies, world affairs. Also interested in food and climbing.
@skandaamarnath.bsky.social
Executive Director of Employ America Macro / Labor / Finance / Energy / Chart posting
@anandmenon.bsky.social
Director @ukandeu Bitter and twisted observer of politics. ‘Not yoda’ (DC) ‘Slightly matey politics don' (Q. Letts) Trustee, @fullfact #LUFC Most views someone else’s
@benansell.bsky.social
Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions, Nuffield & University of Oxford, FBA. http://benansell.substack.com. Why Politics Fails. BBC Reith Lecturer 2023. Host of What’s Wrong With Democracy? and BBC Radio 4’s Rethink
@robfordmancs.bsky.social
Politics Professor, University of Manchester. Author of "Brexitland" and "The British General Election of 2019" My Substack, "The Swingometer", is here: https://swingometer.substack.com/ https://www.robertford.net/
@danneidle.bsky.social
Founder of Tax Policy Associates Ltd. Tax realist. @danneidle on Twitter
@maxroser.bsky.social
— Founder of Our World in Data — Professor at the University of Oxford Data to understand global problems and research to make progress against them.
@soumayakeynes.ft.com
Economics columnist at the Financial Times https://www.ft.com/soumaya-keynes Host of The Economics Show podcast https://link.chtbl.com/economicsshow Singer-songwriter http://bit.ly/2Z6gvjp
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com
Columnist and chief data reporter the Financial Times | Stories, stats & scatterplots | john.burn-murdoch@ft.com 📝 ft.com/jbm
@samfr.bsky.social
Writes the most popular UK politics Substack (samf.substack.com) Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State" out now. (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Senior fellow: Institute for Government
@stephenkb.bsky.social
Associate editor and columnist @financialtimes.com. Post too often about culture, public policy, management, politics, nerd stuff, Arsenal, wosoc. Try my UK politics newsletter for free here: www.ft.com/tryinsidepolitics
@rafaelbehr.bsky.social
Political columnist, The Guardian Author, Politics, A Survivor's Guide Website: https://rafaelbehr.com/
@helenlewis.bsky.social
Staff writer, The Atlantic | Author, Difficult Women (2020) and The Genius Myth (2025) | Podcaster, Page 94 and Strong Message Here | Doom scroller, the internet
@janinegibson.ft.com
Editor of Weekend FT • sinkhole tracker • Do not buy crypto from me or anyone who appears to be me
@jonnelledge.bsky.social
#1 Sunday Times bestselling author, because apparently that matters. New Statesman, Oh God What Now, The Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything, Paper Cuts (RIP). Not an American.
@drjennings.bsky.social
I research and write about politics, public policy, public opinion, polls, elections, geography, place, trust. I run on espresso.
@columnist.bsky.social
‘The view from the column is ever distant’ (Anon, early 21st century) Befuddling mix of politics, art, literary theory, philosophy, financial markets, international relations, cooking, and…dog photos… ‘Wow just wow what a skeeter’ ‘Such a cute dog’
@codendahl.bsky.social
European economics editor @TheEconomist. London via Berlin, Stockholm and Cologne. Have no plans to write a book.
@jim.londoncentric.media
Journalist. Editor of @londoncentric.media, a modern news outlet covering London in the old-fashioned way: www.londoncentric.media
@davidheniguk.bsky.social
Trade wonk, Brexit bore, globalisation defender, music lover, cricketer, gardener, supporter of mediocre football teams, who knows where the time goes?
@roberthutton.co.uk
RobDotHutton from the broken site. Parliamentary sketches and film columnist for The Critic, co-host of classic cinema love-in War Movie Theatre. New spy book "The Illusionist" is out now.
@timmyconspiracy.bsky.social
we are all just carbon water starlight oxygen and dreams and the sun the moon the earth the neighbours long to hear our screams
@gusbaratta.bsky.social
Bonds, running, one Europe. Ex market-maker turned portfolio manager. Hibernia.
@frontiercharlie.bsky.social
Frontier / emerging market obsessive, author The Time Travelling Economist which explains what Marx missed and when countries escape poverty from 1670 to 2070
@davidmilliken.bsky.social
Reuters economics reporter covering the Bank of England, HM Treasury, bond markets and UK data.
@bruceandy.bsky.social
Bit of this, bit of that at Reuters. UK economy and north of England correspondent. ☀️ Stockport ☀️ 💬+442075134461