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
@timleunig.bsky.social
Policy thoughts: http://timleunig.substack.com Chief Economist Nesta, Director Econ PublicFirst, Vis Prof LSE Sch Public Policy, Vis Fellow Inst for Govt
@duncanlamont2.bsky.social
I post cool charts about markets and investing. Scottish and into running. Head of Strategic Research @Schroders. Not investment advice
@moyeen.bsky.social
Rates and bikes. Wholly unable to deal with Thibaut Pinot’s retirement. “Gilt guru” and “ethereal bond vigilante” apparently. Even worse in real life. Elite level idiot with Bengali Dad energy. Baked goods and fried chicken enthusiast.
@fiveminutemacro.bsky.social
Macro trader. I used to be disgusted, now I try to be amused.
@jimleaviss.bsky.social
No bond content here. Modernism only.😘 Factory Records, Toxteth Day of the Dead, art history between the wars. No longer in a sling. Does not know Kung Fu. Precious historical record only via Spotify: Uncle Jim’s World of Bonds
@ericbeebo.bsky.social
New platform, still macro/markets but with some of the personal as well. Opinions all mine. Former journo. Used to live in Tokyo and HK. Call me deacon blues. Boring gay dude. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@sanderwagner.bsky.social
@jmackin2.bsky.social
Writer of Streetwise column in the Wall Street Journal www.wsj.com/streetwise Here for FinTwit c. 2012. Ex FT
@brokenbanker.bsky.social
Equities, ETFs, Rates, FX trader. also 🎥, 📺, 🏏, 🎶. will never spam you with crypto, so ignore any imposters pretending to be me.
@resi-analyst.bsky.social
UK housing market analyst. Personal account. Analysis and commentary at https://builtplace.com/ Visiting Fellow at Henley Business School. Columnist for FT Weekend’s Money.
@annaisaac.bsky.social
City Editor, The Guardian - aka poking about in the money/power mix Get in touch with tips: trucker3@pm.me
@mayfaircynic.bsky.social
@darioperkins.bsky.social
MD Global Macro, macro themes/research/risks, central-bank specialist, started career at HM Treasury in late 90s, ex ABN AMRO, AC Milan fan
@rajakorman.bsky.social
Bay Area US. Aging macro expat. Cheap lunch guy. 1st to ever rhyme Duce and Juche. Neoliberal peacenik. Has Herder immunity. Virulent vector of dad jokes. 1/3 each phlegm, spleen & dad humors.
@domw.bsky.social
Chief economist at Absolute Strategy Research in London. But all of the nonsense I spout on here is mine and mine alone. Will never spam you with crypto scams in your DMs.
@lorcanrk.bsky.social
Still trying to figure out how those Renaissance guys managed to get it all done
@michellev.bsky.social
Fintwit refugee. Random observations. Sometimes finance-related. Shitposter with a Bloomberg. Night 🦉and wearer of pointy hats and flower garlands. Avant gardener
@jomichell.bsky.social
Professor of economics at UWE Bristol. Chair of Post-Keynesian Economics Society. Interested in macro, finance, banking, climate change, inequality, demographics. https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/JoMichell
@tomashirstecon.bsky.social
Strategy & Asset Allocation. Queasy metropolitan liberal. “Economist” - @t0nyyates
@stephenkinsella.bsky.social
Professor of Economics and Head of the Department of Economics at the University of Limerick in Ireland. Economic Advisor to An Tánaiste (Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister) with a focus on Trade.
@gilesyb.bsky.social
Former politico, comment writer, spread betting dealer, editor, now think tanker, consultant, baker of overly dense loaves. I run five times a week so does that make me a Running Punk?
@chriscook.news
ft senior reporter. articles with my byline get posted automagically on @bot.chriscook.news
@albertonardelli.bsky.social
Reporter at Bloomberg. In Europe, mostly. I have strong opinions about food and football. DM for Signal.
@cjayanetti.bsky.social
Freelance journalist covering British politics and public services - NHS, education, care, housing, disability, benefits - these days mainly for the Observer, Big Issue and Politics Home. Not a tribalist. I like good things and I don't like bad things.
@smtuffy.bsky.social
I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me, and it'll happen to you, too.
@robinwigglesworth.ft.com
Editor of FT Alphaville. Norwegian, despite the Harry Potteresque name.
@duncanrobinson.bsky.social
Write Bagehot column for the Economist. Comment writer of the year at British Journalism Awards 2024
@francescoppola.bsky.social
Woke lefty remoaner. Writes stuff on finance and economics at coppolacomment.substack.com. Wrote a book on QE, currently writing a book on banking. Sings a bit. Autistic.
@dsquareddigest.bsky.social
Malcolm Sparrow in the streets, Stafford Beer in the sheets. Once I wrote about fraud and its detection; currently writing about the industrialisation of decision making in general
@samuelmarclowe.bsky.social
Trade policy. Partner @ Flint Global. Senior visiting research fellow @ Kings College London. I have a Substack: https://mostfavourednation.substack.com
@katie0martin.ft.com
FT, E17, Unhedged podcast, gardening, making bread, climbing, cycling, 6 Music Mum. I don't deserve my bad Uber rating and I never give investment advice - if it looks like I am, it's a scam.
@chrisgiles.ft.com
Economics Commentator, Financial Times; Honorary Professor of Practice, UCL Policy Lab Sign up to my central banks newsletter here https://ep.ft.com/newsletters/subscribe?newsletterIds=6501cc9ec6e3c91c18b0b9e6
@jdportes.bsky.social
Professor of Economics and Public Policy, King's College London; Senior Fellow, UK in a Changing Europe. Immigration, economics, public policy. Personal views only; usual disclaimers apply. Books: Immigration (Sage), Capitalism (Quercus)
@scaggs.bsky.social
emotive forces shape the gestalt of the brand identity / https://bsky.app/profile/alphaville.ft.com / “not a dipshit”
@t0nyyates.bsky.social
Economist. Ex Prof / central banker. Macro, politics, money, central banks, finance, Brexit, covid, AI, climbing, MUFC.
@weisenthal.bsky.social
Cohost of The Odd Lots Podcast Singer and guitarist in Light Sweet Crude
@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com
jester of goodwill (journalist, author, radio person, etc) marie.s.leconte@gmail.com
@hern.bsky.social
AI writer at the Economist. I write about it, that is. I’m still human. One of literally dozens of people online who is not American.
@peark.es
No longer Bluesky’s only resident finance bro | Macro Strategist | Even the blind squirrel get a nut sometime. | QCR: Non Culto, For The Crown | American via Canada, not Scottish. *ALL CAPS HEADLINES LIKE THIS ARE FROM BLOOMBERG 📍 CLT
@alanbeattie.bsky.social
Opiner for Financial Times in London. Globalisation, econ, snark. RT≠👍. Views own. alan.beattie@ft.com. Sign up to my FT Trade Secrets newsletter https://subs.ft.com/spa3_tradesecrets?segmentId=357afa03-959c-93ed-0842-58e2115025d4.
@tobyn.bsky.social
“Veteran” fund manager. FT contrib ed. Resolution Foundation Assoc. Baring Foundation Trustee.