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Patrick Jenkins

Deputy Editor

Patrick Jenkins is deputy editor of the Financial Times. Before his appointment, Patrick served as financial editor for over five years, shaping FT’s overall financial coverage and managing several teams, including banking, markets and Lex. 

Patrick joined the FT in 1998 and reported for FT Money and UK companies. He has been Frankfurt correspondent, Companies editor and Banking editor.

Email Patrick Jenkins @patrickjenkins_  on X.com (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Monday, 4 May, 2026
    Pensions industry
    Our pension funds are not quasi-government money

    New legislation pushing the mandatory allocation of investments into private assets conflicts with the fiduciary duty of trustees

    Patrick Jenkins
    Members of the House of Lords seated on red leather benches during debate on the Pension Schemes Bill, with one member standing to speak.
  • Monday, 20 April, 2026
    Financials
    How the Iran war could hurt Wall Street

    The big unknown is how the conflict could alter the Gulf’s investment priorities in the next year or two

    Patrick Jenkins
    A trader’s face is seen in partial focus behind monitors on the New York Stock Exchange floor, with a blurred American flag at left.
  • Monday, 23 March, 2026
    European banks
    The Shakespearean animus of Botín and Orcel

    The Italian’s bid for Commerzbank may prove to be the final act in European banking’s rivalrous drama

    Patrick Jenkins
    Andrea Orcel and Ana Botín stand together at a meeting.
  • Monday, 9 March, 2026
    Drones
    Drones: a strategic tool for defence and markets

    Tech groups such as Quantum are winning investor support in Europe, boosting the region’s venture capital industry

    Patrick Jenkins
    A large drone labelled ‘RELIANT’ is displayed in front of a digital map showing airport infrastructure and drone-related terms
  • Monday, 23 February, 2026
    UK companies
    Is the sale of Schroders really so bad for the City?

    iShares’ sale to BlackRock holds lessons for the UK

    Patrick Jenkins
    iShares by BlackRock office building with a glass facade, surrounded by green trees and reflecting nearby buildings.
  • Wednesday, 18 February, 2026
    FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
    Help make the world financially literate

    The FT’s campaign has reached thousands of schools and with your help can reach many more

    Patrick Jenkins
    Two students in chef uniforms smile and write in notebooks during a financial literacy session at PACE hospitality program.
  • Monday, 9 February, 2026
    European banks
    Three ways European banks are finding their mojo

    Strategic initiatives by Santander, Intesa Sanpaolo and Société Générale show how things are changing

    Patrick Jenkins
    Santander, Societe Generale, and Intesa Sanpaolo office buildings are shown side by side against a gradient background.
  • Monday, 26 January, 2026
    US financial regulation
    The truth behind Trump’s pro-consumer rhetoric

    As the US midterm elections approach, expect the financial interests of voters to loom ever larger in the president’s agenda

    Patrick Jenkins
    Donald Trump holds a stack of papers labelled “White House Accomplishments” while speaking at a press briefing podium.
  • Monday, 26 January, 2026
    FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
    Pensions lessons: a new twist on British army training

    FT-backed financial literacy programme aims to make recruits fighting fit for later life

    Three members of the Band of the Welsh Guards in ceremonial red uniforms and bearskin hats, holding musical instruments.
  • Monday, 12 January, 2026
    European companies
    Why Italy is turning its insurance giant into a pawn of power politics

    Billionaire Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone and allies are close to gaining control of Generali

    Patrick Jenkins
    The top of the Generali Tower with a large red sign displaying "GENERALI" in white letters.
  • Saturday, 27 December, 2025
    FT charity appeal
    India’s trainee chefs and mechanics learn about money

    FT charity expands financial literacy programme to Indian vocational schools

    Five hospitality programme students in chef uniforms and hats pose together outdoors, wearing name badges and smiling.
  • Monday, 15 December, 2025
    Stablecoins
    Why the ‘stablecoin supercycle’ could rewire banking

    Some technologists believe more than 100,000 such payment systems could swamp the world within five years

    Patrick Jenkins
    Two large icons representing the Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC) stablecoins on a red abstract digital background
  • Monday, 1 December, 2025
    HSBC Holdings PLC
    HSBC and another chaotic chair search

    Bank’s board still riven over a replacement for Mark Tucker, 15 years after similar succession saga

    Patrick Jenkins
  • Monday, 24 November, 2025
    FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
    FT seasonal appeal: why financial education has never been more crucial

    Experian will match-fund reader donations to bring FLIC’s financial literacy to more people

    Patrick Jenkins
    View of a person’s hands while they do calculations on their phone calculator and fill in notes on coursework
  • Monday, 17 November, 2025
    UBS Group AG
    UBS vs Switzerland: time for pragmatism

    It is not in the country’s interests for its biggest bank to be uncompetitive

    Patrick Jenkins
    Karin Keller-Sutter speaks while Colm Kelleher listens during a press conference about the UBS takeover of Credit Suisse.
  • Sunday, 9 November, 2025
    Federal Reserve
    Interview. Gulf between rich and poor risks US downturn, Fed official warns

    John Williams suggests poorer Americans’ mounting problems could be a factor in whether the central bank cuts rates next month

    John Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, seated in a suit inside a wood-paneled room at the Federal Reserve.
  • Monday, 3 November, 2025
    UK banks
    The UK bank bashing must stop

    If Britain is serious about growth, it needs strong lenders with the capacity to reinvest in financing the economy

    Patrick Jenkins
    Rachel Reeves speaks at a podium, smiling, with a colorful abstract background at the Regional Investment Summit.
  • Friday, 31 October, 2025
    Revolut Ltd
    City grandee Sherwood says Revolut systems are now ‘Goldman quality’

    Former Goldman executive is a longtime board member of the fintech, which has struggled to win a UK banking licence

    Michael Sherwood stands at home, resting his hands on a chair, looking slightly to the side.
  • Monday, 20 October, 2025
    FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
    What if financial literacy could boost GDP?

    New research suggests a direct link between improved understanding of issues such as inflation and lower loan defaults

    Patrick Jenkins
    A student sits at a desk using a laptop, reviewing a document.
  • Monday, 6 October, 2025
    Markets
    What Sweden can teach the world about stock market success

    AstraZeneca’s humbling blow to London highlights need for change in UK and elsewhere in Europe

    Patrick Jenkins
    Executives gather in front of a large Nasdaq sign inside the Swedish Stock Exchange during the Traton SE listing ceremony.
  • Monday, 22 September, 2025
    Climate change
    The warped economics of insuring climate destruction

    Industry is exposing itself to steepening losses on natural catastrophe cover

    Patrick Jenkins
    A waiter sets a table at an outdoor café on a flooded St Mark's Square in Venice as people walk through shallow water
  • Wednesday, 10 September, 2025
    FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
    Our charity auction is back: bid for lunch with a top FT journalist

    Bidding opens to raise money for the FT’s Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign

  • Friday, 29 August, 2025
    Biography and memoir
    Without Prejudice by Tidjane Thiam — from the Pru to politics

    The memoir of the Credit Suisse boss turned Ivory Coast opposition leader is a compelling account of a life in business and beyond, with lessons on race and racism along the way

    Tidjane Thiam, smiling, wearing a patterned shirt and sunglasses, greets supporters with arms raised at a political rally. He is surrounded by security and cheering crowd.
  • Friday, 29 August, 2025
    Indian business & finance
    India taps homegrown digital payments network to widen access to credit

    Infrastructure will let banks deliver short-term loans more easily but encouraging take-up could prove difficult

    A vendor in a blue shirt weighs vegetables at a roadside market in Mumbai. A Paytm advertisement, indicating acceptance of digital payments, is prominently displayed among the baskets of fresh produce, which include carrots, potatoes, and various greens
  • Monday, 25 August, 2025
    Bitcoin
    Why bitcoin treasury companies are a fool’s paradise

    In a crypto winter, the consequences could be painful for investors

    Patrick Jenkins
    A representation of a bitcoin coin surrounded by bright orange sparks
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