@davidwighton

Columnist, Dow Jones and The Times

Joined July 2009
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great piece - important stuff here
David Wighton@davidwighton3 Dec 2024
Why is the US economy more dynamic than the UK? Is it partly because big US customers are more willing to buy from disruptive technology start-ups? thetimes.com/business-money/…

Defence start-ups: how to fix the procurement process

The US is looking at defence industry investors to oversee procurement. Can the UK keep up?

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John Arlidge@johnarlidge23 Nov 2024
Jaguar boss: I don’t care if Nigel Farage hates our rebrand. In this weekend's Sunday Times thetimes.com/business-money/…
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Will increased public investment in the budget deliver the promised big boost to growth? Not within ten years suggests analysis by the Office for Budget Responsibility. fnlondon.com/articles/who-ne…

Who needs the OBR? Not Rachel Reeves

Who needs the OBR? Not Rachel Reeves

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@maxseddon4 Oct 2024
Looking forward to reading @LucyAAsh’s book about the Russian Orthodox Church, which, in a wonderful bit of nominative determinism, is published by Icon Books on.ft.com/3NccsdY

The Baton and the Cross — Putin’s cynical co-opting of Russia’s church

Ex-Moscow correspondent Lucy Ash examines the complicity of the Orthodox Church in the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine

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Brilliant piece from @davidwighton exposing myth we are under-fuelled by venture capital thetimes.com/business-money/…
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Who will be #AI winners in #finance? Bet on the bankers, not the clients fnlondon.com/articles/who-wi… #fintech #GenAI @davidwighton @FinancialNews
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🔥 investigation by @Jamesdbooth1 into fintech firm Lanistar fnlondon.com/articles/lanist… via @FinancialNews

How Lanistar boss’s crypto coin blitz left investors out of pocket

How Lanistar boss’s crypto coin blitz left investors out of pocket

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Replying to @davidwighton @thetimes
Superb article; sharing tomorrow morning. Thanks for quoting my work.
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Abrdn boss Bird pitched selling £368bn investment arm fnlondon.com/articles/abrdn-… Great scoop by @davidwighton

Abrdn boss Bird pitched selling £368bn investment arm

Abrdn boss Bird pitched selling £368bn investment arm

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Tim Facer@TTFacer14 Apr 2023
Voracious private equity giants need new tactics if they are to feed their appetites thetimes.co.uk/article/vorac… via @davidwighton @thetimes #PrivateEquity

Voracious private equity giants need new tactics if they are to feed their appetites

The term “conglomerate” has become a dirty word among investors, conjuring up visions of bloated corporate dinosaurs, aimlessly gobbling up disparate companies

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Justin Cash@Justin_Cash_13 Apr 2023
My colleague @davidwighton has a spot-on take as ever. fnlondon.com/articles/the-fc…

The FCA is testing the City’s patience after a decade of disappointment

Watchdog’s concentration on processes instead of outcomes has meant it has underachieved

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Justin Cash@Justin_Cash_11 Apr 2023
10 years ago today, the FCA was born. It’s ridden scandals, staff strikes, and political upheaval. It’s battered. It’s bruised. But it’s still here. My magnum opus on how we got here, and where we might be going next. fnlondon.com/articles/fca-at…

Battered, bruised, but still here: The FCA at 10

Financial News talks to key players, from the current chief executive to disgruntled former employees, about life at the FCA

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Stop blaming everything on pension funds! on.ft.com/42OT6Cz
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Since 2016, BNP has grown its global market share in trading by 30% taking it from 10th to 7th according to @CoalitionGrnwch. @FinancialNews @davidwighton fnlondon.com/articles/while-…

While Wall Street giants dominate, Europeans consolidate — very slowly

Investment banks in Europe seem reluctant to give up on any part of their business

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Great column by @robertshrimsley
robert shrimsley@robertshrimsley8 Feb 2023
Truss’s significance is not that she is going to stage a comeback but that she offers increasingly desperate Tories a fantasy escape route — a cakeist agenda that offers conspiracies instead of hard choices ft.com/content/e7d7d5e3-1315…

Sunak is haunted by Tory ghosts and fantasies of cake

MPs agitating for reheated ‘Trussonomics’ could force the prime minister off the path of fiscal prudence

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When Barclays pushed to be recognised on the global stage, it’s doubtful they wanted being embroiled in scandal to be the reason why …to learn more, tune in now podfollow.com/a-long-time-in… #finance #podcasts #Banking
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This is one of the finest British portraits ever painted - and the story of Mai should be known, in all its complexity. Half the money needed has been raised to save it and put it - after 250 years - on public display in Britain. Just 5 weeks to save it. thetimes.co.uk/article/4655d…
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John Peters@johnthejack31 Jan 2023
UK spends on IT and more than thought on R&D so is the problem that workforce lacks skills to get best out of it? (£)thetimes.co.uk/article/spend… By @davidwighton

Spending more on IT won’t solve the productivity problem on its own

We have to be straight about the weaknesses of the UK economy, Jeremy Hunt declared last week, highlighting poor productivity and low business investment as key

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Justin Cash@Justin_Cash_113 Dec 2022
As incoming FCA chair Ashley Alder prepares to face @CommonsTreasury tomorrow, it's a good excuse to remind you of some good fun from @davidwighton a few years ago imagining what a headhunter would have written to him. fnlondon.com/articles/the-tr…

The tricky scrabble to replace Andrew Bailey at the FCA

FN's columnist imagines how the search for a new head of the UK regulator is going

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Alex Daniel@alexmdaniel25 Nov 2022
Top @davidwighton column in @FinancialNews this week, including the fresh revelation that the Tories' biggest donor is crypto lobbyist Chris Harborne. He's pumped £1m into the party already this year. No wonder Rishi wants to make the UK a 'crypto hub' fnlondon.com/articles/govern…

Government drops call-in power amid crypto donor concerns

Arguably it would be better if, in exceptional circumstances, ministers overrule regulators publicly after providing proper evidence for their decision, rather than behind closed doors

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Ian Mulheirn@ianmulheirn23 Nov 2022
All in favour of planning reform allowing more/better houses to be built. But the takes today implying that these reforms would have materially changed housing affordability or that this is a huge defeat for ‘the young’ are way off the mark. Would make a small difference at best
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