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Jonathan Guthrie

Head of Lex column

Jonathan Guthrie is an associate editor of the FT and the head of Lex, the agenda-setting premium commentary service on companies and investment. For six years he was City editor and writer of Lombard, an irreverent column on the Square Mile and corporate Britain. He has also been enterprise editor, Midlands correspondent and UK companies editor.

He has led investigations into Eurasian Natural Resources Corp, British Biotech and the “Gem of Tanzania” accounting fraud. Aside from Lex, he contributes occasionally to the opinion pages of the FT.

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  • Friday, 8 January, 2021
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    Wall Street/Trump, US bonds/blue wave, US/China app bans, China telcos/NYSE, HSBC/StanChart and more

  • Friday, 1 January, 2021
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    Rich Brits absconding in Switzerland makes a tempting tale

    Humans like to blame scapegoats for misfortunes and Covid provides plenty of scope

  • Friday, 18 December, 2020
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    Can Rebecca Giggs’s book — as per its evocative title — truly get to the bottom of these unfathomable megafauna?

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    How London grew into a financial powerhouse

    Charting the growth of London’s financial centre and what the future holds after Brexit

  • Tuesday, 15 December, 2020
    World6 min
    How Brexit disruption will change London's financial centres

    The FT's Jonathan Guthrie takes a high-speed tour of the places being affected

  • Friday, 13 November, 2020
    Lex
    Best of Lex: science vs chaos Premium

    Pfizer/BioNTech, Norwegian Air, Burberry, Taylor Wimpey, US homebuilders, bond prices, Roblox and more

  • Tuesday, 27 October, 2020
    Non-Fiction
    The City starts to confront its role in the slave trade

    A walking tour of London’s financial district explores an uncomfortable legacy

  • Friday, 25 September, 2020
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    Best of Lex: The Big Reset Premium

    UK business/Sunak, coronavirus, Kingfisher, Pets at Home, Microsoft/ZeniMax, travel sector and more

  • Friday, 18 September, 2020
    Technology sector
    Innovation and the magic art of pushing water uphill

    If we desperately want a technology to work, laws of physics will rearrange to make it possible

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  • Wednesday, 16 September, 2020
    Lex
    Lex letter from London: braving the UK’s ‘Brovid’ markets Premium

    There is some undoubted alignment between administrative competence and investor confidence

  • Wednesday, 26 August, 2020
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    Lex in-depth: why rescue finance will slow recovery for businesses

    US and UK-listed companies raised unprecedented amounts as pandemic hit, but at what cost?

  • Wednesday, 1 July, 2020
    Germany
    German corporations — and regulation — are in the dock

    The country’s consensual model of capitalism needs an overhaul in the wake of Wirecard’s implosion

  • Sunday, 28 June, 2020
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    Lex in depth: Examining the slave trade — ‘Britain has a debt to repay’

    Reparations campaigners argue that businesses that benefit from slavery should compensate the families of slaves. But how big should the bill be?

  • Wednesday, 10 June, 2020
    Lex
    Lex Letter from London: the agony of HSBC Premium

    Bank’s bind illustrates the broader pressures on UK as China and US judder apart

  • Friday, 5 June, 2020
    Lex
    Best of Lex: the bipolar recovery Premium

    ZoomInfo, Zoom, Moderna, Wizz Air, HSBC/StanChart, Nomura, LVMH and more

  • Friday, 22 May, 2020
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    Best of Lex: paradoxes, financial and cosmological Premium

    Compass, Whitbread, Generali, TikTok, MasterClass, Apple, SoftBank, Panasonic, M&S and more

  • Friday, 1 May, 2020
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    Best of Lex: The pandemic pivots Premium

    Tesla, IHG, Diageo, Facebook, Alphabet, Pexip, British Airways, Royal Dutch Shell and more

  • Friday, 27 March, 2020
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    Best of Lex: your weekly round-up Premium

    Coronavirus, US stimulus, UK SMEs, Shell, SSP, SoftBank, gold, Pearson and more

  • Friday, 27 March, 2020
    LexCoronavirus pandemic
    Lex Coronavirus Advice Exchange: misery of cramped homeworking Premium

    Readers offer professional tips on working from home and their views on government action 

  • Wednesday, 25 March, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Get ready for the $4.5tn takeover

    Coronavirus dispels private capital’s postwar delusions of autonomy

  • Monday, 23 March, 2020
    Entrepreneurship
    Why Europe’s start-ups miss out on full ‘network effect’

    Despite barriers, fragmented market can help some online platforms create fortresses with national boundaries

  • Tuesday, 17 March, 2020
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    What politicians, institutions, and investors can do in the face of the pandemic

  • Friday, 21 February, 2020
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    HSBC, UBS, Intesa/UBI Banca, Odey, Franklin/Legg Mason, Morgan Stanley/ETrade and more

  • Wednesday, 19 February, 2020
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    Fears that nothing would change after the financial crisis turned out to be unfounded

  • Wednesday, 12 February, 2020
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    Best of Lex Midweek: Is the gig up? Premium

    Silicon Valley confronts challenges ranging from competition policy to employment law

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