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The Mega Files

Nicholas Leonard is a retired financial journalist who worked on various publications, including the Investors Chronicle and the Financial Times. Helen Cochrane is a professional artist and illustrator, based in Scotland: helencochraneartist@gmail.comThe cartoons are a joint collaboration between Nicholas and Helen and began appearing in FTfm in June 2017.

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Cartoon, October 1
Theresa May’s trials as prime minister
Cartoon, September 24
The Labour party conference is being held in Liverpool. It began yesterday and runs until Wednesday
Cartoon, September 17
The 10th anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers
Cartoon, September 3
Donald Trump, tariffs, CAPITAL LETTERS and a hint to sell
Cartoon, August 13
Countrywide shares plunge on plan for emergency fundraising
Cartoon, August 6
Uncertainty over EU-US relations
Cartoon, July 30
Cloned advisers may provide ‘a kind of high-touch service at scale’
Cartoon, November 19
Cartoon, July 23
The auditors are running scared
Cartoon: Britain’s uncertain exit from the EU, July 16
The City of London struggles to make plans for Brexit
Cartoon, July 7
Celebrating diversity on the day of the London pride parade
Cartoon: industry romance, July 2
‘Mildred, you must come and say hello to Reginald ...’
Cartoon: June 25
Old Mutual, Quilter and the Latin translation of the new name
Cartoon: June 18
Brexit and the legendary British backstop
Cartoon: Fintech’s robotic future, June 11
How to cater for the effect of artificial intelligence on society
Cartoon: The power and influence of the tech billionaires, June 4
Founders of some of the big West Coast companies stay firmly in the driver’s seat
Cartoon: one-share one-vote model under attack, May 28
Dual share class structures weaken investors’ ability to hold management to account
Cartoon: shareholder activism, May 21
A boss reacts to investors blocking executive pay deals
Cartoon: the royal couple, May 14
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding has an effect in the City
Cartoon: Trump’s gifts for Kim, May 7
Washington prepares for possible peace summit
Cartoon: Bank of England seeks new governor, April 29
Starting gun prepped in race to replace Mark Carney at UK central bank
Cartoon: Elliott stake ups ante for Whitbread, April 23
Fasten your seatbelts for a bumpi ride
Cartoon: Banks face tough new stress tests, April 15
Financial groups to be tested on how they could withstand potential doomsday Brexit
Cartoon: Gender pay gap chasm exposed, April 8
UK employers with 250 plus staff disclose the pay difference between men and women
Cartoon: the backlash against Facebook, April 1
People are cancelling their social media accounts, but how to fill the time?
Cartoon: Jeremy Corbyn’s vision for UK spooks investors, March 26
Labour party wants to nationalise railway, water and energy companies and Royal Mail
Cartoon: Creepy giggling from Amazon’s smart speakers, March 16
Tech giant says virtual assistant ‘mistakenly’ heard the phrase ‘Alexa, laugh’
Cartoon: Comcast disrupts Murdoch’s Disney deal, March 12
US cable operator’s bid for Sky values pan-European media group at £22bn
Cartoon: Carney flags more than three rate rises, March 5
Bank of England governor says financial markets moving closer to underlying economic data