— has the Government’s wine cellar been captured by Burgundian interests?
— what does the Wine Committee actually talk about?
— is there anything the Government won’t redact?

these questions, and more, are sort-of half answered in my piece today:

ft.com/content/cf6931…

Another pointless article about the UK’s strategic wine reserves on.ft.com/3Ujfmki

One in 17 Britons work directly for a private equity portfolio company.

“Like all truly successful capitalists, PE managers appear to have assembled human shields around their ability to extract seven figure payouts.”

great piece on PE from Toby Nangle ft.com/content/806034…

You may expect a Monaco financier who dabbles in crypto to move in different circles to local councillors in the north of England

Yet a hard-charging trader based 1,000 miles away has become enmeshed in Warrington council’s finances

✍🏻 w/ Jennifer Williams
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Trump Media’s auditor is really bad at spelling his own name on.ft.com/4b6rg80

Five ways in which the FTSE 100 is not at a record high on.ft.com/3UbWdk7

FT Alphaville's Louis Ashworth has been digging through the US proxy filings again .. This is superb: Meet the pest-control boss with the $140,000 dining perk
on.ft.com/4dbiTtx

BlackRock more than tripled its spending on home security for Larry Fink last year, after the asset manager’s chair and chief executive became a target for “anti-woke” activists and conspiracy theorists.

ft.com/content/c1296b… via Louis Ashworth Brooke Masters

BlackRock steps up security for Larry Fink after ‘anti-woke’ backlash on.ft.com/3QdtBWz

✅ David Bowie 'Heroes' pun in headline
✅ Teutonic Woodford photoshop
✅ corporate sleuthing leading to hasty rejig of the website

all key ingredients to a vintage Alphaville post from Louis Ashworth, Cynthia O’Murchú & Owen Walker

ft.com/content/32c08f…

Henley, Oxford, Marlow, Jersey, Caymans, Delaware ... Germany?

In search of the elusive Neil Woodford, with Louis Ashworth and Cynthia O’Murchú for FT Alphaville

ft.com/content/32c08f…

Today is my last day at the Financial Times. Later this year I'm starting as Asia correspondent at The Economist, based in Singapore.

Writing Unhedged with the great Robert Armstrong has been a privilege. Rob brings the wit, wisdom and substance day in & day out.

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There's a lot of Truss today, but this is worth your time. ft.com/content/755111…

Psst, central bank nerds! Celebrate the rate cycle that was with this spicy ‘Done’ t-shirt on.ft.com/3PTwI63

aaaaaaaaaaaaand breathe

A brilliant job in the heart of the FT newsroom, helping run our UK news coverage.

Deadline April 18th. Happy to chat about the position (DM here, email [email protected], or ping me on Signal [kadhim.01])

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🚨 How big are unfunded pension entitlements across Europe?

BIG!

New FT Alphaville blog looking at Eurostat and OECD data.

on.ft.com/3VQinLl

Chinese state-owned banks Bank of China and ICBC hold a crucial role in the future of Thames Water, as part of a group of lenders involved in a stand-off over debt at the parent company of Britain’s largest water company

New story from Team FT 👇🏻

ft.com/content/79b730…