👤 Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

13 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
13
2026-09-16 – 2026-10-29
Claims per article
18
238 extracted in total
Hedged claims
12%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
3,126
characters
Writes for The Guardian.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Economy/Business
38%
Politics
38%
Crime & Law
8%
Other
8%
Technology
8%
Most-tagged topics
BloombergJP MorganBarclaysBritishCFABBIranLloydsReform UK

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
7 scored articles; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.31 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-06 · The Guardian · Crime & Law
UK regulator FCA to investigate how it handled Epstein whistleblower who took his own life
3 outlets covered this event
2026-10-29 · The Guardian · Economy/Business
Lloyds executive criticises Healey for linking bank tax rises to energy bill support
2 outlets covered this event
2026-10-22 · The Guardian · Economy/Business
Barclays profits up 12% as UK banks brace for tax increase in budget
2 outlets covered this event · leans strongly left
2026-10-01 · The Guardian · Economy/Business
UK house price growth halves amid rising mortgage interest rates
2 outlets covered this event
2026-09-23 · The Guardian · Politics
Thinktank linked to Reform UK calls for abolition of state pension
2 outlets covered this event · leans strongly right
2026-09-17 · The Guardian · Other
Thousands of Barclays staff revolt over return-to-office mandate
2 outlets covered this event

What they said would happen

2026-09-16 · The Guardian
Reform-linked thinktank ‘to call for big tax cuts for the rich’
🔮 That would mean depriving the Treasury of a lucrative source of funding. assertive
2026-09-17 · The Guardian
Thousands of Barclays staff revolt over return-to-office mandate
🔮 Unionised staff represented by Unite are pushing back against plans announced by the bank earlier this summer to get staff back into the office at least three days a week from October, with more senior employees expected to come in at least four days a week. assertive
2026-09-23 · The Guardian
Thinktank linked to Reform UK calls for abolition of state pension
🔮 The Centre for a Better Britain’s (CFABB) report – which also calls for weaker rules for UK banks and Trump-style investment accounts offering £1,000 to newborns – will be formally launched at a private event with City executives on Wednesday. assertive
2026-09-30 · The Guardian
We need ‘right to intervene’ in AI amid growing threat, says Bank of England boss
🔮 The governor of the Bank of England has said authorities must retain the “right to intervene” in the AI industry amid growing fears that rogue models could take the financial system hostage. assertive
2026-10-03 · The Guardian
UK urged to act as Polymarket takes bets on whether HSBC and Lloyds will fail
🔮 UK authorities are being urged to intervene after it emerged that the online prediction market Polymarket has been taking thousands of dollars worth of bets over whether HSBC and Lloyds will fail. assertive
2026-10-06 · The Guardian
UK regulator FCA to investigate how it handled Epstein whistleblower who took his own life
🔮 The FCA had also given Andriesz misleading information, saying he would not qualify for whistleblower protection because his identity had become known. assertive
2026-10-08 · The Guardian
Top bosses at Goldman Sachs to share bonus pot worth up to $500m
🔮 The eye-watering sum will be shared between 20 bankers, with its chief executive, David Solomon, due to take about $100m (£75.6m) of the reward, which is made up of Goldman Sachs stock. assertive
2026-10-09 · The Guardian
Tory tax break for banks has cost UK public purse £6bn, says TUC
🔮 The move was meant to offset a rise in corporation tax from 19% to 25%, after the industry argued higher taxes would put them at a competitive disadvantage compared with other big financial centres such as New York. assertive
2026-10-22 · The Guardian
Barclays profits up 12% as UK banks brace for tax increase in budget
🔮 The bank’s chief executive, CS Venkatakrishnan, said he would be passing more cash to investors through a £500m share buyback, taking the total amount given to shareholders since January – through buybacks and dividends – to £2.8bn. assertive
2026-10-28 · The Guardian
Give UK workers right to know colleagues’ pay to prevent disparities, says watchdog
🔮 “Without such a requirement, employers may delay, provide evasive responses or avoid responding,” the EHRC said. mixed
2026-10-29 · The Guardian
Lloyds executive criticises Healey for linking bank tax rises to energy bill support
🔮 Lloyds’ chief financial officer, William Chalmers, acknowledged that the economic environment was “challenging but said this should not come at the expense of the banking sector, as it provides loans that could fuel UK growth. mixed
2026-10-29 · The Guardian
HMRC puts 200 billionaires on UK tax crackdown hitlist
🔮 It said the managers would offer voluntary discussions to each billionaire before they filed their taxes, to “help build a shared understanding of the customers’ UK tax affairs and make subsequent engagement more focused and proportionate”. assertive
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