Longtime hedge fund executive Scott Bessent, a South Carolina native, is one of a few names mentioned as possible U.S. Treasury Secretary nominee.

Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Lutnick and investor Scott Bessent are said to be serious contenders for the role. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Trump appears to be choosing between hedge-fund manager Scott Bessent and Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick, though other names remain in the mix as well for the job.

Hedge fund mogul Scott Bessent, the pro-tariff Wall Street veteran and former colleague of Democratic megadonor George Soros, is considered the favorite to become perhaps the most prominent voice shaping the Trump economy, with Bessent reportedly due to meet Friday with Trump amid a high-profile power struggle for Treasury Secretary.

tells “The Hill on NewsNation” the president-elect will announce his economic team next week. He also shared “the two candidates who have the best chance” of becoming treasury secretary: Howard Lutnick and Scott Bessent.

Two prominent supporters of President-elect Trump’s campaign have emerged as the frontrunners to lead the Treasury Department during his second administration. Trump has reportedly narrowed his

With Donald Trump headed back to the White House, he has a few months to build his next adminsitration. He has picked his chief of staff, who is next?

Some of President-elect Donald Trump’s key advisers are backing Scott Bessent, who runs macro hedge fund Key Square Group, as the best choice to serve as Treasury secretary, people familiar with the matter said.