Oil surges after Israel’s attack on Iran
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Oil myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Oil prices surged on Friday in the biggest move in more than three years as Israel’s air strikes against Iran threaten supplies across the region and sparked a rush to safe haven assets. In early afternoon … Read more
BlackRock and alternative investments
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FTAV Q&A: Gappy Paleologo
Morning! After some dabbling in the genre, FT Alphaville is starting an informal series of simple Q&A interviews. The basic premise is that we’ll have a hopefully interesting chat with hopefully interesting people doing hopefully interesting things in and around finance, economics and business (sometimes they may be boring people doing interesting things, or interesting … Read more
UBS has the edge in Swiss high-stakes capital game
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Back in his college days, UBS chair Colm Kelleher used to enjoy playing Diplomacy, a negotiation-based board game that is notorious for ruining friendships. Those old skills might come in handy as his bank fights … Read more
A quarter of top companies in London’s IPO class of 2021 quit stock exchange
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A quarter of the biggest companies in London’s bumper crop of 2021 listings have since left the stock market while those remaining have lost £10bn in value, highlighting the exchange’s struggle to retain top-tier businesses. … Read more
Central banks are beginning to fret about dollar swap lines
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Back in 1857, the Bank of Austria loaded 10mn ounces of silver on to a train and dispatched it to Hamburg. The reason? The city’s banks were about to collapse, having run out of reserves. … Read more
Oil market’s surprise rally catches out bearish traders
A sudden rise in crude prices driven by a renewed fear of a military confrontation between the US and Iran has caught out bearish traders, forcing many to rethink their near-term outlook for the oil market after a period of falling prices. The price of Brent crude surged 4.3 per cent on Wednesday to close … Read more
would you buy bitcoin as an investment?
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Bitcoin is close to record highs and enthusiasm is brimming as investors bet on greater political and regulatory support from President Donald Trump’s administration. He has created a more favourable regulatory climate for … Read more
Israel strikes Iran and braces for retaliation
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Israel has launched a strike against Iran following months of mounting tensions over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear programme, dramatically escalating the crisis that has gripped the Middle East for more than a year. Massive explosions … Read more