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  • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
    Oil
    Oil caught up in banking fears as US crude drops below $70 a barrel

    Prices slide on worries that stress in financial sector will spread to broader economy

  • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
    Markets
    Turbulence strains interest rate markets as traders bet on Fed cuts

    Dramatic moves force futures halt while investors resort to phones to arrange big deals

  • Monday, 6 March, 2023
    Oil
    Chronicle of an oil shock foretold

    Crude times

  • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
    US interest rates
    Investors drop bets on falling US interest rates in face of stubborn inflation

    Futures markets signal possibility of no Federal Reserve rate cuts before end of year

  • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
    Review urges LME to toughen standards on market distortions

    Independent report criticises exchange for lack of circuit breakers in March nickel crisis

  • Tuesday, 6 September, 2022
    ExplainerEnergy crisis
    Why are Europe’s power producers running out of cash?

    Despite selling electricity at record prices, the industry is sliding into a liquidity crisis

  • Monday, 5 September, 2022
    Energy crisis
    Power producers call for collateral change to avert ‘Lehman’ moment

    European electricity generators seek urgent action amid ‘grave concern’ over liquidity strains

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    Derivative exchanges
    Wall Street brokers question FTX futures trading plan

    Cryptocurrency exchange would replace intermediaries with automated risk management

  • Wednesday, 13 April, 2022
    Oil futures
    Texts reveal UK traders exulting over negative oil price in 2020

    ‘Please don’t tell anyone what happened today lads,’ message from court papers said, as WTI hit minus $37

  • Saturday, 9 April, 2022
    News in-depthHedge funds
    Market turmoil splits hedge funds into macro winners and tech losers

    War and rising inflation widen the gap between best and worst performers

  • Wednesday, 16 March, 2022
    LexOil
    Oil supply chain: spiralling margin calls elevate risk of Lehman moment Premium content

    The industry has a racy reputation and a patchy record, but these are exceptional times

  • Thursday, 17 February, 2022
    News in-depth
    Hong Kong breaks Singapore’s grip on China stock futures

    Battle between rival exchanges for control comes as demand booms for Chinese equities

  • Wednesday, 16 February, 2022
    Commodities
    ED&F Man plans new $1bn debt restructuring

    London broker raises $300mn of fresh financing to tap commodities boom

  • Wednesday, 12 January, 2022
    Cryptocurrencies
    Coinbase wades into crypto derivatives with deal for futures exchange

    Cryptocurrency exchange platform buys FairX, which launched with oil and equities contracts

  • Wednesday, 29 December, 2021
    US Treasury bonds
    Hedge funds bet against market pessimism on US economic outlook

    Some players anticipate steepening yield curve despite it being a trade that inflicted pain this year

  • Tuesday, 21 December, 2021
    NatWest Group
    NatWest pleads guilty to US charges over spoofing Treasury markets

    UK-based bank to pay $35m penalty over fraud schemes conducted in London, US and Singapore

  • Friday, 5 November, 2021
    US equities
    US equities and government bonds rally after jobs data top forecasts

    Stocks bolstered by promising trial results from Pfizer for its Covid pill

  • Friday, 29 October, 2021
    Equities
    US stocks close out best month of the year

    Weak earnings from Apple and Amazon focus investors’ attention on supply constraints and inflation

  • Monday, 27 September, 2021
    Libor transition
    Traders take up derivatives tied to Libor replacement

    Sofr-linked futures and swaps gather volume despite lenders’ hesitation over new benchmark

  • Monday, 2 August, 2021
    Sovereign bonds
    US government bonds rally after disappointing factory data

    Wall Street stocks lose steam over concerns that ‘peak growth’ has passed

  • Monday, 21 June, 2021
    Commodities
    Ex-Deutsche Bank trader sentenced to prison in ‘spoofing’ case

    Former London-based metals trader James Vorley jailed in US for a year and a day

  • Wednesday, 12 May, 2021
    Oil & Gas industry
    Panic buying sends US petrol prices above $3 a gallon

    Urban hubs in the south-east hit especially hard as Colonial pipeline shutdown enters 6th day

  • Tuesday, 27 April, 2021
    Agricultural commodities
    US futures traders gorge on cheddar amid race to lock in supplies

    Block cheese market volumes soar as economy reopens and anticipation of grilling season

  • Monday, 8 February, 2021
    Intercontinental Exchange
    ICE to shift EU carbon trading from London to Amsterdam

    €1bn-a-day market is latest to move away from UK in wake of Brexit

  • Wednesday, 27 January, 2021
    Derivatives
    Nasdaq’s Nordic clearing house hit with fine over 2018 trader blow-up

    Swedish regulators issue $36m penalty after investigation uncovered ‘serious deficiencies’

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