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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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