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    Nikou Asgari

    Digital Markets Correspondent

    Nikou Asgari covers trading, traditional and crypto exchanges for the FT from London. She previously worked in New York, writing about US mergers and acquisitions and the US pharmaceutical industry during the coronavirus pandemic, and has also covered European markets and corporate finance from London. She joined the FT in 2018.
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    • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
      Corporate bonds
      Credit Suisse sale ‘forever impairs’ ability of banks to issue AT1s, investors warn

      Additional tier 1 bond market faces ‘risk premium repricing’ in wake of Swiss bank’s debt being written down ahead of equity

    • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
      FTX Trading Ltd
      Cheap FTX crypto tokens were offered to Genesis executives

      Major lender was able to invest at a discounted rate before tokens were issued to public

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      Credit Suisse Group AG
      Swiss under fire for shotgun marriage of Credit Suisse and UBS

      Bondholders and international regulators criticise state decision to prioritise shareholders amid threat of legal action

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      Credit Suisse Group AG
      Credit Suisse bondholders in uproar over $17bn debt wipeout

      ECB raises concerns shareholders were prioritised over investors holding additional tier 1 debt

    • Sunday, 19 March, 2023
      Cryptocurrencies
      Humbled ‘crypto bros’ don blazers for Boca Raton

      Digital disrupters in short supply at derivatives conference — and those there had given up on T-shirts

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      Derivatives
      Boom in ‘zero day’ options draws regulatory attention

      CFTC examines impact of popular short-term derivatives

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      Special ReportWomen in Business
      Is working in finance useful preparation for running your own business?

      ‘The first million I raised for my start-up was way more difficult’

    • Monday, 6 March, 2023
      Cryptocurrencies
      FTX’s trading affiliate Alameda sues Grayscale over crypto investments

      Lawsuit deals a further blow to investment company and its owner Digital Currency Group

    • Monday, 6 March, 2023
      IPOs
      Chinese companies choose Switzerland over US and UK to raise money overseas

      Political tensions with Washington and tougher accountancy standards in London discourage listings in larger markets

    • Monday, 6 March, 2023
      Cryptocurrencies30 min
      FTX: the legend of Sam Bankman-Fried | FT Film

      Regulators fell for it, venture capitalists fell for it - everyone fell for the legend of Sam

    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      News in-depthUK equities
      ‘There are no domestic equity investors’: why companies are fleeing London’s stock market

      Lure of higher valuations and a deeper pool of investors in the US have sparked a string of departures

    • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
      London Stock Exchange Group
      LSE chief shrugs off UK companies switching listings to US

      It ‘is what it is’ says David Schwimmer as spate of groups consider London exits

    • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
      Clearing & Settlement
      European banks explore shift to single-day trade settlement

      Move comes as US prepares to shorten clearing period in 2024

    • Wednesday, 22 February, 2023
      Euronext NV
      Euronext launches €5.5bn bid for Allfunds

      Europe’s biggest exchange operator continues mission to create capital markets empire

    • Monday, 20 February, 2023
      Derivatives
      Derivatives market still hit by fallout from Ion Markets cyber attack

      Incident has left exchanges and regulators unable to compile weekly reports of trading activity

    • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
      FT Magazine
      ‘Sam? Are you there?!’ The bizarre and brutal final hours of FTX

      How Sam Bankman-Fried and his band of millennial millionaires lost a $40bn crypto empire

    • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      How FTX built its network of stars

      Talent agents and agencies invested alongside their celebrity clientele in the once-promising crypto exchange

    • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
      Cryptocurrencies
      DCG sells shares in Grayscale crypto trusts in push to raise funds

      Digital assets conglomerate sells down holdings in prized investments at a discount to pay creditors

    • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
      Cyber Security
      Cyber attack at financial data group Ion affects derivatives trading

      Industry working with clearing houses, platforms and regulators to assess hit to trade processing and clearing

    • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
      Capital markets
      Liquidity loses top slot as investors’ biggest concern after six years

      Traders’ confidence was bolstered after retaining their ability to buy and sell during last year’s ructions

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      News in-depthCryptocurrencies
      ‘Nightmare’: collapse of leading crypto lender traps investors

      Savers who sought high returns via schemes run by Genesis and Gemini can no longer withdraw funds

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      Cryptocurrencies
      Crypto broker Genesis puts lending unit into Chapter 11 bankruptcy

      Company is latest casualty of fallout from implosion of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      Cryptocurrencies
      Crypto broker Genesis prepares to file for bankruptcy as soon as this week

      Firm could become the latest casualty from turmoil in the digital asset sector following FTX’s collapse

    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
      Silvergate Bank
      US bank Silvergate sinks to $1bn loss as crypto crisis takes a toll

      Lender braced for ‘sustained period of lower deposits’ even as its faith in digital asset industry remains intact

    • Monday, 16 January, 2023
      Clearing & Settlement
      Euronext to switch derivatives clearing to Italy in 2024

      Exchanges group prepares to move financial and commodity derivatives away from French capital to Milan

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