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Robin Wigglesworth

Global Finance Correspondent

Robin Wigglesworth is the FT’s global finance correspondent, based in Oslo, Norway. He focuses on the biggest trends reshaping markets, investing and finance more broadly across the world, with a particular focus on technological disruption and quantitative investing, and writing longer-form features, analyses, profiles and columns.

He was previously the FT's US markets editor, spearheading its coverage of financial markets and asset management across the Americas, deputy head of FastFT, capital markets correspondent, and Gulf correspondent.

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  • Saturday, 9 January, 2021
    InterviewFund management
    China will vie to become world financial centre, says Ray Dalio

    Bridgewater founder calls 2020 a ‘defining year’ for country’s financial markets

  • Monday, 4 January, 2021
    ExplainerCharts that Matter
    Investors wager on lower volatility this year after 2020 turmoil

    Hedge funds have crept back into the risky but lucrative ‘short-vol’ trade

  • Tuesday, 29 December, 2020
    Markets InsightPassive Investing
    A theory of (almost) everything for financial markets

    Some critics of passive investing now admit it is more resilient than they thought

  • Monday, 21 December, 2020
    Gilts
    UK debt office pushes back after MP scrutiny of government bond sales

    DMO defends ‘syndication’ process after questions over whether it delivers taxpayer value

  • Monday, 14 December, 2020
    The Big Read
    America’s two-track economy: the small business credit crunch

    Central bank largesse and a hungry bond market are only reaching the bigger US companies

  • Monday, 14 December, 2020
    Markets InsightMarkets
    Should zombie companies be feared?

    New York Fed research challenges worries over the corporate walking-dead

  • Tuesday, 8 December, 2020
    News in-depthJeremy Grantham
    Grantham stumbles on $200m profit after Spac swoop on battery maker

    Despite big gain, investor thinks blank-cheque listing vehicles are ‘reprehensible’

  • Saturday, 5 December, 2020
    Artificial intelligence
    Robo-surveillance shifts tone of CEO earnings calls

    Trading algorithms leave a mark with deeper focus on the spoken word

  • Friday, 4 December, 2020
    FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
    EU’s budget warning, Brexit complications, Boeing 737 Max order

    The EU budget commissioner warns Poland and Hungary that Brussels is ready to cut them out of the recovery fund

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  • Thursday, 3 December, 2020
    The Big Read
    The ‘everything rally’: vaccines prompt wave of market exuberance

    The prospect of a rebound in the global economy has fuelled optimism despite the economic damage from the pandemic

  • Thursday, 3 December, 2020
    Hedge funds
    ‘Tiger cub’ hedge fund Coatue surges to 52% gain

    Stakes in Tesla and PayPal, and a bet against Wirecard, make 2020 a banner year

  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    Financial services
    S&P Global’s $44bn deal shows data is the oil of the 21st century

    Joint entity with IHS Markit might be big enough to take on Bloomberg as data drives finance sector

  • Monday, 30 November, 2020
    Inside BusinessMarkets
    Contrarian scenarios that could upset the market consensus

    Year-end forecasts from strategists narrow to a common outlook as the pandemic shock eases

  • Thursday, 26 November, 2020
    Lessons from Japan
    What Mrs Watanabe can tell us about how to handle low returns

    Lessons from Japan: early experience of ultra-low rates now relevant to investors around world

  • Friday, 20 November, 2020
    Quant investing
    WorldQuant enjoying banner year despite $200m vaccine shake-up hit

    Quant fund is up nearly 20 per cent in an otherwise bleak year for computer-led funds

  • Tuesday, 17 November, 2020
    US Treasury bonds
    Hedge funds under scrutiny over role in March bond market ructions

    Financial Stability Board warns Fed actions to soothe market could cause excess risk-taking

  • Tuesday, 17 November, 2020
    Equity valuation
    Historic vaccine boost for value stocks sparks debate on market reset

    ‘Astounding’ switch into unloved industries breaks records

  • Monday, 16 November, 2020
    Markets InsightZambia
    Zambia’s debt crisis casts a long, global shadow

    Developing countries face a series of sovereign debt crises that need to be tackled forcefully

  • Saturday, 14 November, 2020
    News in-depthEquities
    Stock market investors start to look beyond coronavirus

    Strategists say uncertainty has reduced, but lockdowns complicate the picture

  • Saturday, 14 November, 2020
    Hedge funds
    Hedge funds hit after abrupt market pivot on vaccine

    Breakthrough in fight against Covid-19 caused ‘unprecedented’ rotation in stocks

  • Wednesday, 11 November, 2020
    ETF HubThe latest news on ETFs
    Active managers struggle to prove their worth in a turbulent year

    Consolidation and increased outflows are predicted as traditional money managers fail to lift performance during the pandemic

  • Tuesday, 10 November, 2020
    News in-depthUS Treasury bonds
    Vaccine-led rise in bond yields ripples through markets

    Investors revisit assumptions about tech stock valuations and corporate borrowing costs

  • Saturday, 7 November, 2020
    Markets brace for US election
    Biden constrained: how Wall Street positioned for divided government

    Shock, patience and a rethink in a tense week for fund managers

  • Wednesday, 4 November, 2020
    US equities
    Investors pile into tech stocks and Treasuries as ‘blue wave’ trade unravels

    Weaker than forecast Democratic showing cuts expectations of government spending boom

  • Wednesday, 4 November, 2020
    Markets brace for US election
    Investors hold their poise in face of knife-edge US election result

    Modest moves and low volumes despite potential for protracted political uncertainty

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