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FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 18, 2026

Iran inflicts ‘extensive damage' on site of world's largest LNG plant in Qatar
Tehran vowed to retaliate against Gulf energy sites after its South Pars gasfield was hit

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 18, 2026

America's war on Iran is a gift to Vladimir Putin
Ukraine's other allies need to limit the windfall to Moscow

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 18, 2026

Lex Greensill fails to persuade court to throw out UK director ban case
Australian financier must go to trial over fate after Insolvency Service launched probe

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 18, 2026

US relaxes sanctions on Venezuela's PDVSA amid global energy squeeze
Licence allows nation's state oil group to sell directly to American companies and on international market

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 18, 2026

BofA pitches bets against European private credit
US bank told clients that European stocks exposed to private credit had 30 per cent ‘downside risk'

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 18, 2026

Silver linings to the heavy cloud of higher energy prices
Natural gas consumption has fallen and resilience has improved across Europe and in the UK

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 18, 2026

How hard will war hit the Gulf's economies?
The highly globalised UAE has felt the impact of conflict more than insular Saudi Arabia

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 18, 2026

Trump ally warns US economy not strong enough to cope with Iran war
One-time pick to lead key statistics body EJ Antoni says inflation was ‘worse than we thought' even before conflict

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 18, 2026

The oil market mess is much worse than you think
Oh, man?.?.?.

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 18, 2026

Two shipments of Russian oil and gas head to Cuba in defiance of US
First cargo on course to arrive on Monday as Donald Trump taunts communist island while administration engages in talks

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 18, 2026

Iran vows to retaliate against Gulf energy sites after largest gasfield hit
South Pars provides most of Iran's domestic gas and is critical to its electricity generation

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 18, 2026

Ingredients for a successful LBO: lots of equity, and some Trump stardust
The financing of Electronic Arts is the biggest of its kind since the financial crisis

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 18, 2026

Ithaca says policy clarity puts Cambo oil and gas project closer to approval
Company suggests certainty over future tax regime is helping unlock one of UK North Sea's biggest developments

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 18, 2026

Kirkland defies private equity downturn with record $11mn partner pay
Chicago-founded law firm becomes first to break $10bn barrier for annual revenues

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 18, 2026

Trump's war will boost the clean energy sector he despises
Turmoil in oil and gas markets is pushing governments to seek alternatives

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 18, 2026

K-shaped consumer credit
Plus, investing in the Ukraine build-out

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 18, 2026

Who cares if private credit goes kaput?
Sizing up the systemic exposure

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 18, 2026

Trump has broken it. Now he owns it
Continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz threatens the movement of gas and fertilisers as well as oil

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 18, 2026

Iran still seen capable of escalating attacks on Gulf's energy
Analysts warn Tehran's ability to prolong disruption to oil and gas flows ‘has a way to go'

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 18, 2026

Banks prepare to offload $18bn in debt tied to EA take-private deal
Blockbuster junk bond and loan offering will test investor appetite at a time of heightened nerves over AI disruptions

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 18, 2026

Private credit's game of footsie is getting riskier
Stronger guardrails are needed before these funds seep into the $9tn US retirement market

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 18, 2026

Trading 212 wins approval for personal pensions years after first promising them
Regulator's nod will also allow platform to offer cryptocurrency exchange-traded notes in pensions

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 18, 2026

Investing in Nigeria
As President Tinubu visits the UK, the FT explores how his economic shock plan is playing out; Nigeria's political age gap; moves to unblock the oil sector; the growing security crisis; investment flows; and a Q&A with the central bank governor

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 18, 2026

Investors rush in amid Nigeria's drive to shake up bond markets
Private credit expands in attempt to bolster business investment in Africa's most populous economy

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 18, 2026

How a vast refinery could mend Nigeria's relationship with oil
When supply becomes boringly reliable, the economy and the national mood can shift

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 18, 2026

Move to unblock Nigeria's oil sector hints at progress
The industry is showing signs of change but production still lags behind potential

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 17, 2026

Oil price surge will hurt US growth and fuel inflation, say economists
FT-Booth Survey shows unease about impact of the conflict on growth and prices

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 17, 2026

Oil price jumps after Iranian energy facility hit
State media reports South Pars, the world's biggest gasfield, and neighbouring refineries were targeted

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 17, 2026

Israeli air strikes rock central Beirut
Iranian missile salvo on Israel kills two outside Tel Aviv

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 17, 2026

Drone company backed by Erik Prince surges 500% in Wall Street debut
Swarmer jumped to a $380mn market cap after its IPO

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 17, 2026

World's largest miner BHP picks new chief executive
Brandon Craig to take over from Mike Henry to lead pursuit of copper growth

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 17, 2026

JPMorgan halts $5.3bn Qualtrics debt deal as AI fears chill demand
Bank along with Wall Street peers risk a high-profile ‘hung deal' if they cannot revive transaction

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 17, 2026

Middle East war day 18 as it happened: Iran confirms death of top security official Ali Larijani, US counterterrorism chief quits
Donald Trump says US does not need help from Nato, Japan and Australia after traditional allies eschew war against Iran.

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 17, 2026

Musk's lawyers sidestepped SEC team in Twitter case settlement talks
Lawyer for billionaire Tesla founder told judge they attempted to resolve matter without Wall Street watchdog's counsel

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 17, 2026

Are the markets right or wrong about Iran?
Squaring the chaos of the news with the relative calm of the markets

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 17, 2026

EU moves to delay increase in bank capital requirements
Brussels plans to neutralise short-term impact of Fundamental Review of the Trading Book over competitiveness concerns

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 17, 2026

Ukraine pivots on Russian oil pipeline after EU pressure
Kyiv allows repair work to Druzhba pipeline that used to carry Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 17, 2026

Oil in Oman soars above $150 as buyers rush to replace Gulf barrels
Closure of Strait of Hormuz has caused growing ‘dislocation' between global benchmarks and cost of physical supplies

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 17, 2026

Arizona charges Kalshi with operating illegal gambling business
US state first to file criminal case alleging prediction platform offered wagers circumventing unregulated betting ban

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 17, 2026

US-backed group buys DR Congo copper-cobalt mine under minerals deal
Acquisition will create first major American-owned mine in the African country in more than a decade

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 17, 2026

US does not need military help from Nato or other allies, Trump says
US counterterrorism chief Joe Kent quits and says Tehran posed no ‘imminent threat' to America

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 17, 2026

Odey's former compliance head accuses him of falsifying minutes of key meeting
Jack Satt also tells court that financier's statements to FCA ‘did not align with my understanding'

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 17, 2026

Bidding war for Janus Henderson intensifies as Victory Capital makes fresh offer
Texas-based asset manager's new bid sets up contest with Trian and General Catalyst

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 17, 2026

Drone-struck Russian LNG tanker threatens ‘ecological disaster' in Mediterranean
Arctic Metagaz drifting between Malta and Italy's Lampedusa after suspected Ukrainian attack earlier this month

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 17, 2026

Salesforce reckons software and debt do mix after all
The company is making use of one market trend to offset the unhelpful effects of another

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 17, 2026

Investors pile into cash at fastest pace since pandemic on Iran fears
Markets left with ‘few places to hide' from disruption caused by conflict

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 17, 2026

The financial cost of war for Gulf energy producers
Analytics companies have estimated the cumulative loss to be more than $15bn

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 17, 2026

Oil climbs as Iran steps up attacks across Gulf
Strikes come as Israel says it killed Iran's top security official

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 17, 2026

BNP bets European private credit boom can defy US downturn
?Asset management chief points to continent's financing needs and more stringent regulation to protect from mis-selling

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 17, 2026

Oil jumps as Iran steps up attacks on infrastructure
US embassy in Baghdad struck in drone and rocket attacks by Tehran-aligned Iraqi militias

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 17, 2026

Oil producers: buy the peace, not the war
Plus, PCE data drama

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 17, 2026

Europe rules out joining Trump's Hormuz armada
Also in this newsletter: The Iran war's cost to combustion engine cars

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 17, 2026

Who ate all the Chinese stock market returns?
China got rich. Less so equity punters.

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 17, 2026

Australia raises interest rates in big week for global central banks
Oil disruption deepens concern that price increases could hit economy

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 17, 2026

Blue Owl tipped UK mortgage lender into insolvency after uncovering ‘irregularities'
Founder of collapsed bridging loan specialist Century Capital is now trying to relaunch business

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 17, 2026

Oil prices reignite great airline debate: to hedge or not?
There is a case for bosses to accept that market forces, like bad weather, just have to be navigated as they arise

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 17, 2026

Iran war sparks upheaval in niche defence metals market
Tungsten and germanium prices jump as conflict heightens concerns about potential shortages

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 17, 2026

Europe is also at risk from credit cockroaches
Lenders should brace for US-style legal action over acting in co-operation over debt restructuring

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 17, 2026

Washington seeks to reassure sovereign wealth funds over tax changes
Top foreign investors have warned they could cut their US exposure if Treasury presses ahead

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 16, 2026

Trump says China, Japan and Korea should be ‘thanking' US for strikes
President says ‘numerous' nations vow to help protect vessels, while UK and Germany refuse to be drawn into wider war

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 16, 2026

FT ranking: High-growth companies Asia-Pacific 2026
Malaysian ecommerce technology platform Borong tops eighth annual FT-Statista list

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 16, 2026

Congress may have picked on the wrong brokerage
Trump family-linked Dominari will ‘cooperate' with House China committee probe?.?.?.?at some point

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 16, 2026

The SEC is looking for a new head of ‘enforcement'
Meg Ryan, we hardly knew ye

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 16, 2026

US diesel prices soar to almost $5 as Iran war pinches global supplies
Higher fuel costs will make it more expensive to transport goods and plant crops

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 16, 2026

EY executive takes another top post at US audit regulator
PCAOB board hires chief of staff from same Big Four firm where chair was an auditor

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 16, 2026

Cuba hit by nationwide blackout as energy grid collapses
‘Disconnection' leaves 11mn without power in largest outage since US energy blockade began earlier this year

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 16, 2026

Trump's coalition of the unwilling
US allies have a right to avoid being sucked into a war they never sought

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 16, 2026

LME halts trading in ‘technical outage'
Trading on metal exchange suspended during period of high volatility in commodity prices caused by Iran war

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 16, 2026

Iran earns oil windfall as US turns blind eye
Treasury secretary Scott Bessent says White House is prepared to tolerate the trade to avoid supply shortages

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 16, 2026

UK plans to curb powers of financial services watchdog
Treasury proposes Financial Ombudsman Service reforms to prevent it acting as ‘quasi-regulator'

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 16, 2026

CRH to ditch London listing entirely following New York shift
Irish group cites low level of trading in London shares and the cost and regulatory burden of secondary listing

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 16, 2026

Prolonged Iran war could spark market slump and interest rate surge, BIS warns
Bank sees risks of surge in government borrowing costs and of hit to ‘rich' asset prices

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 16, 2026

Et tu, S&P 500?
The SpaceX IPO gamesmanship is going to be epic

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 16, 2026

America's shale patch is not celebrating $100 oil
Independent operators are caught in the middle between Trump's Iran war aims and his promise of low petrol prices

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 16, 2026

Why America's shale patch is not celebrating $100 oil
Independent operators are caught in the middle between Trump's Iran war aims and his promise of low petrol prices

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 16, 2026

Wall St underestimates private capital problems, says top credit hedge fund
Davidson Kempner's Tony Yoseloff warns a substantial portion of PE firms are already "stressed or distressed"

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 16, 2026

2022 redux?
War makes it possible.

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 16, 2026

Canadian pension funds hit by private equity slump
Plus, rich investors dump private credit funds, five-minute crypto bets and Wallace & Gromit at the Young V&A

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 16, 2026

Was Revolut's banking licence worth the wait?
Group would be wise to move gradually with its lending ambitions

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 16, 2026

The UK is struggling to achieve its aims on clean energy
Our economy remains highly fossil fuel-dependent partly because we are not electrifying in the desired way

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 16, 2026

Canadian pension funds count cost of private equity slump
Rising interest rates bring prolonged downturn to the buyout industry

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 16, 2026

Energy groups press UK to boost gas storage after Iran war price shock
Middle East conflict renews focus on Britain's resilience to extreme events

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 16, 2026

India's restaurants stop deep frying food as gas crisis bites
South Asia reels from global energy crisis sparked by the US-Israeli war on Iran

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 16, 2026

Retail investors pull billions from private capital's credit gold mine
Flood of redemptions threatens to stall one of Wall Street's most important sources of growth

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 16, 2026

Private credit is key to keep Main Street moving
Despite recent concerns, it helps sustain job creation and economic growth

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 16, 2026

Singapore warns of illicit funds in popular low-tax investment vehicles
Product launched by city-state to lure investors from offshore tax havens could be used for money laundering, says regulator

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 16, 2026

US shale producers not yet tempted by $100 oil
Independent operators are caught between Trump's Iran war aims and his promise of low petrol prices

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 15, 2026

Starmer says UK will not be drawn into ‘wider war'
Comment from British prime minister comes as German government warns of danger of ‘never-ending' conflict

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 15, 2026

Oil prices rise as Strait of Hormuz remains shut
President Trump says he is in talks on building coalition to open up crucial waterway

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 15, 2026

Germany and UK refuse to be drawn into wider war
Japan and France dismiss prospect of sending vessels to help reopen Strait of Hormuz

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 15, 2026

Dubai-bound flights forced to turn back after drone sparks airport fire
Latest incident comes as President Trump says he is seeking to build a coalition to open up the crucial Strait of Hormuz

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 15, 2026

MPs and peers call for major review of UK financial regulation
Report warns of ‘systemic flaws' but consumer groups dismiss ‘rehash' findings

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 15, 2026

Trump warns Nato faces ‘very bad future' if allies fail to help US in Iran
US president tells the FT in an interview that China summit could be delayed

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 15, 2026

FirstFT: India touts diplomacy with Iran to open Strait of Hormuz
Also in today's newsletter: North Korea's ‘fake workers', and Zelenskyy challenges Europe over Russian oil imports

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 15, 2026

Iran war should prompt a North Sea rethink
Sweating the UK's natural gas assets can support the country's green transition

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 15, 2026

Zelenskyy challenges Europe over Russian oil imports
Ukrainian president asks if countries ‘collectively decided' to restart flows from Russia

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 15, 2026

Retail traders rush into oil bets as Iran war drives wild price swings
The biggest US ETF linked to crude prices has seen record inflows as oil market has ‘meme' moment

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 15, 2026

Renewable jet fuel may face price war with China, warns top producer
Neste chief calls for a ‘level playing field' following heavy investment

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 15, 2026

A buzz returns to Venezuela's decayed oil heartland
Private jets fly over dilapidated Maracaibo as executives seek deals and crude prices surge. A real recovery will not be easy

FT.com - Financial Markets
Mar 14, 2026

US oil groups in line for $63bn windfall from Gulf war disruption
American producers will be among biggest beneficiaries if crude prices average $100 a barrel this year

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