Robin Wigglesworth
@robinwigglesworth.ft.com
Editor of FT Alphaville. Norwegian, despite the Harry Potteresque name.
This is a big year for FT Alphaville. We turn 20 years old, which we plan to mark with general merriment, new swag, more pub quizzing and another Art of the Chart show.
But to make all this work, well, we need sponsors. Could that be you?
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But to make all this work, well, we need sponsors. Could that be you?
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Benevolent corporations: FT Alphaville needs YOU
Well, your chief marketing officer’s money anyway
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February 12, 2026 at 2:57 PM
This is a big year for FT Alphaville. We turn 20 years old, which we plan to mark with general merriment, new swag, more pub quizzing and another Art of the Chart show.
But to make all this work, well, we need sponsors. Could that be you?
www.ft.com/content/07c0...
But to make all this work, well, we need sponsors. Could that be you?
www.ft.com/content/07c0...
Wife: Why didn’t you do the dishes yesterday?
Me: the dow is over $50,000!
Me: the dow is over $50,000!
February 12, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Wife: Why didn’t you do the dishes yesterday?
Me: the dow is over $50,000!
Me: the dow is over $50,000!
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A few perspectives on what the takeover of Schroders means for active asset management, the City, and the career prospects of the Excel jockeys at 1 London Wall.
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Alphaville’s annotated thoughts on the Schroders takeover
[FREE TO READ] Schruveen? Because Nuders sounds too rude
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February 12, 2026 at 11:49 AM
A few perspectives on what the takeover of Schroders means for active asset management, the City, and the career prospects of the Excel jockeys at 1 London Wall.
as.ft.com/r/4a48497a-5...
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🚨 Picking through $1tn of hedge funds with universities attached.
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February 12, 2026 at 6:48 AM
🚨 Picking through $1tn of hedge funds with universities attached.
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www.ft.com/content/4287...
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Wed 11 Feb, the day has arrived. It's not too late to DM me for the North London pub venue for tonight's important drinks, during which we will sort out all current UK problems at home and abroad.
On my way to London for two vital missions. Firstly, to save the government via the newly discovered political strategy of ‘govern in poetry, preferably free verse’. Secondly, and more importantly, for the @t0nyyates.bsky.social drinks attended by tout Bluesky London in full emergency session.
February 11, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Wed 11 Feb, the day has arrived. It's not too late to DM me for the North London pub venue for tonight's important drinks, during which we will sort out all current UK problems at home and abroad.
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Benevolent corporations: FT Alphaville needs YOU
Well, your chief marketing officer’s money anyway
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February 11, 2026 at 7:03 AM
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Will software eat the creditors?
[FREE TO READ] Equity, without the upside
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February 10, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Looking forward to the Polymarket market on whether someone will successfully be able to manipulate one market to engineer a payout in another one. www.ft.com/content/57a1...
Polymarket, squared
What could possibly go wrong
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February 10, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Looking forward to the Polymarket market on whether someone will successfully be able to manipulate one market to engineer a payout in another one. www.ft.com/content/57a1...
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From @theathletic.com: Norway is in the lead in the medal count after Day 4 of the 2026 Winter Olympics, followed by Italy and Japan. Here are the full standings: nyti.ms/4akD8o1
February 10, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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Tremendous post by @tobyn.bsky.social looking at how exposed the $450bn BDC industry is to the software freakout, and diving into the particulars of the two biggest funds — managed by Blackstone and Blue Owl. www.ft.com/content/3f88...
February 10, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Tremendous post by @tobyn.bsky.social looking at how exposed the $450bn BDC industry is to the software freakout, and diving into the particulars of the two biggest funds — managed by Blackstone and Blue Owl. www.ft.com/content/3f88...
A must-read, despite the mention of a certain "Swedish" journalist.
By @bondhack.ft.com, a journey deep into the Epstein files to figure out whether he was the CDO whale or a mark.
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No, Jeffrey Epstein didn’t trigger the 2008 subprime meltdown
[FREE TO READ] A Bear Stearns mystery solved
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February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
A must-read, despite the mention of a certain "Swedish" journalist.
Finance Bluesky needs to lift its game. With a bit of work we might even surpass vibrancy of the Wynonna Earp Fandom Community. bluesky-map.theo.io
February 9, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Finance Bluesky needs to lift its game. With a bit of work we might even surpass vibrancy of the Wynonna Earp Fandom Community. bluesky-map.theo.io
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Here comes the great American bitcoin-mining-to-AI pivot
[FREE TO READ] New kids off the blockchain
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February 9, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Happy birthday to @katie0martin.ft.com who is turning old. Please send her your OAP top tips.
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February 9, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Happy birthday to @katie0martin.ft.com who is turning old. Please send her your OAP top tips.
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‘Exactly what Africa needs’
[FREE TO READ] Presented without comment
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February 9, 2026 at 9:28 AM
"Taken together, our results highlight a substantial gap between political rhetoric and reality." www.nber.org/papers/w3479...
ICE Arrests across Trump's First and Second Terms: Variation in Targeting, Method, and Geography
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February 9, 2026 at 9:29 AM
"Taken together, our results highlight a substantial gap between political rhetoric and reality." www.nber.org/papers/w3479...
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🚨Japan LLC has been trading its way out of a fiscal hole www.ft.com/content/f7d3...
Japan LLC has been trading its way out of a fiscal hole
Long stocks, short yen, chillax
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February 9, 2026 at 6:45 AM
🚨Japan LLC has been trading its way out of a fiscal hole www.ft.com/content/f7d3...
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Agentic AI is everyone's problem
Plus: art lending, sanctions evasion, US inbound tourism, Covid, online dating, blue-collar work, and Gesamtkunstwerk
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February 6, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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Ariane de Rothschild ousted her husband as CEO of his family’s storied bank, negotiated a big DOJ settlement and examined several mergers
Behind every move was none other than Jeffrey Epstein, who had found his backdoor into one of Europe’s most powerful banking dynasties
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Behind every move was none other than Jeffrey Epstein, who had found his backdoor into one of Europe’s most powerful banking dynasties
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How the house of Rothschild became entangled with Epstein
Swiss private bank Edmond de Rothschild was in trouble. Ariane de Rothschild turned to Jeffrey Epstein
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February 7, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Ariane de Rothschild ousted her husband as CEO of his family’s storied bank, negotiated a big DOJ settlement and examined several mergers
Behind every move was none other than Jeffrey Epstein, who had found his backdoor into one of Europe’s most powerful banking dynasties
www.ft.com/content/0d70...
Behind every move was none other than Jeffrey Epstein, who had found his backdoor into one of Europe’s most powerful banking dynasties
www.ft.com/content/0d70...
Norwegian winters are 👌
February 7, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Norwegian winters are 👌
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February 6, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Move over US Treasuries. There are some new “bonds” in town. 😑 www.ft.com/content/3382...
How prediction market traders reinvented the bond
Betting against the Second Coming or buying US Treasuries?
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February 6, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Move over US Treasuries. There are some new “bonds” in town. 😑 www.ft.com/content/3382...
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Absolute scenes.
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February 6, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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