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Friday, 27 September, 2024

Grifols SA
Short seller in market abuse probe over research on alleged market abuser, which also faces probe
The skew-whiff scales of Spanish justice
Friday, 27 September, 2024

FTAV’s further reading
Space-time; Bermuda insurance; Europa life search; WordPress vs WordPress
Thursday, 26 September, 2024

A crystal ball wouldn’t make most of us rich
Time travel and pick up a sports almanac instead
Thursday, 26 September, 2024

Private equity
Private equity just smashed another record
Recapping and backslapping
Thursday, 26 September, 2024

Emerging markets
FTAV’s further reading
Fake Bridgerton ball; online scams; UK PE; Moo Deng
Wednesday, 25 September, 2024

European companies
Mario Draghi is wrong about European startups
In a very, very narrow sense
Wednesday, 25 September, 2024

Financial services
A taxonomy of sovereign wealth funds
Would a state pool of money by any other name smell as sweet?
Wednesday, 25 September, 2024

FTAV’s further reading
Caroline Ellison; MPs’ interests; Borg; AI Brian Sewell; industrial policy
Tuesday, 24 September, 2024

Global Economy
Deutschland, der Pechvogel
‘If you have sh*t sticking to your foot, you have sh*t sticking to your foot’
Tuesday, 24 September, 2024

Foreign exchange
Foreigners are piling into China’s free money trade. How long can it last?
CD players
Tuesday, 24 September, 2024

Capital markets
Treasury market liquidity: fine but fragile?
Skating on thin ice
Tuesday, 24 September, 2024

FTAV’s further reading
Skyrim grandma; private credit; margin loans; Whimsigoth
Monday, 23 September, 2024

Italian economy
Better late than never: Italy’s back!
A GDP recovery 15 years in the making
Monday, 23 September, 2024

And the FTAV charts quiz winner is…
Tee time
Monday, 23 September, 2024

US equities
US equity markets have never been safer
No trading suspensions, no drama
Monday, 23 September, 2024

Fintech
FTAV’s further reading
Cards against Humanity; stagnant Britain; self-worth; Internet Archive
Friday, 20 September, 2024

Fund management
Renaissance’s shrinking hedge funds
Good gRIEF
Friday, 20 September, 2024

Private credit
The dodgy details of private equity’s ‘dividend recaps’
The impact of leveraged payouts examined
Friday, 20 September, 2024

Weekend Warriors
FTAV’s Friday charts quiz
Bachartlorette
Friday, 20 September, 2024

FTAV’s further reading
Networks; the IMF; AI x conspiracy theorists; Elon Musk x X; economics; more MrBeast; and anchovies
Thursday, 19 September, 2024

UK quantitative easing
Why the OBR’s QT assumptions could be worth £15.5bn to Rachel Reeves
And what it all means for Arsenal
Thursday, 19 September, 2024

US Treasury bonds
Citadel Securities doesn’t want to be a member of the world’s most important club
Primary dealership headaches
Thursday, 19 September, 2024

Fintech
Speak your brains: CBDC edition
Solution (M, 16) seeks problem
Thursday, 19 September, 2024

FTAV’s further reading
Gary Stevenson; more founder mode; WW3; blacklists; The Atlantic; deficits x inflation; Flappy Bird; Bitcoin reserves; and Lego
Wednesday, 18 September, 2024

Hedge funds
Bloomberg’s scale fail
The unseen axis is the deadliest

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