Robin Wigglesworth

Editor of @FTAlphaville. Norwegian despite the Harry Potter-esque name. Author of A FABULOUS DEBT and TRILLIONS. Views mine bla bla.

[Robin Wigglesworth @RobinWigg]

Please prepare yourself for months of shameless self-promotion, mute me on socials, feel free to avoid me in public etc, because my next book — A Fabulous Debt: The Epic Story of How Bonds Built the Modern World — is now officially available for pre-orders.

[Robin Wigglesworth @RobinWigg]

Forget the renminbi; the biggest increase in central bank reserves have been in the IMF's mysterious "other currencies" category.

This has grown by $550bn since 2020, and commands a greater share than even the Japanese yen. But what lurks underneath? https://t.co/M5Nrl7ZwMa

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Come for the headline and pic combo, stay for a thrillingly detailed taxonomy of private credit.

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Sorry Marc, it’s just not that big https://t.co/qBqrb702a9

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The Nixon Shock of 1971 — which finally shattered the famous "cross of gold" that the global economy had been nailed to for centuries — is the subject of a two-part Story of Money episode, the first of which dropped today. 🥳 https://t.co/av2wcuqOWM

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“Of the active activists, there’s Elliott Investment Management, and then there’s everyone else.”

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Most activist investors are not really activist investors https://t.co/0IqAYpEaAy

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Britain’s growth figures could use a little more seasoning https://t.co/PebLrr7g6O

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FINALLY

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The Proxies 2026: A celebration of substantial corporate perks https://t.co/H11Tf9yhUN

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This will be an absolutely mammoth year for IPOs. Probably https://t.co/ytRjZoClGs

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Saikat Chakrabarti is a leftist running for Congress. So what’s in his nine-figure portfolio? https://t.co/Lt4u0ifgSV

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Cough https://t.co/ZodkctsHYX cough

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Gosh it seems like someone should send him a book about the bond market, one that hopefully uses zero math and tons of narrative flair and compelling stories to explain why the bond market was born, how it grew, and why it’s so important today?

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

We must stop being in hock only to the bond markets.

No one voted for the bond markets.

[Madhumita Murgia @madhumita29]

For a while now, I’ve been thinking about what really cuts through the barrage of noise about AI in the public domain. Because we’re human, it isn’t dire warnings about jobs or existential doom, but a hopeful, optimistic question - what do we really want from AI?

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If Alphaville was running the UK’s Debt Management Office . . . https://t.co/Xxf7Zh3pOm

[Robin Wigglesworth @RobinWigg]

“Major footballing nations generally get a World Cup boost, with the notable exception of England.” — Goldman Sachs. https://t.co/IMAbjwImbA

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It’s time for FT Alphaville’s Friday charts quiz. 📈 https://t.co/q9lXLk2iCo

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Today's FTAV newsletter includes an update and a small scooplet on the prop trading-hedge fund convergence trend. https://t.co/MNBmfKXiAK

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in the grim darkness of the near future

small caged mammal

https://t.co/6otZkCIVnb

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What would Alphaville do if we ran the UK's Debt Management Office? Obviously no one should put us in charge of anything more demanding than a pub quiz, but here are some ideas.

(Come for the switch auctions, stay for a 5k word history of the gilt market) https://t.co/2DG7u7SoF4

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What made the DoJ go after this particular prediction market insider? https://t.co/o3A95yFJ3T

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The politics of unrealistic numbers https://t.co/YPJ9RASmqq

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@tmnxeq Afraid not

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If you want more evidence of global insanity… FTSE Russell will initially classify SpaceX as mostly a telecoms value stock. https://t.co/dKi0ZMe83k