Editor of @FTAlphaville. Norwegian despite the Harry Potter-esque name. Author of A FABULOUS DEBT and TRILLIONS. Views mine bla bla.
Joined July 2009
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Apr 2
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.
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It’s not easy when you’re big in Seattle ft.trib.al/mUqS0XN
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Libor is no longer with us. It has ceased to be. It’s expired and gone to meet its maker. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. It’s rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. It is an ex-benchmark.
But do we need to bring it back? ft.com/content/1b210243-3b3a…
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Jun 11
The SpaceX ETF versus ‘hot money’ IPO arbitrageurs ft.trib.al/hnDkELf
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Jun 10
Here’s that ‘SpaceX’s IPO is overvalued by 53%’ research in full ft.trib.al/r7LoS8p
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Jun 10
Even China’s bills market has succumbed to Japanisation.
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Jun 10
When most people hear the name Richard Nixon, they probably think of Watergate. Damaged people like me think about the end of the Bretton Woods system, and “our currency but your problem”.
Here’s The Story of Money’s second episode about the Nixon Shock. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Jun 10
Here are links to other podcast platforms, a transcript, plus *gulp* where you can watch it on YouTube. ft.com/content/6b54928c-fad4…
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Jun 9
“To perceive is to suffer”, Aristotle also said, anticipating sell-side research.
Jun 9
What Aristotle can teach us about AI-enabled quantitative investment ft.trib.al/B7m4WCc
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Jun 8
Those World Cup economic impacts in full… ft.trib.al/O3elOxr
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Jun 6
FTAV’s Friday charts quiz 📈 ft.com/content/b0ebb89e-b385…
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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? ft.com/content/2493d93d-b5a4…
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Jun 3
Come for the headline and pic combo, stay for a thrillingly detailed taxonomy of private credit.
Jun 3
Sorry Marc, it’s just not that big ft.trib.al/q2Jjreo
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Jun 3
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. 🥳 ft.com/content/525db61f-bd67…
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Jun 3
“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 ft.trib.al/OhR2kkG
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Jun 2
Britain’s growth figures could use a little more seasoning ft.trib.al/331VDXF
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FINALLY
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The Proxies 2026: A celebration of substantial corporate perks ft.trib.al/TPUkENP
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Jun 2
This will be an absolutely mammoth year for IPOs. Probably ft.trib.al/8G3rGKt
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