News and Analysis

SLUMP: Brent oil has borne brunt of global financial contagion fear. Its double-digit percentage price slump near matched that of the stricken banking sector recently. Contagion...

SLOWDOWN: Current bank sector concerns are individual not systemic. But lending standards on both sides of the Atlantic have tightened a lot, and this will accelerate now. As...

Are AI and crypto made for each other? Boosted by turmoil in the banking sector and falling inflation, Bitcoin has ripped more than 30% higher to make one of its biggest weekly...

Five things to understand about UBS’s takeover of Credit Suisse, and the European financial system Switzerland's biggest bank UBS (UBS) is set to buy its smaller cross-town...

Summary Bank problems accelerate the macro outlook Bank contagion is not a 2008 repeat but will have a big impact. Fed backstops US system with $300 billion help and is set for...

PAUSE: Global PMI’s have been rising for three months and are above breakeven 50 level for the only the first time in seven months. China and services have led, but the rebound...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a hot topic right now. Since it came to light that tech giant Microsoft is going to invest billions of dollars in OpenAI’s AI-powered chat platform...

CONTAGION: US banking system concerns, triggered by weakness at Silicon Valley, Signature, and Silvergate banks, has spread to Europe. The Stoxx 600 Banks index, Europe’s biggest...

SEPARATIONS: Corporate spin offs or break ups have seen a return to favour, bucking the IPO drought and slow M&A market. Managements and activist investors are increasingly...

Trading volume hits record high of $7 billion As the traditional financial world is rocked by turbulence in the banking sector, the crypto market is showing resilience. Last...