Robin Wigglesworth
@robinwigglesworth.ft.com
Editor of FT Alphaville. Norwegian, despite the Harry Potteresque name.
January 15, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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Three dynamite FT reporting jobs have opened up: Here are the links.
— European Business Correspondent: job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
— Tax Correspondent: job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
— US Business Correspondent: job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
— European Business Correspondent: job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
— Tax Correspondent: job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
— US Business Correspondent: job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
January 15, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Three dynamite FT reporting jobs have opened up: Here are the links.
— European Business Correspondent: job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
— Tax Correspondent: job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
— US Business Correspondent: job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
— European Business Correspondent: job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
— Tax Correspondent: job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
— US Business Correspondent: job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
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The UK’s online retail habit is bigger than we thought
[FREE TO READ] Second to none, or maybe two
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January 15, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Pretty wild that we these days matter-of-factly write “… who asked not be named to avoid being targeted by the president”. www.ft.com/content/9b2f...
January 15, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Pretty wild that we these days matter-of-factly write “… who asked not be named to avoid being targeted by the president”. www.ft.com/content/9b2f...
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Morgan Stanley has looked at various ways to estimate the size of the Treasury basis trade and come up wot about $1.5 trillion — accounting for over 6% of the entire US government bond market. www.ft.com/content/f66f...
January 14, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Morgan Stanley has looked at various ways to estimate the size of the Treasury basis trade and come up wot about $1.5 trillion — accounting for over 6% of the entire US government bond market. www.ft.com/content/f66f...
Any article that mentions the US Onion Act is instantly a must-read.
January 14, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Any article that mentions the US Onion Act is instantly a must-read.
Nuclear weapons are now ESG compliant 💥 www.ft.com/content/f789...
Nuclear weapons are now ESG compliant
Boom times in EU sustainable finance
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January 14, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Nuclear weapons are now ESG compliant 💥 www.ft.com/content/f789...
The FT got is architecture critic Edwin Heathcote to write about data centres and it's wonderful. www.ft.com/content/7692...
January 14, 2026 at 7:09 AM
The FT got is architecture critic Edwin Heathcote to write about data centres and it's wonderful. www.ft.com/content/7692...
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This is great stuff from @adambonica.bsky.social (and congrats on soon becoming a dad, dads rule!) open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...
January 13, 2026 at 7:16 PM
This is great stuff from @adambonica.bsky.social (and congrats on soon becoming a dad, dads rule!) open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...
I’m really enjoying Nick Cave’s reinvention as an agony aunt.
January 13, 2026 at 3:34 PM
I’m really enjoying Nick Cave’s reinvention as an agony aunt.
A fascinating new US Treasury report on the size of the repo market was a good excuse to make a new Simpsons schematic. www.ft.com/content/220d...
January 13, 2026 at 2:40 PM
A fascinating new US Treasury report on the size of the repo market was a good excuse to make a new Simpsons schematic. www.ft.com/content/220d...
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[FREE TO READ] Street Fed
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January 12, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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Hey! Do you want to read a column that is a) good and b) not depressing? Well, @gideonrachman.bsky.social has you covered for a):
Europe needs to think the unthinkable on Nato
Conflict over Greenland could destroy the transatlantic alliance, requiring a new European security treaty to replace it
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January 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Hey! Do you want to read a column that is a) good and b) not depressing? Well, @gideonrachman.bsky.social has you covered for a):
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“Please note that buying this will not in any direct way support Jerome Powell, but if we sell a decent number we’ll donate the profits to the FT’s Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign, to slightly reduce the chance this happens again.”
Keep Alphaville free* by investing in our Free** Jay Powell merch.
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Get your ‘Free Jay Powell’ T-shirts here
[FREE TO READ] Street Fed
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January 12, 2026 at 6:24 PM
“Please note that buying this will not in any direct way support Jerome Powell, but if we sell a decent number we’ll donate the profits to the FT’s Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign, to slightly reduce the chance this happens again.”
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If the UK government had a Culture Secretary, that person would be in a position to take a view about whether child porn on demand was a good thing, or a bad thing. thecritic.co.uk/brin...
January 7, 2026 at 9:49 AM
If the UK government had a Culture Secretary, that person would be in a position to take a view about whether child porn on demand was a good thing, or a bad thing. thecritic.co.uk/brin...
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Bill Pulte: Agent of Chaos - sharp @robinwigglesworth.ft.com take for @alphaville.ft.com www.ft.com/content/d3b1...
Bill Pulte: Agent of Chaos
A closer look at the Trump administration’s energetic Mini-Me
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January 12, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Bill Pulte: Agent of Chaos - sharp @robinwigglesworth.ft.com take for @alphaville.ft.com www.ft.com/content/d3b1...
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Strategy’s stay of exclusion
[FREE TO READ] MSCI chickens out (for now)
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January 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Quiz quiz quiz! www.ft.com/content/074f...
FTAV’s Friday charts quiz
Another round of chartreuse
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January 10, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Quiz quiz quiz! www.ft.com/content/074f...