• April 23 2023
  New Wall Street ‘fear gauge’ to track short-term market swings

  Cboe set to launch 1-day Volatility Index in biggest change to Vix in years

  
• April 17 2023
  Special Report

  FTfm: Fixed Income

  Bank collapses in Switzerland and the US have made bondholders reconsider risks to their capital and yield expectations. But the UK gilt market is returning to normal after political upheavals and green bonds are being held to higher standards

  
• April 15 2023
  Hedge funds

  US regulator calls for greater scrutiny of hedge funds after bond turmoil

  SEC chair Gary Gensler says ‘once in a generation volatility’ highlights risks from shadow banking sector

  
• April 14 2023
  The Long ViewKatie Martin

  Banks crisis looks short but lessons must be more enduring

  Markets have recovered from shocks in March but there is a new reality for investors

  
• April 13 2023
  US Treasury bonds

  Treasury troubles revisited

  The OFR wades in

  
• April 2 2023
  Hedge funds

  Trend-following hedge funds suffer sharp downturn in bank chaos

  Bond market reversal following collapse of Silicon Valley Bank stings so-called CTAs

  
• March 17 2023
  News in-depthUS Treasury bonds

  US Treasuries’ rollercoaster ride strains bond market functioning

  Daily trading volumes more than doubled as failure of SVB sparked headlong dash to safety of government debt

  
• March 16 2023
  News in-depthSecuritisation

  US mortgage market suffers fallout from bank failures

  Volatility in bonds and stocks has left lenders on sidelines of $11tn home loans-backed securities market

  
• March 3 2023
  Capital markets

  Technicals > fundamentals

  Options at warp speed

  
• February 17 2023
  The Long ViewKatie Martin

  The contrarian dilemmas in markets for 2023

  Investors who turned bullish as recession fears mounted have done well but the outlook is now more cloudy

  
• February 5 2023
  US equities

  Investors pile into market rally as economic slowdown risk ebbs

  Improving outlook boosts demand for riskier assets as ‘fear of missing out’ returns

  
• February 3 2023
  The Long ViewKatie Martin

  Robust jobs data delivers a swerve to markets

  Employment growth completely resets the main risk for investors for the rest of this year

  
• February 1 2023
  Capital markets

  Liquidity loses top slot as investors’ biggest concern after six years

  Traders’ confidence was bolstered after retaining their ability to buy and sell during last year’s ructions

  
• January 30 2023
  The “broken” Vix

  What’s up with the down volatility index?

  
• January 4 2023
  The world in 2023

  The 2023 outlook research report dump

  Knock yourselves out

  
• January 3 2023
  Personal Finance

  Money Clinic podcast: Where to invest in 2023

  Four FT investment experts debate the best opportunities for investors in the year ahead

  
• December 21 2022
  Quant investing

  Return of the quant

  Listen carefully, while I sing my comeback song

  
• December 10 2022
  On Wall StreetBrooke Masters

  We haven’t reduced financial risk, just transformed it

  Stresses over liquidity now loom larger than counterparty concerns in many areas

  
• December 9 2022
  US Treasury bonds

  Illiquidity without dysfunction

  It costs more to trade Treasuries, but nothing’s breaking

  
• December 5 2022
  Central banks

  Market turmoil threatens to undermine efforts to curb inflation, says BIS

  Bank for International Settlements warns risks that have built up could trigger central bank bailouts

  
• December 5 2022
  News in-depth

  Financial instability: the hunt for the next market fracture

  Investors are keeping a close eye on areas ranging from US Treasury market illiquidity to Japanese government debt

  
• December 1 2022
  Derivatives

  Big traders flock to US equity options with fleeting lifespans

  Concerns grow over market swings as ‘zero-day’ S&P 500 contract volumes surge

  
• November 21 2022
  FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen

  Cracks in the US Treasury bond market

  Large asset managers are invested in companies allegedly linked to Uyghur Muslims repression

  
• November 16 2022
  Federal Reserve

  Treasury official proposes plan to make more bond-trading data public

  Nellie Liang’s comments come as calls grow for sweeping reforms to $24tn market

  
• November 15 2022
  The Big Read

  The cracks in the US Treasury bond market

  The meltdown in UK gilts exposed the vulnerability of large bond markets. Could the biggest of them survive a wave of selling?