Investors should brace for more Middle East turmoil but resist the temptation to make major portfolio shifts as earnings growth remains the key driver for markets, according to Barclays Plc’s head of European equity strategy.
Investors should brace for more Middle East turmoil but resist the temptation to make major portfolio shifts as earnings growth remains the key driver for markets, according to Barclays Plc’s head of European equity strategy.
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on July 8.
The forint rally triggered by Hungary’s political shift is fading as Prime Minister Peter Magyar faces a daunting task to prepare the country for euro accession, according to a strategist at Barclays Plc.
The forint rally triggered by Hungary’s political shift is fading as Prime Minister Peter Magyar faces a daunting task to prepare the country for euro accession, according to a strategist at Barclays Plc.
The forint rally triggered by Hungary’s political shift is fading as Prime Minister Peter Magyar faces a daunting task to prepare the country for euro accession, according to a strategist at Barclays Plc.
The forint rally triggered by Hungary’s political shift is fading as Prime Minister Peter Magyar faces a daunting task to prepare the country for euro accession, according to a strategist at Barclays Plc.
Barclays Plc has withdrawn a near $1 billion financing for Sound Inpatient Physicians Inc. from the debt capital markets, marking one of the few leveraged loan deals to be pulled this year.
Barclays Plc has withdrawn a near $1 billion financing for Sound Inpatient Physicians Inc. from the debt capital markets, marking one of the few leveraged loan deals to be pulled this year.
A sign above a Barclays Plc bank branch in Maidstone, UK, on Friday, April 25, 2025. Barclays are due to report their first-quarter eanrings on Wednesday, April 30. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
The US-Iran peace deal has brightened the outlook for European stocks in the second half and prompted several strategists to increase their year-end targets, according to a Bloomberg survey.
The US-Iran peace deal has brightened the outlook for European stocks in the second half and prompted several strategists to increase their year-end targets, according to a Bloomberg survey.
Stock price information displayed in the lobby of the Euronext NV stock exchange in Paris.
The SK Hynix Inc. booth at the Computex 2026 expo in Taipei, Taiwan, on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. Computex is Asia's biggest electronics show, one that's transformed in recent years from a PC exhibition into an all-AI affair. Photographer: Lam Yik Fei/Bloomberg
A move by the National Pension Service to temporarily suspend portfolio rebalancing has fueled volatility in South Korea’s stock market and added pressure on the won, according to Barclays Plc.
A move by the National Pension Service to temporarily suspend portfolio rebalancing has fueled volatility in South Korea’s stock market and added pressure on the won, according to Barclays Plc.
Na Wei, Barclays Capital, Global Head of Leveraged Finance
Susan Kasser, Neuberger Berman, Head of Private Debt
Lotfi Karoui, Pimco Multi-Asset Credit Strategist and Co-Head of Client Solutions and Analytics
Christina Lee, Oaktree, Managing Director and Co-Portfolio Manager
Moderator: Nabila Ahmed
(Source: Bloomberg)
Na Wei, Barclays Capital, Global Head of Leveraged Finance
Susan Kasser, Neuberger Berman, Head of Private Debt
Lotfi Karoui, Pimco Multi-Asset Credit Strategist and Co-Head of Client Solutions and Analytics
Christina Lee, Oaktree, Managing Director and Co-Portfolio Manager
Moderator: Nabila Ahmed
(Source: Bloomberg)
Hedge funds and asset managers are increasingly using artificial intelligence when investing in global credit markets, but the technology isn’t replacing human traders — at least for now, according to a survey by Barclays Plc.
Hedge funds and asset managers are increasingly using artificial intelligence when investing in global credit markets, but the technology isn’t replacing human traders — at least for now, according to a survey by Barclays Plc.
Tremors in the software debt market were still top of mind for industry heavyweights speaking at the Bloomberg Global Credit Forum in New York on Wednesday.
Tremors in the software debt market were still top of mind for industry heavyweights speaking at the Bloomberg Global Credit Forum in New York on Wednesday.
Na Wei during the Bloomberg Global Credit Forum in New York on June 3.
Barclays Plc and HSBC Holdings Plc are among UK banks set to lose cash holdings from Cambridge University as it starts pulling hundreds of millions of pounds away from institutions that finance fossil fuels.
Barclays Plc and HSBC Holdings Plc are among UK banks set to lose cash holdings from Cambridge University as it starts pulling hundreds of millions of pounds away from institutions that finance fossil fuels.
The chapel at King’s College, University of Cambridge, in Cambridge, UK.
The biggest tech companies are borrowing more than expected to fund their spending on data centers and other artificial intelligence infrastructure, and the investment-grade bond market won’t be able to accommodate all of their financing needs.
The biggest tech companies are borrowing more than expected to fund their spending on data centers and other artificial intelligence infrastructure, and the investment-grade bond market won’t be able to accommodate all of their financing needs.
Transmission line towers next to an Amazon Web Services data center in Johnstown, Ohio, US, on Saturday, March 23, 2024. Amazon.com Inc. plans to spend almost $150 billion in the coming 15 years on data centers, giving the cloud-computing giant the firepower to handle an expected explosion in demand for artificial intelligence applications and other digital services.
Barclays CEO CS Venkatakrishnan discusses the use of artificial intelligence in the banking industry, saying the technology is having a "creeping" impact on the UK lender. "We are seeing things getting on the margin a little more efficient in certain parts," he says. "Fundamental impact — I think it's coming, but I don't see it yet," he adds during a conversation with Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua at the Global Markets and Banking Summit 2026 in London. (Source: Bloomberg)
Barclays CEO CS Venkatakrishnan discusses the use of artificial intelligence in the banking industry, saying the technology is having a "creeping" impact on the UK lender. "We are seeing things getting on the margin a little more efficient in certain parts," he says. "Fundamental impact — I think it's coming, but I don't see it yet," he adds during a conversation with Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua at the Global Markets and Banking Summit 2026 in London. (Source: Bloomberg)
Currencies of emerging-market nations that produce the metals and minerals key to artificial intelligence are set to get a boost in the coming years, according to Barclays Plc.
Currencies of emerging-market nations that produce the metals and minerals key to artificial intelligence are set to get a boost in the coming years, according to Barclays Plc.
Currencies of emerging-market nations that produce the metals and minerals key to artificial intelligence are set to get a boost in the coming years, according to Barclays Plc.
Currencies of emerging-market nations that produce the metals and minerals key to artificial intelligence are set to get a boost in the coming years, according to Barclays Plc.
Currencies of emerging-market nations that produce the metals and minerals key to artificial intelligence are set to get a boost in the coming years, according to Barclays Plc.
Currencies of emerging-market nations that produce the metals and minerals key to artificial intelligence are set to get a boost in the coming years, according to Barclays Plc.
China’s deployment of humanoid robots could offset as much as 60% of its projected decline in the labor force by 2035, according to Barclays Plc, helping sustain the world’s largest industrial base as the population shrinks at a pace not seen in decades.
China’s deployment of humanoid robots could offset as much as 60% of its projected decline in the labor force by 2035, according to Barclays Plc, helping sustain the world’s largest industrial base as the population shrinks at a pace not seen in decades.
Humanoid robots in Beijing. Photographer: Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images