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Global market turmoil

  • Oil prices climbing fast as G7 cap of £49 on Russian crude barrel comes into effect

    tense oil market

    Oil prices have risen in response to an agreement by the G7 group of nations which came into effect on Monday. Brent crude climbed to more than 86 dollars (£68) in Asia trading as the price of Russian oil was capped at 60 dollars (£49) a barrel. The move is part of increased pressure by [...]

  • Ever Given’s blocking of Suez Canal shows threat posed by global warming, Marsh says

    Global Warming

    The blocking of the Suez Canal by the cargo ship Ever Given shows the threat climate change poses to the global economy, according to a new report from the world’s largest insurance broker Marsh. Rising sea levels and an uptick in extreme weather events could wreak havoc on global supply chains by disrupting key shipping [...]

  • Abrdn’s Asian Income Fund loses 6.9 per cent of value as APAC markets suffer

    Asia

    Asset management giant Abrdn said the value of the assets controlled by its Asia Income Fund plunged 6.9 per cent over the first half of 2022 as markets were rocked by a combination of Covid lockdowns and the ripples of war in Ukraine. In its half yearly report today, the firm said net asset value [...]

  • Claims globalisation has ‘had its heyday’ are premature, Lloyd’s chief executive says

    August 2, 2022

    Claims the dual shocks of Covid and the war in Ukraine have halted the “all conquering forces of globalisation” are “premature,” Lloyd’s of London chief executive John Neal told City A.M.   In an op-ed in this newspaper, the insurance chief said that while we will “rightly see a degree of retreat and retrenchment” in [...]

  • Europe biggest market for US crude oil for first time in six years as Russia-Ukraine war rages on

    July 15, 2022

    For the first time in six years, Europe was the top market for US crude oil as the Russia-Ukraine war continues to impact global markets. Europe overtook Asia, the previous top market, and received 213.1m barrels of crude while Asia received 191.1m barrels of American crude in the first five months of 2022, US Census [...]

  • Huge traffic jams expected on Monday from hell: Drivers urged to work from home as protestors plot to block key roads

    July 4, 2022

    Roads in various parts of the country could be subject to traffic jams today as protesters take action and call for a cut in fuel duty. Protests will target mainly three-lane motorways and see slow-downs on two lanes, leaving the fast lane free, according to FairFuelUK founder Howard Cox. Police have warned of “serious disruption [...]

  • Russia’s biggest bank Sberbank thrown out of SWIFT while EU moves to ban 90 per cent of Russian oil

    May 31, 2022

    Most Russian oil imports into the EU will be blocked by year-end as part of new sanctions on Moscow, European leaders agreed late last night. The compromise was made at a two-day summit focused on helping Ukraine with a long-delayed package of new financial support. The embargo covers Russian oil brought in by sea, allowing [...]

  • Iran seizes Greek oil tankers in escalation of Tehran’s spat with Western powers

    May 28, 2022

    Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have seized two Greek oil tankers, after the Iranian government said it would take “punitive action” against Greece over its seizure of an Iranian oil cargo last month. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC) said it had seized two Greek tankers sailing in international waters off the coast of Iran. The seizures [...]

  • Will the world economy avoid an inflationary bust?

    March 23, 2022  |  City Talk

    Today’s high inflation is being compared to the 1970s. However, robust consumer spending, fuelled by pandemic savings, makes for a different set of circumstances. Memories of the 1970s were evoked as the price of Brent crude oil temporarily climbed above $139 a barrel in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. That was a period [...]

  • Shell reconsiders decision to pull out of Cambo oilfield amid rising oil prices

    March 22, 2022

    Shell is reportedly reconsidering its decision to pull out of the controversial Cambo oilfield amid skyrocketing energy prices.

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