Asia shares bounce, others cautious as oil rises

Cross-border credit posts biggest rise since Covid – Risk.net Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content Derivatives claims on overseas NBFIs rise 16% to $2 trillion Cross-border bank credit increased by $1.7 trillion in the first quarter, the most since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the latest data from the…

Energy security is becoming one of the world’s hottest topics as constrained supply pushes oil prices higher. You’d be forgiven for thinking US president Donald Trump’s return to the White House in January 2025 would have spelled the end of the sector. ‘Drill, baby, drill’ was a cornerstone of Trump’s re-election campaign, and he has…

Robert Ford started working at the Department of Housing and Urban Development before he had even graduated from college.  His decision to depart the agency during the early days of the second Trump administration — after nearly a quarter century, in which he rose to be the top HUD official in eastern Pennsylvania — came with…

Wintermute has boosted its US presence by becoming a FINRA registered broker dealer. Wintermute was founded in London in 2017. A US office was established last year (2025). The company is a crypto-native market maker, operating across centralized exchanges (CeFi), DeFi, and moving more into TradFi. Wintermute USA aims to provide liquidity for both national…

National affordable housing nonprofit Reinvestment Fund is undergoing a leadership shake-up, with two executives departing to pursue independent consulting ventures.  Ira Goldstein spent 27 years with the Philadelphia-based nonprofit, most of them as president of policy solutions, before leaving last month to launch IJG Urban Advisors.   Ira Goldstein “I felt like the team that I had built, the…