Robin Wigglesworth
Robin Wigglesworth is the Editor of Alphaville, Financial Times’ financial blog. He leads a team of three other writers in London and New York focused on anything about the markets, business, or the global economy. Robin has been with the FT since 2008, serving in a number of different roles. He has focused on the biggest trends reshaping markets, investing and finance more broadly across the world, with a particular focus on technological disruption and quantitative investing, and writing longer-form features, analyses, profiles and columns. Before joining Financial Times, Robin worked at Bloomberg News covering Nordic economics and politics. He is also the author of Trillions, the definitive book on the past, present and future of passive investing and how it is reshaping financial markets.
Robin Wigglesworth Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Editor of FT Alphaville
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Global Finance Correspondent
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Nordic Economics and Politics Correspondent
Academic History
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History of International Relations
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B.A., Journalism and Contemporary History
Since joining the FT in 2008, he has held a number of different roles, including FT's global finance correspondent, US markets editor, deputy head of fastFT, capital markets correspondent, and Gulf correspondent.
As the FT's US Markets Editor, he spearheaded its coverage of financial markets and asset management across the Americas.
He also covered stocks, bonds, commodities, foreign exchange, derivatives, wealth management, stock exchanges and fund management.
Formerly FT's Capital Markets Correspondent, he covered all aspects of the financial markets with particular focus on trends in corporate debt, IPOs, equity markets, restructurings, and emerging markets.
In Trillions, Robin captures the unlikely journey of the index fund and how it blossomed into a $30 trillion industry.
He breaks down the game-changing discoveries that led to the creation of these funds, the intellectual debate surrounding passive and active management, the technology that supports it all, and the compelling cast of characters behind the massive bankroll.
MEDIA & SPEAKING
Robin speaks on Wall Street's history and future, as technology reshapes every facet of the financial system.
He has appeared in BusinessDesk, CNBC, and Real Vision.