# Robin Wigglesworth

> Robin Wigglesworth is the editor of FT Alphaville, the Financial Times' irreverent and free-to-read finance blog, which he runs from Oslo, Norway. A former Bloomberg Nordic economics correspondent turned Gulf war reporter turned global finance authority, Wigglesworth has carved out a rare niche: making the most technically forbidding corners of finance genuinely fun to read. His 2021 book Trillions - a definitive history of the index fund - became one of the FT's best books of the year, and his forthcoming A Fabulous Debt (September 2026) promises a sweeping history of the bond market. He is equal parts serious financial scholar and gleeful financial provocateur.

- **Role:** Editor of FT Alphaville at Financial Times
- **Organizations:** Financial Times, FT Alphaville, Bloomberg News (former)
- **Nationality:** British (Norwegian-connected)
- **Education:** BA in Journalism and Contemporary History, City University London, MA in History of International Relations (specialism: political Islam), London School of Economics, Economics studies, Oslo School of Management (BI Norwegian Business School)
- **Known for:** Editor of FT Alphaville, one of the most influential free-to-read finance publications in the world, Author of Trillions (2021), named one of the Financial Times' Best Books of 2021, Trillions described as 'a magisterial, delightfully written history' by Burton Malkiel (Wall Street Journal) and 'Required reading for understanding where markets are heading' by Rana Foroohar (FT)

## Career timeline

- **early career** — Sub-editor at The Guardian newspaper
- **2006** — Joined Bloomberg News as Nordic economics and politics correspondent
- **2008-06** — Joined the Financial Times as Gulf correspondent, based in Dubai
- **2011** — Covered the Arab Spring in Bahrain and Libya for the FT
- **2012-2015** — Capital Markets correspondent and Deputy Head of FastFT at the Financial Times
- **2015-2018** — US Markets Editor at the Financial Times, based in New York
- **2018-2021** — Global Finance Correspondent at the Financial Times
- **2021** — Published Trillions: How a Band of Wall Street Renegades Invented the Index Fund and Changed Finance Forever (Penguin Random House)
- **2022** — Became Editor of FT Alphaville, succeeding Izabella Kaminska, running the blog from Oslo, Norway
- **2026-09** — Publication of A Fabulous Debt: The Epic Story of How Bonds Built the Modern World (Penguin Random House)

## Achievements

- Editor of FT Alphaville, one of the most influential free-to-read finance publications in the world
- Author of Trillions (2021), named one of the Financial Times' Best Books of 2021
- Trillions described as 'a magisterial, delightfully written history' by Burton Malkiel (Wall Street Journal) and 'Required reading for understanding where markets are heading' by Rana Foroohar (FT)
- Covered major global stories including the Arab Spring uprisings in Bahrain and Libya
- Led FT Alphaville's expansion as a Substack newsletter in 2024/2025
- Recognised as one of the most lucid and exciting journalists writing about finance today
- Author of forthcoming A Fabulous Debt (2026), a history of the bond market from medieval Venice to modern Wall Street

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — A Fabulous Debt: The Epic Story of How Bonds Built the Modern World scheduled for publication by Penguin Random House (September 22, 2026)
- **2025-02** — Active on Bluesky (@robinwigglesworth.ft.com), continuing to lead FT Alphaville
- **2024-12** — Published 'The best of FT Alphaville 2024' roundup on LinkedIn
- **2024** — FT Alphaville launched official Substack newsletter, anchored by Bryce Elder

## Links

- Website: https://robinwigglesworth.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-wigglesworth-17101722/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/RobinWigg

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