All articles by Alex Blair

Alex Blair

@alexjmblair

Alex Blair is a UK-based reporter for GlobalData Media. He writes on topics including international relations, conflict, geopolitics, tech disruption and sportswashing.

Features

Gold hits $2,500 for the first time ever. What’s behind it?

Gold prices are at all-time highs amid widespread inflation, geopolitical risks and the Fed’s imminent cut of US interest rates.

Features

Who will fund Gaza’s reconstruction?

Israeli airstrikes have damaged 70% of the buildings in Gaza and left 42 million tonnes of debris across the territory.

Features

Explainer: failed Trump assassination prompts crypto highs

Amid Biden’s blunders and a failed assassination, Trump’s campaign is in the ascendency. Why has Bitcoin reached a two-week high?

Features

Finance firms and ex-spies: strange bedfellows in a war-torn world

Goldman Sachs, Chase, Lazard and Barclays are among the banking companies to hire ex-CIA, GCHQ, MI6 and US military personnel.

Uncategorised

Red Sea: cross-sector supply chain disruption for “a few months at least”

The Houthis’ Red Sea ship attacks and US-UK airstrikes are affecting transport, energy, financial and automotive supply chains.

Analysis

Tomorrow’s problem or today’s priority? GlobalData projects the winners of the ESG revolution in financial services

Companies that prioritise ESG themes as a genuine cornerstone of future planning, rather than a greenwashed marketing exercise, are forecast to emerge as thematic leaders