Macro Traders' Terrible Year, Le Pen Makes Demands & From Citi Trading to Cattle Trading

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) The world’s banks are on track to report the lowest revenue from foreign-exchange and rates trading since the pandemic, hit by tighter margins and a challenging macroeconomic backdrop. (2) Marine Le Pen’s National Rally set out further demands for changes to the French government’s 2025 budget bill after Prime Minister Michel Barnier dropped plans to raise taxes on electricity in a key concession. (3) President Vladimir Putin warned that his forces could strike “decision-making centers” in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv with new ballistic missiles as retaliation for attacks on Russia using Western missiles. (4) Ireland holds a general election on Friday, with Prime Minister Simon Harris hoping to capitalize on a strong economy to secure another five years in power. (5) Murray Roos was until late last year central to an effort to revolutionise the world’s capital markets via the London Stock Exchange’s nascent digital assets platform. Now, the 48-year-old former trader is using technology to take on even more entrenched market — the UK’s centuries old livestock auctions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.