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    • Friday, 5 August, 2022
      Unhedged
      Losers can keep losing Premium content

      Especially if they debuted in frothy markets

    • Tuesday, 2 August, 2022
      Robinhood to slash headcount by 23% as retail trading bubble bursts

      Second round of lay-offs this year for company that promised to revolutionise stockbroking

    • Friday, 8 July, 2022
      News in-depthCryptocurrencies
      Crypto exchanges and retail brokers vie for customers as trading ardour cools

      Competition grows for ordinary investors who trade shares and digital tokens

    • Monday, 27 June, 2022
      Will SBF go Robin Hood on Robinhood?

      The Central Bank of Crypto is reportedly making eyes at the meme stock shop.

    • Friday, 24 June, 2022
      Robinhood’s depiction of liquidity during ‘meme stock’ frenzy questioned

      US congressional committee releases findings from 18-month probe into wild market swings of January 2021

    • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
      FTX chief takes stake in online brokerage Robinhood

      Sam Bankman-Fried’s disclosure of $648mn in share purchases sends company’s stock soaring

    • Monday, 2 May, 2022
      Lex
      Retail investors: still trading, just not on Robinhood Premium content

      Platform says customers are more cautious, but growth at rivals tells a different story

    • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
      Robinhood revenues tumble as retail trading loses steam

      Shares fall 11% as brokerage laps ‘Covid extravaganza trading boom’

    • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
      Due Diligence
      Meet Blackstone, your new roommate Premium content

      Plus, Robinhood plans to step into the UK crypto scene and US law firms get into a new kind of promotion

    • Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
      Mergers & Acquisitions
      Robinhood to acquire UK crypto group Ziglu

      Acquisition by US retail brokerage comes almost 2 years after it abandoned a plan to expand into Britain

    • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
      Robinhood’s growth loses steam a year after meme stock frenzy

      Shares of retail brokerage fall on earnings miss as it expects revenues to decline 35% in the current quarter

    • Tuesday, 25 January, 2022
      LexTechnology sector
      Tech stocks: Cape fears suggest sell off has further to go Premium content

      Robert Shiller’s index shows stocks are still expensive

    • Friday, 17 December, 2021
      News in-depthMarkets
      The biggest market moments of 2021

      From the GameStop saga to the Archegos debacle — these are the events that shaped the year

    • Thursday, 28 October, 2021
      Retail trading
      Brokerages have snared legions of day traders but are the apps too easy to use?

      Regulators are worried that confetti, emojis and other attention-grabbing artifices might be dangerous

    • Wednesday, 27 October, 2021
      FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
      Poland versus the EU

      Robinhood’s quarterly earnings flop, UK chancellor Rishi Sunak reveals budget today

    • Tuesday, 26 October, 2021
      Retail trading
      Cryptocurrency trading slump drags down Robinhood revenues

      Shares in retail brokerage drop 10% in after-hours trading as user growth slows

    • Thursday, 14 October, 2021
      Venture capital investment
      Tech start-ups surpass $500bn from US public listings

      IPO and Spac booms have delivered a record windfall for venture capitalists in 2021

    • Friday, 1 October, 2021
      Retail trading
      Inside the battle to be Europe’s Robinhood

      Horde of competing apps are betting on the ‘Americanisation’ of European share trading after memestock frenzy

    • Thursday, 23 September, 2021
      LexCryptocurrencies
      Robinhood/cryptos: pocket rocket may curve round regulators Premium content

      US fintech is seeking deeper exposure to cryptocurrencies.

    • Wednesday, 22 September, 2021
      Robinhood to test cryptocurrency wallets with brokerage customers

      Company’s shares surge 11% as retail trading venue goes toe to toe with Coinbase

    • Friday, 3 September, 2021
      Lex
      Robinhood: trading app’s interest in investor communications could cross wires Premium content

      The potential launch of an in-house shareholder service could be lucrative but might also create a conflict of interest

    • Thursday, 19 August, 2021
      LexFinancial services
      Robinhood/Charles Schwab: not such a merry man Premium content

      The stock trading app’s bid to attract long-term customers depends on disrupting more mature rivals

    • Tuesday, 10 August, 2021
      News in-depth
      Robinhood’s growth hinges on loyalty of next-gen traders

      Steady assets will be critical for growth at commission-free broker popular with meme-stock set

    • Friday, 6 August, 2021
      Lex
      Robinhood: meme conversion, then mean reversion Premium content

      California company’s life as a ‘meme stock’ may be shortlived

    • Friday, 6 August, 2021
      Due Diligence
      Robinhood gets caught in the meme stock machine Premium content

      Plus, a former SoftBank Vision Fund partner receives a big cheque from his former employer and private equity tries to build bridges with workers

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