Caroline Hepke

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Bloomberg News Now · Starmer Losing Grip, Iran Ceasefire on 'Life Support', More · 12 May 2026 podcast

The bond fund manager says that even with 10-year yields around 5%, they are still not enough compensation to justify resuming the firm's previously bullish stance on gilts.

The US has ramped up sanctions on the sale of Iranian oil to China, raising the stakes ahead of President Trump's visit to meet Xi Jinping on Thursday.

The US Treasury has blacklisted 12 firms and individuals, including some based in Hong Kong, the UAE and Oman.

In a statement, the Treasury said that Iran is relying on front companies in permissive jurisdictions to

to funnel oil revenue.

The Treasury also reiterated its threat to impose secondary sanctions on firms linked to China's private oil refineries.

Lastly, South Korea's KOSPI index has shed more than $300 billion in value in just 97 minutes today.

The sharp sell-off followed a proposal from the president's policy chief to introduce a so-called citizen dividend funded by excess profits from the AI industry.

Christy Tan, senior investment strategist at the Franklin Templeton Institute, says there may be more volatility ahead for the index.

So that was Christy Tan of the Franklin Templeton Institute speaking there.

The sell-off equates to more than $3 billion a minute in losses for the benchmark index, weighing on sentiment across Asia, although the KOSPI is still up around 78% year-to-date.

Right, those are a few of our top stories then for you this morning.

In terms of the markets, so oil prices are at 1.2% for Brent crude futures at $105.52.

We have the dollar strengthening, the pound weakening three-tenths of 1%.

Looking at bond markets, 10-year U.S.

yields up a basis point of 4.42.

Stock futures for Europe and the U.S.

are deeply in the red.

U.S.

stocks' 50 futures are down by seven-tenths of 1%.

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