Apple Inc.

Apple's European division, Apple Distribution International (ADI), which is responsible for product sales in Europe and the Middle East, has been fined £390,000 (about $516,000) by a British regulator for transfers in 2022 to a sanctioned Russian company, the Financial Times <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/915ac02f-96f8-4224-b2ab-10d83e5afd92?syn-25a6b1a6=1">reports</a>.

Apple's European unit fined for violating sanctions against Russia

Fears of stagflation amid war with Iran have led to a sharp decline in the global debt market: in March, the value of bonds fell by more than $2.5 trillion. For the bond market, this could be the largest monthly decline in more than three years, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-23/bonds-lose-2-5-trillion-in-iran-war-wipeout-that-mirrors-2022">writes.</a>

Bond market lost $2.5 trillion due to war with Iran. This is a repeat of the 2022 collapse

Shell plc

BP p.l.c.

The cost of gold collapsed by 9% in trading on March 23. Key stock indices in Europe fell sharply after the opening of stock exchanges on Monday against the background of tougher rhetoric of the United States and Iran, which led to an increase in oil and natural gas prices. The drop in stocks in Europe followed a collapse in Asia. Stock index futures in the U.S. are also down significantly.

Gold collapses 9%, stocks in Europe fall, Brent above $114: what's happening in the markets

The cost of government borrowing for the UK on March 20 jumped to the highest level since the 2008 financial crisis, <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/1e77f7ce-1c93-4852-9970-297636a7d9cf">writes the</a> Financial Times (FT). The yield on benchmark 10-year government bonds exceeded 5%. Investors were trying to factor in rising inflation risks and the increasing likelihood of an interest rate hike later this year, CNBC <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/20/uk-gilt-market-interest-rates-boe-inflation-reeves.html">writes</a>.

UK government bond yields hit their highest since the 2008 crisis

British fintech company Revolut, Europe's most valuable startup, <a href="https://www.revolut.com/news/revolut_launches_uk_bank/">said</a> on March 11 that it had received a full banking license in the United Kingdom. This will allow it to start full-fledged operations as a bank in the country and launch full-fledged accounts for British customers after several years of waiting, Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/revolut-gets-full-uk-banking-licence-after-years-long-wait-2026-03-11/">notes</a>.

Revolut launches full-fledged bank in Britain - after a year and a half of restrictions

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc

Citigroup has revised its global strategy, choosing the UK's FTSE 100 index as its main "geopolitical hedge"

Citigroup has upgraded its rating on UK stocks. Why did they become a "safe haven"? 

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

Franklin FTSE United Kingdom ETF

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF

The U.S. stock market has been put in second place by the bank

Goldman Sachs has named the best investment destination. And it's not the United States

The "coalition of the willing" signed a declaration in Paris on security guarantees for Kyiv.

The US may promise Ukraine support in the event of a new Russian attack — Bloomberg

Europe's most expensive neo-bank expects to secure the lifting of UK deposit-taking restrictions in December

UK regulators concerned about Revolut chief's residency move to UAE - FT

The leak overshadowed a speech to Parliament by Finance Minister Rachel Reeves. In July, her tears caused a stock crash

The British department revealed the budget provisions ahead of schedule. Bond yields fell

The market is skeptical about the UK government's chances of closing the budget hole without harming the economy

Traders bet against the British pound ahead of the presentation of the country's draft budget

Alexander Gherko, founder of trading company XTX Markets and one of the UK's largest taxpayers, who renounced his Russian citizenship in 2022, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7385969559133974530/">said </a>in a post on LinkedIn that he is going to challenge the decision of a London court that <a href="https://globalsanctions.com/2025/10/uk-court-judgment-in-equality-act-sanctions-discrimination-case-xtx-v-mazars/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNjFglleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHtamu7Xg68r-3UcrQ7i-gp6oKAy8gvHhaFwmnWFaJq9u7Ct6RH3Jit1Ss9lo_aem_z1U2rIge9SC5bp21FODl8w">dismissed </a>his lawsuit. Gherko accused auditing and accounting firm Mazars of violating the Equality Act - in 2022 it refused to provide services to XTX Markets, citing the fact that its owner is a Russian. Mazars explained this by the fact that it complies with the sanctions regime, while the billionaire was not subject to British sanctions.