The members of FT Alphaville’s private forum, the Long Room, enjoy (and regularly engage in) spirited debate. Here’s a selection of what’s been said and posted just recently:
- Moorad Choudhry, head of Treasury at Europe Arab Bank, dismisses the notion that ‘speculators’ are to blame for Greece’s sovereign woes.
- On Monkey’s table, the eponymous host notes of EMI: “Nice to see a another company losing money on interest rate derivatives again … the fair value is £259m. I wonder who sold them that one?”
- The Markets Live effect: “Even when the markets are bullish, you can rely on Neil and Bryce to give the Bears a haven…”
About FT Alphaville’s Long Room: Inspired by a famous restaurant in the City of London which was a favoured haunt of financial pundits and market movers up until the 1980s, The Long Room is an exclusive community reserved for our core readership of City of London and Wall Street professionals. Membership of the Long Room is free, but subject to approval by the editorial team.
You can find out more about The Long Room here or apply for membership here.

