FxWirePro: GBP/AUD vega longs and theta shorts in 3-way straddles versus OTM call as hedging vehicle ahead of RBA’s cash rates

Mar 24, 2017 12:54 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views Central Banks

The central bank of Australia is scheduled to be announcing its monetary policy on April 04th which is likely to stay pat, even if the RBA does not deliver easings in 2H17, three hikes from the Fed will still leave minimal...

Fed Hike Aftermath Series

Fed Hike Aftermath Series: Dashboard updates

Mar 24, 2017 12:21 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Several Federal Reserve policymakers shared their views of the monetary policy going ahead after the central bank raised interest rates for the first time this year. Our last dashboard which was focused on the March...

Surprisingly positive Eurozone PMIs fuel rate hike speculation

Mar 24, 2017 11:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks

Eurozone economic growth gathered further momentum in March, bolstering optimism over the region in the face of Brexit. Businesses across the euro zone ramped up activity at the fastest pace in almost six years, a survey...

FxWirePro: Bearish GBP basket via shorts in cable spot trades and long 2m EUR/GBP call spread

Mar 24, 2017 10:01 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views

This write up emphasizes on the prevailing shorts in GBP and those who squared off lets reopen a bearish basket (stay short cable in cash, buy a 2-m EURGBP call spread), we bought cable two weeks ago as this was the most...

Fed Hike Aftermath Series

Fed Hike Aftermath Series: Decision on Fed balance sheet likely to come this year

Mar 24, 2017 08:44 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The US Federal Reserve is likely to take a decision on how to reduce the balance sheet accommodation in 2017. Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari who was the only dissenter at the March FOMC meeting said that he wants...

Central Banking Series

Bank Negara Malaysia is likely to maintain policy rate at 3 pct through 2017, says ANZ Research

Mar 24, 2017 08:18 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) is expected to maintain the policy rate at 3 percent throughout this year, peering through the inflation ascent. At the same time, the still fragile balance of payments position limits the scope...

FxWirePro: Directional optionality and cash trades on interest rate differentials

Mar 24, 2017 07:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks

We stay short GBPUSD because interest rate based valuations are even more stretched than USDCAD (we expect BoE hawks to be caged by an economy that is finally starting to cool), but once again reduce the directionality to...