FxWirePro: Symbolic decision to boost up FX inflows in China – USD/CNH options trade strategies
Jun 21, 2017 11:42 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
MSCI said yesterday it will include China large cap A-shares in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index and the MSCI All-Country World Index (ACWI). It will add 222 A-shares (stocks traded in Chinas two main exchanges, the...
Jun 21, 2017 09:13 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The ratio spread is a neutral strategy in options trading that involves buying a number of options and selling more options of the sameunderlying spot price andexpiration date at a differentstrike price. It is a limited...
FxWirePro: Where ratio EMFX calls spreads are well-priced currently?
Jun 21, 2017 09:07 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The foreigners have been net buyers of EM assets (equities and bonds) for seven straight months. These trends, among other factors, have underpinned our bullish view on EM currencies relative to the forwards and...
Jun 21, 2017 07:10 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The formal start of Brexit negotiations on Monday may prove more of a catalyst for the pound than an inconclusive general election, a surprise hawkish shift by Bank of England officials and a spate of disappointing...
Bank Indonesia lowers 2017 growth target to 5.17 pct, likely to remain on hold through 2017
Jun 20, 2017 12:10 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Indonesias central bank, Bank Indonesia (BI), kept its policy rate on hold at 4.75 percent, as widely expected at its June meeting. Bank Indonesia has kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.75 percent for seven...
Why should the state wriggle out of providing public housing?
Jun 20, 2017 05:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
The Victorian governments 2017 housing policy contains a bulk transfer of public housing to housing associations. Housing Minister Martin Foleys explanation is that the state is a terrible housing manager. A similar...
Finsbury Park Mosque: from 'terrorist hostel' to symbol of modernity, openness and tolerance
Jun 19, 2017 16:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
The shadow of Abu Hamza and Al Qaeda lies long and heavy across Finsbury Park Mosque in north London. The mosque has long been cast in the public imagination by the terrorist activities that were so brazenly carried out...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight