Jun 21, 2017 12:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views
OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers compliance with a deal to cut global outputs have reached its highest in May since they agreed on the curbs last year, reaching 106 percent last month, a source familiar with the matter said...
FxWirePro: RBA rate cut at bay, AUD swaps, and underlying outright trades
Jun 21, 2017 12:34 pm UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views
The resilience of US equity markets to the distractions of the Trump administration is a positive backdrop for risk-sensitive AUD. Chinese markets are of course less helpful as the deleveraging push continues, but the...
Jun 21, 2017 11:55 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
The Peoples Bank of China (PBoC) faces daunting challenges, including balancing growth, minimizing currency volatility, promoting economic stability, preventing asset price bubbles, ensuring adequate market liquidity and...
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...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects