How cute things hijack our brains and drive behaviour
Jul 04, 2016 18:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
What is the cutest thing you have ever seen? Chances are it involves a baby, a puppy or another adorable animal. And chances are it is forever imprinted on your mind. But what exactly is this powerful attractive force and...
Shrinking hole in the ozone layer shows what collective action can achieve
Jul 04, 2016 18:26 pm UTC| Nature Insights & Views
The hole in the ozone layer was first discovered in 1985 by scientists from the British Antarctic Survey, who described how ozone levels above the Antarctic were steadily dropping compared to the previous decade. This was...
London banking will struggle to escape Brexit trap
Jul 04, 2016 18:23 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business
The free movement principle of the EU means that all individuals of member states receive an EU passport. They can settle in any other EU country and enjoy the same rights and benefits as any other citizen of the host...
Jul 04, 2016 13:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
One might be forgiven for wondering whats going on with BRL. Despite Brexit and the initial wave of risk aversion BRL illustrates the best performance in the entire EM universe since the end of June, up more than 3.5%...
Jul 04, 2016 12:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views
For the past few years, emerging market currencies have generally underperformed against the forwards. However, going forward, the weakness in spot rates would be mostly in line with positive carry. Risks are somewhat...
Jul 04, 2016 12:51 pm UTC| Insights & Views
In H2 2016, we would see a cease-fire in the currency war. In H1 2014 a pause in monetary policy activism caused a collapse in FX volatility. Expect FX implied vols likely to catch up with the downside in the underlying...
FxWirePro: Dollar unlikely to give up momentum in Q3 – Knock in option trades for USD/JPY
Jul 04, 2016 11:46 am UTC| Insights & Views
We reckon from here onwards in H2 the dollar strength relies on weakness elsewhere but the ECB and BOJ are almost out of room to ease further. Yen appreciation started amid global financial turbulence in late 2015, and...
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