Jun 01, 2018 08:42 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Bearish NZDJPY scenarios: 1) The NZ housing market slowdown becomes disorderly 2) The NZ immigration rolls over quickly 3) NZ bank funding issues intensify, causing the market to question NZs ability to attract...
After SEC and CFTC, Cryptocurrency regulations now under the scanner of IMF
Jun 01, 2018 06:35 am UTC| Digital Currency Research & Analysis Central Banks Insights & Views
Amid the stringent regulatory framework actions taken by SEC, CME and CBOE have come up with BTFs (bitcoin futures) that could be instrumental in risk mitigation while price discoveries. However, the regulated derivatives...
Indian foreign ministry seems reluctant in Venezuelan offer of petro-backed Cryptocurrency payment
May 31, 2018 13:30 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views Central Banks Governance
Venezuela has the worlds largest oil reserves for any nation and announced its oil-backed cryptocurrency, the petro, in December in what would soon become the worlds first state cryptocurrency. Sources report that it is...
FxWirePro: USD/MXN FVAs and calendar spreads for wise hedging
May 31, 2018 11:09 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
USDMXN approaching 20.0 target, and theres a decreasing probability of a significant NAFTA-related rally in our view, given that further delays in negotiations may also muddy the outlook for an in-principle agreement...
FxWirePro: USD/MXN FVAs and calendar spreads for wise hedging
May 31, 2018 11:09 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
USDMXN approaching 20.0 target, and theres a decreasing probability of a significant NAFTA-related rally in our view, given that further delays in negotiations may also muddy the outlook for an in-principle agreement...
FxWirePro: KRW vols seem cheaper among Asian FX relative value
May 31, 2018 10:11 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Emerging Asian currencies bloc has taken a beating over the past few weeks, the entire complex initially weakening alongside a generalized upturn in the dollar and then the higher-yielding (INR, IDR) subset unraveling more...
TRON to bid adieu to Ethereum, begins operating on Open Beta
May 31, 2018 09:27 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views Fintech
Tron, about $4 billion market capitalized cryptocurrency company according to coinmarketcap.com and $6.2 billion according to its own website has announced that its token migration from ERC20 TRX to Mainnet TRX would occur...
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