FxWirePro: Intricacies of head and tailwinds of Brexit and GBP vols & FVAs
Jan 30, 2018 09:17 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Since tumbling from its September highs, below 0.9226, the pound has consolidated in a narrow 0.9226 to 0.8686 range against the euro. Looking ahead, ongoing Brexit negotiations and central bank policy expectations are...
FxWirePro: Intricacies of head and tailwinds of Brexit and GBP vols & FVAs
Jan 30, 2018 09:17 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Since tumbling from its September highs, below 0.9226, the pound has consolidated in a narrow 0.9226 to 0.8686 range against the euro. Looking ahead, ongoing Brexit negotiations and central bank policy expectations are...
FxWirePro: Why and how do you hedge modest but steady downside risks of AUD?
Jan 30, 2018 07:44 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
AUD finished 2017 as the fifth best performing G10 currency against the USD, surpassed only by European currencies (EUR, DKK and SEK) and Sterling. This was a reasonably good performance for a currency whose economy...
Jan 30, 2018 07:14 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
AUDUSD in near-term perspectives:Looking technically stretched around the 0.8100 area. The medium-term perspectives:Over the course of Q1 2018, we look for AUDUSD to return to the 0.75 area seen in early Dec...
Moody's: Indian structured finance deals pose greater liquidity risk than other markets
Jan 30, 2018 03:57 am UTC| Research & Analysis Economy
Moodys Investors Service says that most Indian structured finance transactions pose greater levels of liquidity risk than typical deals in other countries, a phenomena which was highlighted during demonetization, but...
Jan 30, 2018 00:38 am UTC| Research & Analysis
The credit quality of UK non-financial companies will remain broadly stable in 2018, despite uncertainty stemming from the Brexit negotiations, Moodys Investors Service said in a report today. UK economic growth will...
FxWirePro: Eye-catchy lingering MXN gamma performance in NAFTA hedging trades
Jan 29, 2018 12:54 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The 6th round of the NAFTA negotiations comes to an end in Montreal today. While CAD traders had so far paid little attention to the progress of the negotiations this is likely to have changed following the last meeting of...
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