Government needs to slow down on changes to spying and foreign interference laws
Jun 08, 2018 05:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Whats the rush? If you believe Commonwealth Attorney-General Christian Porter, unless two pieces of security legislation are in place in the remaining two weeks of parliament before the winter recess, the country will be...
Ford Nation rises again: What Doug Ford means for Ontario
Jun 08, 2018 05:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Up until a few months ago, discussions of Doug Ford becoming premier of Ontario were relegated to amusing hypothetical conversations. However, the hypothetical what if has become reality. The man many view as a Canadian...
Doug Ford's challenge: Keeping the 'ordered' voter
Jun 08, 2018 05:30 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Elections are defined by swing voters being wooed by the parties: Soccer moms, hockey dads or even Joe the Plumber. The Conservative majority in the Ontario provincial election was about capturing the ordered...
FxWirePro: Uphold long hedges in CME gold far-month tenors
Jun 07, 2018 13:59 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The US dollar should strengthen further if the Fed hikes twice more this year, the US 10yr treasury yield rose from 2.93% to 2.98%, while 2yr yields rose from 2.49% to 2.52%. Fed fund futures continued to predict a rate...
Jun 07, 2018 13:21 pm UTC| Digital Currency Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Jim Chanos, president and founder of financial advisory group Kynikos Associates, has voiced his skepticism on the legitimacy and intrinsic value of Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency in existence. Chanos, who is...
Jun 07, 2018 11:03 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
NZD faces domestic headwinds to local rates that are only now being fully appreciated. Growth has weakened, the central banks inflation forecasts have been revised materially lower, net immigration is slowing and business...
Cryptocurrency hedge funds to entice universities’ investments
Jun 07, 2018 10:05 am UTC| Digital Currency Research & Analysis Insights & Views Commentary
The universities across the US are keen on investing their money into Cryptocurrency Avenue for their endowment funds (especially hedge funds). Likewise, their students, one-third of whom are huge fans of cryptocurrencies...
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