FxWirePro: Turkish lira responds to CBRT despite apprehensions of President Erdogan – Stay away from longs but uphold long hedge

Sep 14, 2018 13:44 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks Technicals Insights & Views

The lira surged back nicely yesterday after the central bank hiked rates sharply (by 625bps to 24%). The central bank strongly asserted its independence despite President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticising the bank again and...

Launch of ‘ndau’ – untethered but stablecoin backed by digitally built-in mechanisms, monetary policy and governance

Sep 14, 2018 11:24 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views

Oneiro, backed byCOSIMO Ventures, announced yesterday (Sept. 13) that it has launched ndau (en-dow) by the worlds imperial institutions investors, such as, Goldman Sachs, Columbia University, and Carnegie Mellon, and it is...

FxWirePro: EM Asia FX hedges via basket of call triplets

Sep 14, 2018 10:22 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

Markets retain a risk-on bias, after US inflation readings came in a little softer than the consensus. US yields came under renewed pressure, as did the USD, while equities benefitted.US President Trump, however, played...

FxWirePro: An eagle eye on Antipodeans – Reshuffle AUD/NZD hedging portfolio from options strips to straps

Sep 14, 2018 09:45 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views Central Banks

RBNZs monetary policy is scheduled for this month (precisely on September 26th) which is most likely to be status quo.Just like the RBNZ Governor, the short end continues to watch, worry and wait as direction from here...

After series of Wall-Street players, now Morgan Stanley’s turn to contemplate ‘testing fate in cryptocurrency derivatives trading

Sep 14, 2018 06:25 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views

Today, Bitcoin price has considerably carried further gains to the current $6,565.90 levels or about 1.18%, BTCUSD (at BITFINEX exchange), surged from the lows of $6,119.5 owing to the constructive news ofBlackRock, Inc....

Central Banking Series

When cutting interest rates might not help

Sep 13, 2018 21:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks

Theres a meme around official interest rates since the financial crisis, and it goes like this. Central banks have already cut them to nearly zero (or actually zero) but advanced economies are still languishing. Therefore...

The paradox of choice. Why made-to-order might not solve the fashion industry's problems

Sep 13, 2018 13:18 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business

How could you go from winning awards for Store Design of The Year and Best Shoe Ever to selling nothing? In 2009 the Australian startup Shoes of Prey set out to make exactly the shoes its customers wanted. Customers...