Feb 27, 2017 11:27 am UTC| Insights & Views
Crude oil implied volatilities (IVs) have been lingering under downward pressure, especially in short tenors. The WTI 1m ATM IVs have shrunk to about 23.8% which is the lowest level since October 2014 which was before the...
FxWirePro: Europe election tail risk hedge via Bund gammas and swaptions
Feb 27, 2017 10:03 am UTC| Insights & Views
French opinion polls and Presidential politics generallyare now moving markets in Europe. The bookmakers odds of Marine Le Pen winning rose at the start of the week so that the main candidates were level-pegging close to...
FxWirePro: Directional option trades to sync with EUR/USD OTC sensitivity tools and trend
Feb 27, 2017 09:51 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Please be noted that the risk reversal flashes across all tenors, although we see positive changes to the bearish risk sentiments across all tenors, hedging sentiments for bearish risks remain intact, whereas Euro seems to...
Flight to greener aviation fuel has hit turbulence – here's why
Feb 27, 2017 08:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
When it comes to reducing carbon emissions, one of the biggest hurdles is the worlds addiction to flying. And this is only going to get more intense as developing countries grow bigger middle classes who want to explore...
Thieves in the night: can a slogan trigger real improvement in Romanian politics?
Feb 27, 2017 08:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
It is rather unusual for a country like Romania to catch the eye of the international public to the extent it has in the past month. An unprecedented wave of protests saw thousands of Romanians take to the streets...
After a tense election, Ecuador is divided over its political future
Feb 27, 2017 08:50 am UTC| Insights & Views
After three tense days of waiting, Ecuadors National Electoral Council has confirmed that former vice president Lenin Moreno, of the ruling Alianza Pais (AP) party, won the first round in the countrys presidential...
Sons of Iraq: Mosul will only recover if we heed the lessons of the US invasion
Feb 27, 2017 08:42 am UTC| Insights & Views
After months of fighting, Iraqi Security Forces have finally regained control of the eastern half of Mosul, the last urban stronghold of Islamic State in Iraq. They are now advancing on the citys west. The recapture of...
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