Kuwait's economic interest in mediating the Qatar-Gulf crisis

Oct 23, 2017 15:48 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics Economy

A blockade against Qatar by its Gulf neighbours is now in its fifth month. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates severed socio-economic ties with Qatar as punishment for its alleged support of terrorism...

Briferendum Aftermath Series

Brexit: what the EU and UK still don't agree on

Oct 23, 2017 15:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views

As expected, the leaders of the EU27 decided at a summit in Brussels on October 20 that there had not been sufficient progress in the negotiations on the UKs withdrawal from the EU to move on to talks about a post-Brexit...

FxWirePro: Will ECB deliver to satisfy hawks? Is OTC pricing in sync with the consensus of QE extension?

Oct 23, 2017 13:06 pm UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views

This week, weve got one of the most anticipated ECB policy meetings to look forward to. Given the weight of expectations, the risks are skewed against the euro this week. Mario Draghis task at the ECB meeting this week...

FxWirePro: Crude’s bearish sentiment may append insult to NAFTA injuries that likely to lead resumption of loonie and peso vulnerability

Oct 23, 2017 12:52 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

G3 currency pairs are locked into painfully tight ranges, with political developments in NAFTA, New Zealand, and Turkey behind the biggest FX moves. The broad dollar was swung around by a number of conflicting Fed...

FxWirePro: A glance through CAD and oil put options’ analysis

Oct 23, 2017 11:38 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

We already stated in our recent write up that, USDCAD was trading higher and hits 6- week highs owing to the fragile Canadian economic data. The pair has broken-out the major resistance 1.2600 and heading for 1.2675 marks...

FxWirePro: Fair elucidation of BoC policy normalization, owning topside convexity and bidding USD/CAD costless call spreads

Oct 23, 2017 10:00 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

After a several month long cycle of policy repricing that culminated in outlier back-to-back policy rate hikes in July and September, CAD has seen some understandable consolidation. The 4% USDCAD retracement since 8 Sept...

Tesco has shown it can do recovery but can it now keep pace?

Oct 23, 2017 09:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Business

When supermarket giant Tesco found itself in the grip of an accounting scandal in 2014, it brought in Dave Lewis, an supermarket outsider as CEO, who the company believed could rally the groups tumbling share price and aid...