Why Big Tobacco has reason to fear the waking divestment giant
Aug 03, 2016 06:07 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
This week The Guardian published a long-form profile by veteran journalist Gideon Haigh of Dr Bronwyn King. The doctor who beat big tobacco https://t.co/fIcP2Jmuh6 Guardian Australia (@GuardianAus) August 1,...
Mobile payments and tap and go might not mean the end for tellers
Aug 03, 2016 06:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Consumers are drawing out less cash and using other methods to pay for things such as contactless payments, but this doesnt necessarily signal the end of bank tellers or their automated counterparts. There is...
PC sets groundwork for long-awaited look at super competition and efficiency
Aug 03, 2016 06:01 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
The Productivity Commission has released its draft report setting out criteria for assessing the competitiveness and efficiency of the superannuation system. The final report will be delivered in November this year. The...
Turnbull to banks: pass on whole interest rate cut
Aug 03, 2016 05:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has sternly told the banks they should pass on the whole of Tuesdays rate cut - or their chief executives must explain why they are not doing so. After the Reserve Bank cut the cash rate...
FxWirePro: Long EUR/SGD versus short USD/SGD gamma spreads form classic relative value set-up
Aug 02, 2016 12:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Long EUR/SGD vs. short USD/SGD gamma spreads form a classic relative value set-up with excellent entry levels, asymmetric payout profile and a long history of return outperformance. EUR vs. SGD implied correlations have...
FxWirePro: USD/BRL hedging cost optimization via calendar spread as quasi-protected short gamma
Aug 02, 2016 12:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Realized vols in USD/BRL have been steadily edging lower over the past few weeks but holding stronger near 3.20 levels, and gamma screens rich despite the material 3 vol+ decline in implieds since the Brexit vote 1M...
Aug 02, 2016 12:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
EURSEK has continued higher over the last month, trading a shy below 9.60, which is the highest level seen since last autumn. The growth in Sweden is solid and inflation has risen. Despite the positive trend, the...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects