Jul 26, 2016 09:18 am UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views
BoJ likely will ease next week, using all existing tools, while the government may release the outline of its fiscal package. The major currencies have slumped to the multi-month lows against yen and it is also deemed...
FxWirePro: Load up weights in GBP/JPY longs leg of PRBS on HY IVs to hedge prolonged downside risks
Jul 26, 2016 07:50 am UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views
Please have a glance on how implied volatilities of ATM contracts of 1w, 2w, and 1m tenors are spiking crazily in OTC markets, 29.52, 25.53% and 21.52% respectively ahead of Bank of Japans monetary policy on...
It'll take more than tech for Elon Musk to pull off audacious new Tesla master plan
Jul 26, 2016 06:15 am UTC| Insights & Views
Elon Musk CEO of Tesla Motors has just revealed the second part of his master plan for the company. And its a doozy. Not content with producing sleek electric cars (which to be fair, was only ever a stepping stone to...
Save or salvage: the real role administrators play in troubled businesses
Jul 26, 2016 06:06 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
News that Australias third-largest pizza chain Eagle Boys has been placed in administration suggests a bleak future may lie ahead for the company. Administrators have indicated they are in the process of identifying...
In Rio’s bulldozed favelas, echoes of America’s shantytown
Jul 26, 2016 06:04 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
The 500,000 tourists expected to attend the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will see a dazzling city, miles of sparkling beaches and an Olympic Park with nine venues, all presided over by the towering statue of...
Turkey coup: why have teachers and academics been targeted?
Jul 26, 2016 05:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
In the wake of the failed coup attempt on July 15, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has ordered the closure of more than 1,000 private schools, revoked the licenses of 21,000 school teachers, sacked 15,000 education...
‘Terminator Plan’ Calls into Question Bitcoin Governance
Jul 26, 2016 05:38 am UTC| Insights & Views Digital Currency
Is it time for an alternative governance structure for worlds most valuable cryptocurrency? At the start of July, rumors of a Terminator Plan shook the Bitcoin community to its core, creating talk of mutiny among...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight