The return of the breeze block
Aug 01, 2016 07:05 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Breeze blocks are having a moment in the sun. Having been painfully hip in the architecture of the 1950s and 60s, they were used so extensively, in both houses and commercial buildings, that they became ubiquitous anywhere...
Jul 29, 2016 13:04 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The OTC options market appeared to be more balanced on the direction for the pair over the 1m to 1y time horizon as hedgers have been cautious on long term downtrend that has lasted since mid-April 2013. As a result,...
Jul 29, 2016 12:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Gold prices held steady at three-week highs on Friday, as the Bank of Japans stimulus measures disappointed market expectations and as the Federal Reserves decision to leave its monetary policy unchanged continued to...
Q2 GDP data shows eurozone economy still has some momentum, but, risk of downward revision high
Jul 29, 2016 11:37 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
According to the preliminary estimates released on Friday, the Euro area recorded a tepid economic growth of 0.3 percent q/q in the second quarter of 2016. The reading was in line with market expectations but was well...
FxWirePro: Long USD/KRW as a hedge against adverse August seasonal patterns through 1m NDF
Jul 29, 2016 10:31 am UTC| Insights & Views
Korean currency has won the trading against US dollar consecutively and continued its multi-month gains, KRW gained almost more than 10% to evidence 9 months lows of USDKRW. Since the end of February, the KRW rallied...
The driving forces of hedging KRW in August blues
Jul 29, 2016 09:58 am UTC| Insights & Views
With EM FX rallying year-to-date, investors might be inclined to take some chips off the table heading into August. Possible factors that could cause disturbances to risk sentiment include a more hawkish Fed or oil prices...
How Germany's troubled history adds a twist to Angela Merkel's migration woes
Jul 29, 2016 09:12 am UTC| Insights & Views
The motives behind the four attacks that have taken place in Germany recently are still under investigation. Links to Islamic State are suspected in two cases, but not in the others. The one common factor was that all the...
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