Briferendum Aftermath Series

How Brexit put the brakes on LSE-Deutsche Börse mega merger

Feb 28, 2017 14:52 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business

The mega merger of London and Frankfurts stock exchanges looks in doubt after the London Stock Exchange said the deal was unlikely to be approved by the European Commission. There were a number of reasons why this 29...

FX Hedging Strategy Series

FxWirePro: Driving forces of Asian growth in 2017 - Option trading radar in Asian EMFX pool

Feb 28, 2017 10:41 am UTC| Economy Insights & Views

Asia focus: 2017 growth drivers: With GDP growth for the final quarter of 2016 rolling in from around the region. As per the JPMs projections, EM Asia GDP grew 5.8% in 2016, in line with their expectations at the beginning...

Central Banking Series

FxWirePro: Is PBoC effort prudent to keep capital outflows on check? Buzzing IRS and cash bonds (CGBs)

Feb 28, 2017 09:35 am UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views

We expect depreciation pressures on the Renminbi would return over the medium-term. Although the slower capital outflows may persist in the very near-term, the downside risk in the medium-term comes from the private...

FxWirePro: Does BoE equate Brexit politics? Stop paying in 10Y GBP versus USD swaps

Feb 28, 2017 07:21 am UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views

GBP has been choppy but trendless this year on a messy interplay between Brexit politics and BoE expectations. Hopes that deterioration in the growth-inflation trade-off might prompt a rate hike as early as the end of this...

Gambling lobby gives big to political parties, and names names

Feb 28, 2017 07:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment Politics

The gambling industry declared A$1,294,501 in donations to Australian political parties in 2015-16. Our analysis of the latest Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) donation disclosures shows various branches of the...

Push for longer hours makes headlines, but more Australians want to work less

Feb 28, 2017 07:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

The Australian Tax Office (ATO) abandoned plans requiring its staff to work 37.5 hours per week following an employee backlash. This would have been an increase of 45 minutes per week, or nine minutes per day, over whats...

FxWirePro: “Pulling forward to Fed call”, divergence between S&P and UST 10Y - What’s buzzing in US treasury? Why is annuity hedge in unwinding phase?

Feb 28, 2017 07:13 am UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views

Treasury yields have remained stuck in the same range they have held since early December, even as equities have continued to rise and are now up 5% YTD (refer above diagram). In the recent times, UST yields initially rose...