Sep 13, 2018 13:12 pm UTC| Research & Analysis
The escalation of US-China trade tensions has been a key driving force for the commodity market turbulence, and the shrinking volatility in the metals complex. As global trade tensions heat up, the potential impact could...
FxWirePro: Tracing the odd one out of lot – KRW lopsided hedge among EMFX
Sep 13, 2018 12:40 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The only EMFX vol that has retorted marginally to the prevailing EMFX turmoil in the complex is USDKRW. A quick glance at some key South Korean fundamentals: The government has to rethink its economic policies after the...
Sep 13, 2018 11:26 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views Digital Currency Commentary
Constructive news ofBlackRock, Inc. the worlds largest asset manager and exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider, who is reportedly exploring opportunities to legally take part in the cryptocurrency market. BlackRock have...
FxWirePro: Dollar strength and spillover effects - Low delta USD plays
Sep 13, 2018 10:27 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
US dollar appreciates versus EM DM currencies as EMspilloverconcerns rise. US Treasuries bear steepen as corporate supply picks up. Effective fed funds rate declines 1bp, to 1.91%. US 10y rises 3.8bp, to 2.90%. The US...
Glance at perspectives of Ketsal consulting, Cosimo ventures on ICO rulings
Sep 13, 2018 09:42 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views Commentary
There have been a flurry of regulatory news and confluence of elaborations around ICO space in the recent past, the SEC, a Brooklyn federal judge and FINRA have made rulings that has continue to define the regulatory...
Sep 13, 2018 07:14 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views Central Banks
In this write-up, we emphasize on two currencies ahead of monetary policy from their central banks. GBPNZDFX markets are likely to sense huge turbulence, and accordingly, we advocate below speculative options strategies...
EU finance ministry unlikely to tighten cryptocurrency regulation
Sep 12, 2018 13:34 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views
Last weekend, a Brussels-based think tank Bruegel delivers itsinference on common regulations for cryptocurrency space,to a meeting of 28 European Union (EU) memberstaterepresentatives in Vienna, Austria. Well, the report...
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