FxWirePro: Maintain neutral stance on CNH but uphold wise hedges
May 02, 2018 12:44 pm UTC| Research & Analysis
The US trade delegation led by the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is in Beijing. It is likely that China and US will release a statement on trade disputes over the coming days. The Americans sound confident. Commerce...
May 02, 2018 12:11 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
WTI crude futures price on NYMEX is seen paring back gains during trading sessions of Europe, as the bulls face exhaustion following the relief rally from $ 67.81 levels on the protectionism, sanctions, and geopolitical...
FxWirePro: Cautious USD gammas to hedge against lingering spot whirlpools
May 02, 2018 09:36 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The USD pairs remain volatile with 10-year US rates on the move. However, following a week of jittery FX spot, the universe of cheap defensive plays is rapidly shrinking. Front-end USD risk reversals have almost fully...
FxWirePro: Bid 3m NZD/USD skews and deploy put ratio back spreads as Kiwis to confront headwinds
May 02, 2018 05:54 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
NZD faces headwinds, even in a clearly weak USD environment. Domestic growth has weakened, the central banks inflation forecasts have been revised materially lower, net immigration is slowing and business confidence has...
Gold-i & B2C2 joint-venturing to ease hedging functionality for crypto-assets
May 01, 2018 13:28 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views Fintech Digital Currency
Gold-i, a trading systems integration specialist for the financial services industry, has strengthened its cryptocurrency offering through a partnership with the U.K.-based market maker B2C2. Gold-i has integrated its...
FxWirePro: Restructuring GBP/USD hedging frameworks bidding on OTC updates
May 01, 2018 12:58 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Briefing on technical analysis: The minor trend of cable (GBPUSD) formed rising channel and in the recent past it has broken out rising channel resistance but couldnt sustain. As a result, failure swings have dragged the...
Quantifying risks between BoE and Brexit, uphold short hedges
May 01, 2018 11:52 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
GBP has been a notable outperformer, albeit correcting lower in recent days as a May rate hike is called into question. Intra-month cable and the GBP NEER established fresh post-referendum highs, cable jumping three cents...
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