Sep 06, 2017 14:47 pm UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views
We maintain our bullish position in TRY but vols have been jerky, now partially diversified with OW RUB. CBRT monetary policy will likely remain cautious as central bank concerns over sticky inflation expectations grow,...
FxWirePro: Time to fade CNH strength? Bid 3m vols and deploy USD/CNH OTM call strike
Sep 06, 2017 13:16 pm UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Why doesnt PBoC fix a neutral USDCNY rate? It is comprehensible that the PBoC intended to guide its currency stronger when everyone expected to see a rapid CNY depreciation, which was the idea behind the counter-cyclical...
FxWirePro: USD/TWD knock-out call spreads to buy potential topside and sell exhaustive exposures
Sep 06, 2017 12:44 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
USDTWD hasnt been able to sustain below 30 (intra-day low of 29.975) and CBC intervention should limit the downside, while volatility and skew are low. We find a downside knock-out to cheapen a USDTWD call is...
FxWirePro: USD/CAD knock-in options for 1m well-proportioned IV skews to arrest bearish risks
Sep 06, 2017 09:46 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The Bank of Canada has been signaling an imminent rate hike, if not in the July meeting then in September, and this is now priced in. The BoC is giving greater prominence to financial stability concerns stemming from high...
Sep 06, 2017 08:11 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The key driving force of loonie remains the relative priced pace of policy normalization. The conjecture behind a partial retracement higher in USDCAD is the expectation that relative monetary policy pricing will converge...
Sep 06, 2017 07:29 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
AUDUSD medium term perspectives: It is worthwhile to watch the key 0.8000 level breach for the day will it attempt another break above, as it did last night? AU GDP will be key today, as will be USD direction. As the...
Sep 05, 2017 00:40 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Moodys Investors Service is changing its outlook on Omans banking system to negative from stable, reflecting a reduction in the governments capacity to support the countrys banks, as well as softer economic growth and...
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