Apr 10, 2017 07:25 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views
NZDUSD continues to gravitate slowly towards 0.6900, thanks to a firmer US dollar since late March. The pair in medium term perspective: Potential for higher to the 0.7150-0.7300 area during the month ahead, as USD...
Moody's: Sharia-compliant investment accounts at Malaysian banks to continue growing
Apr 10, 2017 00:08 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Moodys Investors Service says that the growth of Sharia-compliant investment accounts at Malaysian banks will remain strong over the next 3-5 years, carrying over the trend started inJuly 2015, as a result of active...
Apr 07, 2017 12:55 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The bullion market prices surged as news of US airstrikes against Syriaboosted demand for safe-haven assets, gold to five-month highs on Friday, while the silver futures for May delivery jumped 1% to $18.428 a troy...
FxWirePro: Prefer USD/MXN gamma neutral calendar skews on carry-to-vols ratio and Banxico hikes
Apr 07, 2017 09:43 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Banxico hiked 25bp; we see limited MXN gains but prefer calendar skews at the current juncture. Banxico has hiked its policy rate 25bp to 6.5% and signaled a shift in gears towards a slower pace of tightening...
Fitch: Chinese Banks' Profitability Is Likely to Decline Further
Apr 07, 2017 09:28 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Chinese banks will struggle to avoid further declines in profitability this year if tight market liquidity aimed at slowing further build-up in leverage remains in effect, as it is likely to increase funding costs, Fitch...
Apr 07, 2017 06:54 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis
The Antipodean pair now wants to retest the 1.0800 area, which looks vulnerable to giving way to 1.0750. We expect NZD to fall through this year, reaching 0.63 at year-end. The support to growth from migration will...
FxWirePro: Bullish SEK against EUR covered put and NZD vanilla put
Apr 06, 2017 13:13 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
SEK has been one of the underperformers in G10 this week, weakening in sympathy with EUR. There isnt an immediately identifiable catalyst for the underperformance, although wage negotiations yielded an outcome that was...
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