Fitch: Supply Growth Likely to Delay Dairy Price Recovery to After 2016

Apr 01, 2016 00:52 am UTC| Research & Analysis

Growth in global milk supply continues to delay a recovery in milk prices, Fitch Ratings says. This has been compounded by weak demand growth globally, mainly due to subdued Chinese demand and a Russian embargo on major...

S&P downgrades China's outlook to negative, sees risks to government's creditworthiness

Mar 31, 2016 14:31 pm UTC| Research & Analysis

On March 31, 2016, Standard Poors Ratings Services revised the outlook on the Peoples Republic of China to negative from stable. At the same time SP affirmed AA- long-term and A-1+ short-term sovereign credit ratings on...

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FxWirePro: "Diagonal Credit Call Spreads" in XAU/USD to serve both hedging and speculating objectives

Mar 31, 2016 09:00 am UTC| Research & Analysis Technicals

The dovish comments contrasted with recent hawkish remarks by some Fed officials who indicated that the bank could act as soon as next month to raise interest rates. Investors and economists dialled back their rate hike...

Moody's: Australian mortgage delinquencies to rise in 2016

Mar 30, 2016 23:55 pm UTC| Research & Analysis

Moodys Investors Service says that the delinquencies on Australian home mortgages will rise slightly over 2016 from current low levels, owing to below-trend economic growth and a slower pace of house price growth in some...

Moody's: Most EMEA corporate sectors still stable but negative pressure has increased

Mar 30, 2016 23:36 pm UTC| Research & Analysis

The overall outlook for the EMEA non-financial corporate sectors remains stable for 2016, but risks have increased because of lower for longer commodities prices and the knock-on effects on oil-exporting countries,...

Fitch Rates Pelabuhan Indonesia I's IDR1trn Bond at 'AA(idn)' 

Mar 30, 2016 09:01 am UTC| Research & Analysis

Fitch Ratings Indonesia has assigned PT Pelabuhan Indonesia I (Persero)s (Pelindo I) proposed IDR1trn bonds a National rating of AA(idn). The proposed bonds are rated at the same level as Pelindo Is National senior...

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FxWirePro: Disparity between AUD/USD 1W ATM IVs and call premiums signals 3-way straddle versus call

Mar 30, 2016 07:53 am UTC| Research & Analysis

Technical glimpse: AUD/USD hasnt been able to to break resistance at 0.7650 levels quite often in recent times (see weekly charts for inability to take the rallies above 0.7650 from last 2-3 weeks). As a result, last...