Emerging markets
Standard Chartered: EM currencies will come out top in 2011
Standard Chartered topped the one-month currency forecast rankings on expectations for further euro hardship.
Tactics come to fore amid heightened intervention
TORONTO - The increasing politicisation of currencies is forcing currency managers to operate more tactically, said speakers at the FX Invest North America congress in Toronto last Tuesday (April 13).
FX CIOs: 'Lehman II' and capital controls biggest risks to FX
Chief investment officers attending FX Invest Europe 2010 share their fears
Investors ditch Bric basket plays as correlation soars
Correlation between Bric currencies has risen steadily since the onset of the crisis as investors have allocated heavily in favour of emerging markets rather than G-10 currencies
Credit Suisse builds out in EM
Swiss bank restructures trading desks to improve distribution into emerging markets
A global power shift
Gerard Lyons, chief economist at Standard Chartered in London, believes the balance of power could shift as the global economy recovers in 2010.
Tullett Prebon shines in FX forwards with EM shift
Tullett Prebon has triumphed as the number one broker for currency forwards, holding on to the mantle for the seventh consecutive year.
Consistent liquidity makes HSBC best bank in Asia-Pacific
HSBC has held on to the title of best bank for FX in the Asia-Pacific with a commitment to providing consistent liquidity, as the market turmoil forced competitors to cut their exposure to the region.
Adaptability key to BarCap structured products win
Barclays Capital has come top of the class for foreign exchange structured products. Having finished third last year, the bank clinched top spot by reacting quickly to changing client requirements, according to Andy Kaufmann, its London-based head of FX…
StanChart backs emerging market growth
Bank predicts commodity and emerging market growth will outperform the euro against the US dollar.
The search for yield
Investment flows are returning to emerging markets as investors scour the globe for yield, says , senior currency strategist at Brown Brothers Harriman in New York
Rupiah leads in Asia
Gundy Cahyadi and Radhika Rao, economists at IDEAGlobal in Singapore, look at the diverging trend between Asian currencies and the outlook for the region
On the right track
The emerging markets research team at RBC Capital Markets say the July data coming out of China suggests the country's strong policy stimulus should continue
Forint outperformance: Is it sustainable?
Audrey Childe-Freeman, senior currency strategist at Brown Brothers Harriman in London, analyses the sustainability of recent Hungarian forint strength.