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Saxo takes mobile trading to new heights
Danish bank engineers the execution of a eurodollar trade on a mobile device during a base jump, as part of a new advertising campaign
Euro decline will accelerate in 2012, says Rabobank
Having forecast eurodollar to fall only moderately by now – a view that lands it at the top of the three-month rankings – Rabobank now expects a sharper fall
AUDIO: Heading into the perfect storm
Nick Beecroft, senior markets consultant at Saxo Bank in London, takes a critical look at the year ahead and says markets could be heading for the perfect storm.
Corporate hedgers count costs of volatility
Recent volatility in foreign exchange markets has created a tough hedging environment in major currencies, says British American Tobacco's dealing room manager
BAML: economic uncertainty favours yen
Bank of America Merrill Lynch tops the one-month forecasts with the view that the yen will remain strong in 2012
BMO’s three-month euro view on the money
Bank of Montreal tops three-month rankings after forecasting the euro would fall during Q4 of 2011
US dollar set for safe-haven flows in 2012, according to industry poll
According to 36% of respondents to FX Week’s latest online poll, the US dollar is the only real safe-haven currency, while 33% suggest there is still some promise in Nordic currencies
FXCM wins out with accurate medium-term euro view
Prediction that the euro would break out of its range during the fourth quarter lands FXCM at the top of the three-month forecast rankings
Banks dare to hope for calmer FX markets in 2012
Barclays Capital expects greater stability in the eurozone in Q1, but believes the euro will continue to depreciate
Eurodollar in freefall, says TMS Brokers
A bearish short-term view on the euro lands TMS brokers at the top of the one-month forecast rankings
Citi proves trading mettle in tough year for spot
Citi picks up six awards this year and climbs into second position overall, having effectively navigated the volatility that resulted from intervention in the yen and the Swiss franc
Deutsche scoops top FX award for third successive year
Having carefully tailored its product innovations to the challenging market conditions, Deutsche Bank picks up six awards in the 2011 Best Banks survey
Why the consensus is wrong on USD/JPY
RBC Capital Markets has taken a contrarian view on the yen for several years, predicting it would strengthen against the US dollar while the consensus forecast was for yen strength. After the bank’s contrarian view has proved accurate, Adam Cole argues…
Getting it right on Swiss franc strength
Rabobank, Westpac and Bank of Montreal scoop the awards for their forecasts on USD/CHF, having correctly anticipated the impact of the Swiss franc's safe-haven status on its strength
Tracking the effects of QE on cable
Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Wells Fargo and Standard Chartered take top position for GBP/USD forecasts through accurate analysis of the effects of central bank policies on the two currencies
Dollar weakness view lands Thomson Reuters on top
Thomson Reuters - IFR Markets took a view in November 2010 that GBP/USD would reach 1.6 and USD/CHF would reach 0.9 in a year's time, accurately reflecting spot rates last week
Exploring relative value
A rebound in risk assets in late October appears to have been short-lived and the foreign exchange market continues to be affected by lower-then-expected growth and a swinging pendulum between risk-on and risk-off. Callum Henderson argues relative value…
Political crisis in Europe brings volatility back to FX options
Volatility returned to eurodollar last week as FX traders priced further downside risk into euro options
Spotlight on: Collin Crownover, SSgA
State Street Global Advisors’ head of currency management talks to Joel Clark about investor appetite for G-10 and emerging market currencies, and how his global team has managed the volatility and political uncertainty that has characterised the foreign…
Japanese corporates count costs of further yen strength
Japanese companies have been hit hard by the strength of the yen and are now revising down their profit forecasts in anticipation of further appreciation
UniCredit hits top with spot-on euro forecast
Strategists at the Italian bank took an accurate view at the end of September that EUR/USD would rise to 1.40, landing it at the top of the one-month rankings
Private investor demand for FX on the rise, say managers
Volatility in major currency pairs and concerns over the US dollar have led to an up-tick in demand for FX exposure from high-net-worth individuals, according to several currency managers
Eurozone deal brings relief in FX spot and options
Risk sentiment appeared to make a comeback in FX markets yesterday as options volatility fell from record highs and the euro rallied in response to the deal announced after the Euro Summit in Brussels
EUR/CHF options market springs into life
Traders report sustained levels of activity in the five-year EUR/CHF options market as hedgers protect against long-dated downside risk