Opinion/Trading
Japan's retail investors: A piece in the yen puzzle
Michael Klawitter, senior currency strategist at Commerzbank in Frankfurt, evaluates the relationship between Japanese retail traders and the yen
US dollar set to stay on bearish course
Bilal Hafeez, global head of foreign exchange strategy at Deutsche Bank in London, assesses what the rest of 2009 has in store for the greenback
Studying US Treasury's Tics Report
Michael Woolfolk, an economist at Bank of New York Mellon in New York, breaks down the monthly Tics report released last Thursday (July 16)
Finding the balance
Pete Luxton, global economic advisor at Informa Global Markets in London, assesses whether purchasing power parity can provide a guide to relative currency values, and applies the PPP technique to predict where the G-10 currencies are headed
Sterling performance
Adam Cole, global head of foreign exchange strategy at RBC Capital Markets in London, traces sterling's progress from trend underperformer to trend outperformer
Harness EUR/GBP volatility
Colin Devo, head of major corporate foreign exchange solutions at Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets in London, explains how corporates should be approaching hedging decisions and how to turn EUR/GBP volatility into opportunity
Grace under pressure
Margaret Kempner examines common strategies throughout the crisis
Climate unsettled
David Clark , chairman of the Wholesale Market Brokers Association, demystifies the OTC versus exchange settlement debate
Sterling's slide is far from over
Phyllis Papadavid, foreign exchange strategist at Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking in London, says the sterling slide has further room to run in the near to medium term
Future bright for CE-3
With the Slovak koruna joining the eurozone in January, the Hungarian forint and the Polish zloty are next in line for a convergence rally in 2009, says David Hauner, currency strategist at Bank of America in London
The return of PPP
The rapid fall of currencies against the US dollar is restoring balance to the currency markets, as stability in purchasing power parity (PPP) returns, says Margaret Kempner, currency strategist at Brown Brothers Harriman
A storm in a teacup
Henrik Gullberg, senior foreign exchange strategist at Deutsche Bank in London, says fears over the Swiss franc's status as a safe-haven currency are exaggerated
Trouble ahead in emerging EMEA
Nick Chamie , head of emerging markets research at RBC Capital Markets in Toronto, analyses the results of the bank's latest Financial Risk Scorecard, and finds there are tough times ahead for the Baltic states
Forex contends with great expectations
The foreign exchange industry is set for a shake-out next year as re-pricing of risk forces change in the make-up of the industry.
Cable: we've been here before
Peter Luxton, global economic adviser at Informa Global Markets in London, looks at how cable is faring during this economic crisis, and finds it is following a similar pattern to cable during the 1992-93 slump
Out of the frying pan, into the fire...
Analysts at Barclays Capital in London say recent dramatic rate cuts might mean the worst of the financial crisis is behind us, but concern about economic growth is increasing
Nedbank Capital taps Aleri for liquidity data analysis
JOHANNESBURG - South African investment bank Nedbank Capital plans to implement a liquidity management system (LMS) offered by Chicago-based complex event processing software vendor Aleri next year, to consolidate data on cashflows and liquidity…
'Instividual' investors switch on to FX
One area of the foreign exchange market that appears to be continuing on a healthy growth trajectory is retail FX trading, according to research released last week.
A call to action on electronic pricing
The protracted explosion in bid/ask spreads and implosion in liquidity since mid-September is causing mounting frustration among algorithmic traders.
Averting the crisis
Nicholas Kwan, regional head of research, Asia, at Standard Chartered in Hong Kong, says Asian countries need to work together to avert the worst effects of the financial crisis
Swissie set to replace greenback in Russia
Igor Suzdaltsev, head of financial institutions at OTP Bank (Russia) in Moscow, explains why he believes Russia will switch affections from the US dollar to the Swiss franc