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FX needs for Apac corporates in 2022
This white paper examines the results of a survey, conducted in association with Bloomberg, that offers insight into how corporations based in the Asia-Pacific region interact with the FX market
Chasing the perfect storm
Monica Fan, senior currency product engineer at State Street Global Advisors based in London, assesses the prospects for the US dollar in 2010 and what it would take for cyclical recovery to occur
Sticking to fundamentals
Callum Henderson, global head of foreign exchange research at Standard Chartered in Singapore, warns of a violent US dollar upside correction in the first half of 2010
A changing longer-term dollar paradigm
Pete Luxton, global economic adviser at Informa Global Markets in London says the dollar may be reaching a turning point
The Brazilian real: Can it be reined in?
Simon Derrick, chief currency markets strategist at BNY Mellon in London discusses Brazil, its capital controls, and the implications for other emerging economies
Diode decoupling
While there is increasing optimism about the global economy's rebound, the growth story is fractured. Asia - especially China but also South Korea, among others - is seeing strong growth while Western economies lag, says Paul Mortimer-Lee, strategist at…
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
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…
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
A delicate phase for the euro
Audrey Childe-Freeman, senior currency strategist at Brown Brothers Harriman in New York, evaluates the prospects for the euro
Asia's tigers show their stripes
For Nick Chamie, head of emerging markets research at RBC Dominion Securities in Toronto, memories of Asia's 1997 meltdown are resurfacing as concern grows in the region
Uncomfortable truths
Teis Knuthsen, head of FX research at Danske Bank in Copenhagen, looks at the structural changes shaping political and economic realities in our time
Managing mismatches
Tolga Ediz and Ivan Tchakarov at Lehman Brothers in London illustrate the net foreign assets approach as another metric to uncover mismatches in currency valuation
The vote and the dollar
Peter Luxton, global economic adviser at Informa Global Markets, says past experience shows presidential elections can be a factor in US dollar volatility