Blockchain Revolution Series: Spotlight On Asia Blockchain Summit 2020
Jun 09, 2020 10:01 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views
Asia Blockchain Summit 2020 would be making a virtual appearance this year in July. The prevailing Covid-19 apprehensions re-intensify significantly, leading to multiple waves of infections rises in case numbers; as...
FxWirePro: Quick Run Through On Optionality For Dollar’s Vulnerability
Jun 09, 2020 09:34 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Equity markets accelerated the post-Covid shock recovery since mid-May, with the SP Index trimming the loss from mid-February to 7.5%, on the back of a more market widespread optimism regarding a possibly V-shaped economic...
FxWirePro: Spotlight On Intricacies Of Crude Oil Market And WTI Hedging Strategy
Jun 08, 2020 13:34 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
OPEC+ met on June 6 to formalize a one-month rollover of the output cut and to push pump-happy members like Iraq, Nigeria and Kazakhstan to better comply with existing curbs. With tank top risks now gone and markets...
FxWirePro: A Run Through On Vol Play And GBP/JPY/USD Straddle Spread
Jun 08, 2020 11:40 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
A by-product of the dramatic sell-off in USDJPY vol discussed above has been the commensurately sharp compression in cross-yen vs. USD-vol spreads. The observation itself is not new; indeed, one of our current trade...
FxWirePro: Diagonal Debit Put Spread To Hedge USD/JPY Ahead of Fed And BoJ
Jun 08, 2020 09:57 am UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks Insights & Views
USDJPY has been turbulent (109.132 is keenly watched) and would be volatile this week as two monetary policies are scheduled in the near future, Federal Reserve for this week, and BoJ for the next week. With the FOMC...
FxWirePro: Glimpse At Yen Vols Distortion And RVs Amid Brexit Withdrawal Agreement
Jun 08, 2020 07:53 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The traditionally fearsome risk-unfriendly May seasonality has come and gone without much of a flutter in FX option markets. FX vols globally continued to melt lower all month, US/China tensions notwithstanding, and by now...
FxWirePro: Need For CNY Hedging Amid Risk-On Surface
Jun 05, 2020 15:37 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
It seems nobody can stop EUR rally for now, which might have created a problem for corporates that need to import from Europe. For automakers operating in China in particular, as they have to import many auto parts from...