FX Hedging Strategy Series

FxWirePro: Prefer AUD/CAD 6m put switch as low-cost risk hedge signifies competitive edge over USD/CAD

Mar 28, 2017 07:49 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

Data events: BoC Gov Poloz speech on 28th March. Canadian GDP on 31st March. Aussie Retail Sales on 2nd April. Aussie Trade balance on 3rd April. RBAs Monetary Policy on 4th April. Canadian Trade balance on...

FxWirePro: Aussie anxious on commodity prices and RBA policy cycle, so is blatant loonie but IV remains tepid

Mar 28, 2017 06:42 am UTC| Insights & Views

A steady hand from the Fed in June plus an optimistic RBA should limit downside on AUD/USD during the next few months. Further out, though, the underlying AUD trend should be gently lower, as growing bulk commodity supply...

Space Science Series

Something big exploded in a galaxy far, far away: what was it?

Mar 27, 2017 16:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science

At 10:49pm Western Australian time on February 2 this year, cosmic gamma rays hit the NASA satellite, Swift, orbiting the Earth. Within seconds of the detection, an alert was automatically sent to the University of WAs...

Co-working is evolving to combine co-living

Mar 27, 2017 16:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy

Recent reports estimate that by 2020 1.55 billion workers will be responsible for work that does not confine them to a desk. Already, up to 80% of employees work at least one day a week out of the office. Co-working,...

Green chemistry is key to reducing waste and improving sustainablity

Mar 27, 2017 16:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science

The development and evolution of the chemical industry is directly responsible for many of the technological advancements that have emerged since the late 19th century. However, it was not until the 1980s that the...

Human costs of nuclear war are driving push towards a ban treaty – finally

Mar 27, 2017 16:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Even though nuclear powers and countries that fall under their security umbrella are expected to resist efforts to ban nuclear weapons, talks begin in New York on March 27 towards an international treaty that does just...

'White monopoly capital': an excuse to avoid South Africa's real problems

Mar 27, 2017 16:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

The call for radical economic transformation has grown louder following President Jacob Zumas 2017 State of the Nation Address. Accompanying these calls is a line of argument that says white monopoly capital is to blame...