
States drag feet on affordable housing, with Victoria the worst
Feb 15, 2017 06:57 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Moral panic over recent increases in visibly homeless people in central Melbourne has brought to the fore the critical shortage of affordable housing across the metropolitan areas of Australias wealthiest cities. But...
Closing the Gap is failing and needs a radical overhaul
Feb 15, 2017 06:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Economy
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull presented the ninth annual Closing the Gap report to parliament this week. In keeping with previous reports, it outlined limited progress on key indicators of Indigenous disadvantage...

Why America needs Marvel superhero Kamala Khan now more than ever
Feb 15, 2017 06:42 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
During the first few weeks of the Trump administration, weve seen increased pressure on Muslim and immigrant communities in the United States. In the face of these threats, which Marvel superhero might be best equipped...

America's always had black inventors – even when the patent system explicitly excluded them
Feb 15, 2017 06:38 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Politics
America has long been the land of innovation. More than 13,000 years ago, the Clovis people created what many call the first American invention a stone tool used primarily to hunt large game. This spirit of American...

Will blazing a low-carbon path pay off for California?
Feb 15, 2017 06:37 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
President Trump has made it clear he intends to dismantle the Obama administrations policies for reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. But California Governor Jerry Brown has declared that his state which would be the...
Trump's border plan for Canada? So far, not a wall
Feb 15, 2017 06:33 am UTC| Insights & Views
President Donald Trump has said little about the worlds longest undefended border the one between the U.S. and Canada. Trump barely addressed the issue at his first meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...
FxWirePro: Tactical upholding longs in USD/TWD via NDF derivatives
Feb 14, 2017 11:29 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
We uphold longs in USDTWD 1m NDF at 30.777 with a target at 31.8 and a stop at 30.2. The 1m tenor is chosen because it has the highest annualized carry (positive carry of 32bp over a 1m horizon). The time horizon of the...