MXN to remain under pressure, another 50bp rate hike from Banxico likely in December

Nov 29, 2016 11:05 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks

As large MXN sell-off following the U.S. Presidential Elections fueled inflation fears, Banxico raised its overnight rate by 50bps to 5.25 percent in line with market expectations at its November 18th policy meeting. In...

FX Hedging Strategy Series

FxWirePro: Hedging bets on G10 currency pool match with Spec position indicator of Risky vs. Safe currencies – Commodity driven FX remains in risky space

Nov 29, 2016 07:43 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

The difference between net spec positions on risky safe currencies Net spec position is calculated in USD across 5 risky and 3 safe currencies (safe currencies also include Gold). These positions are then scaled by...

Domestic violence also has an economic penalty – we need to tackle it

Nov 29, 2016 02:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

While Australia has a national conversation on domestic violence, some of the harms of this violence remain in the shadows. The ways violence degrades womens financial status and access to economic resources are...

Changes for off-the-plan foreign buyers rely on a broken supply argument

Nov 29, 2016 02:05 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Real Estate

The government is proposing changes to the foreign investment framework that will allow a foreign real estate investor to purchase an off-the-plan dwelling when another foreign investor has failed to reach...

New model for school funding that won't break the budget

Nov 27, 2016 22:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

Funding schools according to the needs of their students is something of a Holy Grail in Australia: something that we want very much but that has been very hard to achieve. Every school has a target rate of funding for...

Future of Coal Series

China's plan to increase coal power by 20% is not the climate disaster it seems

Nov 27, 2016 21:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

China recently announced a 20% increase in coal power capacity by 2020. Does the new target contradict its pledge to peak carbon emissions well before 2030 under the Paris Agreement? China ratified the Paris Agreement...

A tiny island at the centre of the world: how Fidel Castro changed Cuba

Nov 27, 2016 21:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Late on November 25 2016, it was announced that one of the last remaining iconic political figures of the 20th century, Fidel Castro Ruz, had died. Castro had played a less prominent role in the Cuban political system...