How did the VW camper turn into a £90,000 icon?

Jun 09, 2017 17:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Only a handful of cars have ever managed to be considered both cute and cool at the same time. Fewer still acquire the kind of status that makes them sought-after collectors pieces in old age. Volkswagens original camper...

Briferendum Aftermath Series

How a hung parliament totally changes the game for Brexit

Jun 09, 2017 17:52 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Theresa Mays election gamble has failed but could this lead to a change in the politics of Brexit? Perhaps, but it would take political will. When Theresa May called the election, she calculated that the result would...

Why a Tory-DUP deal could bring even stormier waters to Northern Ireland

Jun 09, 2017 17:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

The website of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) crashed the morning after a surge of interest in the Northern Irish party. DUP was also one of the most searched terms on Google as the party emerged as kingmakers whose...

FxWirePro: Fed to hike but how many in 2017 - Buy 3Mx10Y 1x2 payer spreads

Jun 09, 2017 13:41 pm UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views

Markets have mostly converged on a June hike, but the medium-term path remains discounted relative to our and the Feds expectations. We recommend adding conditional exposure to mean reversion via 3Mx10Y 1x2 payer...

Global economy on course for robust second quarter - PMI survey

Jun 09, 2017 12:14 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy

According to PMI survey data compiled by IHS Markit, JPMorgan Global PMI edged higher to 53.7 in May from 53.6 in the previous month. Both the emerging markets and the developed world signalled robust rates of economic...

FxWirePro: EUR/CHF 1m bearish-neutral risk reversals and shrinking IVs signal writers’ opportunity in option strangle in range bounded trend

Jun 09, 2017 11:42 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views Technicals

After ECBs monetary policy session, euro vols have collapsed, lets have a glance through the implied volatilities of EURCHF ATM contracts from the above nutshell, IVs of this underlying pair of all expiries have still been...

FxWirePro: Political uncertainties keep BRL prospects edgy but valuations signal momentary gains – Trade alternatives (Strangles, Vega neutrals, and ratios)

Jun 09, 2017 10:23 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

The political uncertainty lingers in Brazil, yet it has fallen short to prevent the BCB from monetary easing. The BCB cut 100bp the policy rate, and pointed to a deceleration going forward. The uncertainty also merited...