How revenues from oil and gas in Africa can be made to work for ordinary people

Jul 19, 2016 08:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

Critics point out that ordinary people have not benefited from oil and gas exploitation in many African states. Billions of dollars in revenue have had little positive impact on the lives of most people in countries like...

Can religious vilification laws protect religious freedoms?

Jul 19, 2016 08:06 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

On June 28, the Thornlie Mosque and Australian Islamic College in Perth was targeted by vandals. A vehicle was destroyed by fire, and offensive graffiti was sprayed on a nearby wall. True, the law courts can respond...

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FxWirePro: GBP/USD alternative hedging via “Synthetic Puts” if you reckon 1w ATM IVs not suffice for holders

Jul 19, 2016 06:49 am UTC| Insights & Views

As the UK CPI data is the major focus of the day that is scheduled to be announced (10:30 CET), and is forecasted to display slightly higher inflation in June (0.4% YoY), after Brexit votes, BoE is most likely to cut bank...

FxWirePro: EUR/SEK “diagonal credit call spreads” to tackle dovish Riksbank and robust uptrend

Jul 18, 2016 14:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views

We are downgrading the SEK forecast by 1-1.5% to reflect the stubbornly dovish outlook for monetary policy and the unrelenting appetite for carry which has continued to flatten the Swedish yield curve and compress...

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FxWirePro: EUR/CHF maintains least IVs among G10 currency pool, risk reversal signals choppy range - Time for counting on “Strangle Shorts”

Jul 18, 2016 14:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views

The EURCHF OTC FX options market appears to be bland in the non-directional trend over the 1w to 3m time horizon as the hedgers have not been showing any interest in this period and as a result delta risk reversal for...

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FxWirePro: Hedging flavours of EM Asian currency baskets ahead of economic data season

Jul 18, 2016 12:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Malaysia CPI (Wed) is expected to fall to 1.8% from 2.0%. We expect one more rate cut in this cycle (link) as the growth picture is not encouraging. Consumer prices rose 2.0 pct YoY in May of 2016, compared to a 2.1 pct...

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FxWirePro: TRY struggles to hold onto early gains – Credit Put Spreads likely to fetch handsome yields while serving hedging objectives to bears

Jul 18, 2016 10:15 am UTC| Insights & Views

Developments in Turkey late on Friday during the NY trading session put a damper on the EM FX rally. The TRY suffered its largest daily loss since the 2008 crisis and the risk-off tone permeated across emerging markets....