Briferendum Aftermath Series

The messy history of British party politics

Jul 05, 2016 16:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Brexit has triggered an unprecedented scenario in British politics. Never before has a sitting prime minister been forced to resign because of a referendum defeat. Never before has a governing party in apparent meltdown...

The BBC and public service TV has a future – but it must change to survive

Jul 05, 2016 15:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business

What is the future of television, in an era of extraordinary technological change that has brought new challengers to the established broadcasting companies and their scheduled programmes? Who should it be aimed at and how...

Ever noticed time seems to move faster when you're in control of things? Science can explain why

Jul 05, 2016 15:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

Weve all been there: waiting for a boring meeting to finish or for a bus to arrive and time just seems to drag on far more slowly than usual. Yet our most enjoyable moments seem to whizz by at lightning speed. It seems...

FX Hedging Strategy Series

FxWirePro: The process of G10 FX option portfolio construction gauging OTC positions

Jul 05, 2016 13:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views

The nutshell evidencing IVs and risk reversals are for G10 currency space and they have the different nature of the maturity and currency risks make it possible to design a portfolio construction process in two...

FX Hedging Strategy Series

FxWirePro: Only hawkish FOMC statements unlikely to prop-up DXY momentum but commodity segments – AUD/USD straddles for dubious investors

Jul 05, 2016 12:44 pm UTC| Insights & Views

We do not expect to see another episode of strong and fast US dollar strengthening against the majors, at least this year, and instead, believe that the dollar should find some support around recent levels. A more...

FX Hedging Strategy Series

FxWirePro: Tactical FX positioning in Latin American Currency space – Hedge likely U-turn in Mexican and Chilean Peso

Jul 05, 2016 11:59 am UTC| Insights & Views

Mexican Peso: In recent days the MXN has started to play catch up to oil and the EM currency rally. Possibly US political risks are affecting the MXN, and if this is the case then the MXN could underperform the rest of EM...

Eurozone economy struggles to pick up momentum in June, GDP likely to have slowed in Q2

Jul 05, 2016 11:43 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Commentary

The eurozone economy failed to gain momentum in June. Markits PMI reading for June released earlier on Tuesday showed that the continents composite data - a mix of both services and manufacturing - hit 53.1 in June, up...