COVID Virus Crisis

Why new-fangled mosquito controls should not replace tried and tested methods

Jun 16, 2016 14:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

In the last 40 years of mosquito-borne viruses such as malaria, yellow fever and dengue, scientists have introduced myriad interventions to control the population of mosquitoes. This is because controlling mosquitoes has a...

No need to talk trash: alternatives to the Jerry Springer talk show model

Jun 16, 2016 14:26 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment

In todays world we learn about many issues through Facebook, Twitter or the media more generally, rather than by direct or personal experience. As such, social and mass media significantly shape and influence our...

FX Hedging Strategy Series

FxWirePro: Gold halts streak of bulls’ rout - Stay firm with 3-way straddle versus put to hedge on shrinking IVs and bullish neutral RR

Jun 16, 2016 12:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Weve been urging for gold price resurgence ever since we spotted out a hammer pattern candle at 1243.54 levels on 8th of this month (when we advised a technical call on XAUUSD). For more reading on our previous call,...

FX Hedging Strategy Series

FxWirePro: Long USD/TRY vols to hedge against potentially aggressive CBRT, Brexit, and Turkish political risks

Jun 16, 2016 12:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks

Initiate longs in 3-month ATM call option on USDTRY volatility: We recommend a long volatility position via a 3-month at-the-money call option on USDTRY vol, which currently costs 2.6104% in premium (ATMD strike of...

FxWirePro: Macro risks conducive for EM currency space, especially for magnitude in TRY vols

Jun 16, 2016 12:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Macro levels risks continue to drive global financial markets, with the Brexit June 23rd referendum on membership in the European Union likely to result in emerging market currency depreciation should a Leave vote prevail,...

Why is chemical castration being used on offenders in some countries?

Jun 16, 2016 11:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

Following a horrific act of sexual violence against a 14-year-old girl, the president of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, recently signed a decree into law, which, among other things, authorised the death penalty for convicted...

Briferendum Series

Undecided on the referendum? These are the three questions to ask yourself in the voting booth

Jun 16, 2016 11:49 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

If there is one thing people can agree on as they prepare to vote on the UKs EU membership: comprehensive, comprehensible and trustworthy information is in short supply. Every day, the quality of the debate sinks to a new...