Crowded out: how crowdsourcing for startups turned into business as usual

Dec 17, 2015 00:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Business

Crowdfunding has been hailed by some as the democratisation of finance. To many, it is viewed as a key alternative source of finance where we can all get involved in backing new companies through either donations or the...

As big business goes green, green bonds ready for takeoff

Dec 17, 2015 00:49 am UTC| Insights & Views

The climate summit in Paris has shown that global big business is now also on board with the transition to a low-carbon economy. However, the most promising instruments in finance for promoting green investing,...

Experts weigh in on Fed hike: it was the right call, but will it work?

Dec 17, 2015 00:38 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks

Editors note: The Federal Reserves policy-setting committee decided to raise its target interest rate known as the Fed funds rate for the first time in nine years. It increased the rate from a range of zero to 0.25% to a...

After Fed’s fresh history of 9 years, Dollar dealing in direct quotes to flourish and indirect quotes to languish

Dec 16, 2015 19:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Yes, deal done as per the much anticipated economic phenomenon. Fed finally lifts off its interest rates by 25 bps at 0.50% since 2006. Furthermore, Policy makers separately forecast an appropriate rate of 1.375...

Fed Liftoff Series

FED liftoff series – Decision day – watch out for dissenters

Dec 16, 2015 15:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks

We are only few hours away from much anticipated FOMC decision. We expect, a 25 basis points hike in Federal fund rate, discount rates and 25 basis points hike in excess as well as required reserve. We also expects FED to...

FxWirePro: WTI - Not a long indeed but stay hedged via vertical spread to mitigate WTI vega risks ahead of crude inventory check

Dec 16, 2015 14:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Universal fact is that the prevailing supply glut has impacted on drop in oil prices, the commodity continued on their downward trajectory last week and recorded multi-year lows.WTI crude futures have recently dropped to...

Eurozone PMI devastating fragile EUR/USD ahead of Fed, OTC volumes almost factor-in Fed decision

Dec 16, 2015 13:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views

The fall in the headline euro-zone Composite PMI, from 54.2 to 54.0, was a little worse than the consensus forecast of no change but it did not fully reverse last months increase.The fall in the euro-zone Composite PMI in...