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Asia increasingly attractive to European investors

RBC continues Asia-Pacific build and globalises Fic central bank sales

RBC Capital Markets has hired Glenn Anson as a managing director and global co-head of central bank sales, from Nomura in London.

Central Banks | 04 Oct 2010

Vol drops as BoJ intervention proves successful

TOKYO - Yen volatility dropped sharply as intervention by the Bank of Japan (BoJ) last Wednesday (September 15) proved successful, leaving the dollar/yen range-bound into the end of the week.

Central Banks | 20 Sep 2010

RBC gets bullish on USD

RBC Capital Markets tops this week’s one-month currency forecast rankings due to a bullish view on the yen.

Foreign Exchange | 20 Sep 2010

US employment: Settling for less

The US August employment report came in better expected, removing some near-term risk of a double dip but still pointing to pervasive weakness, says Julia Coronado, senior US economist at BNP Paribas in New York

Foreign Exchange | 13 Sep 2010

Malaysia liberalisation sparks ringgit rise

KUALA LUMPUR - The Malaysian ringgit reached 13-year highs against the dollar last Thursday, as officials relaxed currency controls on corporate hedging and international trade settlement on August 18.

Regulation | 23 Aug 2010

Russia shifts focus from dollar to euro

MOSCOW -- The move by Russia’s Central Bank (CBR) to manage the rouble against both the euro and dollar is a step towards the free floating of the currency, but will lead to increased volatility against the US dollar, analysts said last week....

Trading | 19 Apr 2004

MAS move could pre-empt peg changes

SINGAPORE -- The Monetary Authority of Singapore’s surprise move last week towards a "policy of modest and gradual appreciation" for the Singapore dollar may be a pre-emptive move to counter Asian peg revaluations.

Trading | 19 Apr 2004
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