Eurozone
Yield strategy delivers in July
LONDON - Currency managers using the yield strategy were the best performers in July, benefiting from improving European economic data and positive banking stress tests, shows research from Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).
Global forex growth on the up
GLOBAL - Global foreign exchange growth increased this year from October 2009, as investor confidence in the FX market has returned following the global financial crisis, despite concerns over the eurozone.
BNPP: Europe looks to liquidity and austerity
BNP Paribas (BNPP) has topped the 12-month currency forecast rankings for the third time in a row, having focused on the implications of liquidity and austerity measures on currency markets.
GFT: US dollar set for a fall
GFT topped the one-month currency forecast rankings this week with expectations for the European debt crisis to supersede US fiscal shortcomings as a driver of US dollar moves.
UBS: EUR/USD could fall below parity in a year
UBS topped the 12-month currency forecast rankings this week with a positive outlook for the US dollar. Geoffrey Kendrick, director in foreign exchange strategy at UBS in London, said he based his outlook on two factors: Federal Reserve rates and the…
Standard Chartered: EM currencies will come out top in 2011
Standard Chartered topped the one-month currency forecast rankings on expectations for further euro hardship.
Investors concerned over German banks' exposure to southern Europe
Investors and economists have identified German banks’ exposure to Europe’s indebted peripheral sovereigns as a potential risk to state finances.
The euro's new clothes
Nick Beecroft, senior markets consultant at Saxo Bank in London presents a gloomy prediction of the next phase in the 2007-2010 debt crisis
JP Morgan: Commodity currencies will rally
JP Morgan topped the one-month currency forecast rankings this week with a focus on differing policies.
Asia's currencies steady under pressure
Callum Henderson, global head of foreign exchange research at Standard Chartered in Singapore, says the Asia play is far from over, despite the recent pullback in the region’s currencies
Euro and sterling – love to loathe
Daragh Maher, foreign exchange strategist at Crédit Agricole in London, discusses the struggle of the euro and sterling in the face of recent political events, and asks which is winning the battle of the battered
Greek bailout fails to inspire FX traders
The Greek bailout fails to appease forex traders
Greek swap use may influence EU derivatives legislation
The clock is ticking for the EU to put its proposed regulation for over-the-counter derivatives on the table, but will Greece's controversial use of currency swaps mean even tougher rules on transparency? FX Week asked the Commissioner responsible for…
Greek deadlines loom for euro
Dealers look ahead to Ides of March as lack of clarity on Greece debt crisis keeps trading range-bound for now.
Traders pile in for euro protection
Traders are still snapping up protection against a collapse in the euro.
Trial by Greek fire
Peter Luxton, global economic adviser at Informa Global Markets in London, assesses Greece's debt crisis and its impact on the euro.
Dollar-bullish Calyon dominates rankings
Calyon tops one-month historical forecast index
SEB tops 12-month forecast again
SEB tops 12-mth poll