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Spotlight on: Thanos Papasavvas, Investec Asset Management
The head of currency management at Investec Asset Management talks to Joel Clark about the firm’s focus on institutional investors and its expectations for the euro, emerging market currencies and the yen
The euro: weathering the perfect storm
Fiscal concerns continue to haunt peripheral European countries and the wider eurozone, but the euro has strengthened against major currencies in the first four months of the year and economists no longer question the currency’s future. Nikki Marmery…
CBA on top with accurate view on dollar weakness
Australian bank expects US dollar will strengthen again towards year-end, once the Fed begins to raise interest rates
Dovish Fed statement heightens dollar bearishness
April 27 FOMC statement confirms QE2 will end in June and interest rates will remain low for an extended period
Thomson Reuters success hinged on bullish sterling stance
UK-based analysts predicted cable would rise to 1.63 during the first quarter, putting Thomson Reuters at the top of this week's three-month rankings
UBS adopts flexible approach to euro forecasts
Swiss bank adjusted forecasts during eurozone sovereign debt crisis to put it at the top of 12-month historical index
Patel joins BMO from TD Securities
Former euro and Swiss frank trader takes on senior FX role at Canadian bank
CIBC euro view based on expected ECB rate hike
The Canadian bank expects EUR/USD will fall back to 1.37 following ECB action as FX markets await outcome of Fed meeting at the end of April
Dollar weakness will continue, warns Barclays Capital
UK bank predicts eurodollar will rise over the next month as current trends continue
Audio: ECB and BOJ face crisis
Nick Beecroft, senior markets consultant at Saxo Bank, discusses the challenges facing the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan
FX Invest Europe: Sell the dollar and sterling, warns senior Swiss economist
Foreign exchange investors should sell the dollar and sterling as both currencies are structurally vulnerable and on a downward path, according to warnings from the chief economist at a Swiss private bank.
Crédit Agricole wins with eurodollar view
Crédit Agricole CIB has topped this week’s one-month currency forecast rankings as well as the one-month historical index.
UniCredit upbeat on prospects for the euro
UniCredit topped this week’s three-month currency forecast rankings after projecting a positive outlook for the euro in mid-November, despite concerns swirling around the Irish debt crisis at the time.
Nomura maintains faith in dollar recovery
Nomura topped this week’s one-month currency forecast rankings with accurate expectations regarding eurodollar and a belief the US dollar would begin to strengthen again this year.
Finding your currency bearings in 2011
Mitul Kotecha, head of global foreign exchange research at Crédit Agricole CIB, summarises the themes that have been driving the FX markets in the first two months of 2011
Audio: Dollar to win G-3 ugly contest
Nick Beecroft, senior markets consultant at Saxo Bank, predicts the US dollar will stage a comeback in 2011.
London retains premier spot in FX, according to volume figures
London remained the biggest financial centre for FX in 2010 according to volume figures published globally on January 31, despite speculation it would be overtaken as a result of the UK government's clampdown on bonuses.
SEB: Swiss franc will weaken
Scandinavian bank SEB topped this week's one-month currency forecast rankings with a focus on fundamental, technical and quantitative analysis.
China key to euro fortunes
Simon Derrick, global head of FX strategy at Bank of New York Mellon in London says China’s fortunes are tightly entwined with those of the euro
4Cast wins out with euro risk
4Cast topped the one-month currency forecast rankings by predicting that the euro bounce at the start of the year would take a hit from the return of concerns over euro sovereign debt.
Eurozone faces “intractable” problems, says BarCap economist
Eurozone faces stunning economic and financial challenges, said Julian Callow, chief European economist at Barclays Capital.
Contrarian view boosts RBC to top of the 12 month rankings
RBC Capital Markets (RBC) topped the 12-month currency forecast rankings by maintaining its contrarian view on yen and Swiss franc strength.
Gain charts breakdown between inverse dollar and commodities correlations
Gain Capital topped this week’s one-month currency forecast rankings by viewing the US dollar as oversold in the run-up to the Federal Reserve’s announcement of a second round of quantitative easing (QE2) at the start of November.