Market Commentary: Tuesday 26th March
As we move to quarter end there are no strong themes with individual stories capturing the headlines; Russia linked the ISIS-K terror attack on Moscow to...
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Chris Twort Expands his Role as Head of Trading across iSAM Securities
07 Jan 2025
iSAM Securities (UK) Limited (“iSAM Securities”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Chris Twort as the new Head of Trading.
Market Commentary: Monday 25th March
This week trading activity is compressed into 4 days. Easter Celebrations shorten the week, looking at the equity markets with the S%P +2.7%, the DAX up 3.11%...
Market Commentary: Friday 22nd March
A quick recap of yesterday's Central Bank activity, the BoE was unchanged at 5.25%, the SNB cut 0.25% to 1.5%, the Norges Bank was unchanged at 4.50% and the...
Market Commentary: Thursday 21st March
The FOMC decided to keep the target range for the federal funds rate unchanged at 5.25-5.50% as widely predicted. It is still anticipated that there will be...
Market Commentary: Wednesday 20th March
An exciting day but first the activity overnight saw China leave its 5-year Loan Prime Rate at 3.95% and the 1-year rate at 3.45%, as expected. We have just...
Market Commentary Tuesday 19th March
The negative rates era is officially over. The Bank of Japan last night voted 7-2 to end the world's final negative interest rate regime and move the policy...
Market Commentary: Monday 18th March
If last week was about inflation then this week is all about Central Banks. The RBA, BOJ, FED and BoE all make announcements and for the first time in a while...
Market Commentary: Friday 15th March
In commodities this morning, front month Iron Ore traded on SGX has really fallen off and is currently trading below 100 for the first time since August 2023;...
Market Commentary: Thursday 14th March
Today we are data light but politically heavy. Russia reiterated it will use a nuclear weapon if threatened, in the Middle East, the Red Sea crisis is getting...
Hannah Robson Joins iSAM Securities as Sales Director
iSAM Securities has welcomed Hannah Robson as Sales Director in a strategic move to spearhead initiatives for future transformative growth. Hannah’s wealth of...
Market Commentary: Wednesday 13th March
The big news yesterday was US CPI. Core inflation fell from 3.9% in January to 3.8% in February. It had been expected to fall to 3.7%. All in all slightly...
Market Commentary: Tuesday 12th March
US CPI is the main event today, core inflation is expected to have dropped slightly in February, to 3.7% from 3.9% in January, while headline inflation is...
