Market Commentary: Thursday 18th April
Overnight Asian currencies have strengthened after the finance ministers of Japan, South Korea and the US released a joint statement addressing concerns over a...
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iSAM Securities’ Barry Flanigan Promoted to Head of Asia Pacific
28 Aug 2024
In a strategic move to implement growth in the region, Barry Flanigan, former Head of e-Trading, has transitioned to the Hong Kong office, assuming the role of Head of Asia Pacific at iSAM Securities.
Market Commentary: Monday 8th April
Overnight the Nikkei followed the US equity markets Friday performance and rose 0.8%. US equity markets rose following the better than expected payrolls...
Market Commentary: Friday 5th April
NFPs is the main event today with payroll job growth expected to slow, albeit with a solid 200k jobs added in March. One of the main themes going forward will...
iSAM Securities Expands APAC Presence with Prime XM Partnership and Singapore XCore Integration
iSAM Securities have announced its latest partnership with leading technology provider, PrimeXM. This strategic move marks a significant milestone in iSAM...
Market Commentary: Thursday 4th April
2024 is looking like it could be the Year of the 'Cs'. Cocoa and Crypto markets have been out performers and now Coffee is joining this collection. Arabica...
Market Commentary: Wednesday 3rd April
Did anyone notice Oil yesterday? It broke above a key resistance at $85 a barrel in the front month. We are over a quarter into a 2024 and we were promised...
Market Commentary: Thursday 28th March
Global stock markets continue their strong performance into quarter end and the Easter break - S&P +10%, Nasdaq +9.25%, DAX +10.3%. Data wise today we saw...
Market Commentary: Wednesday 27th March
The Japanese Yen has weakened beyond previous intervention levels and USDJPY currently trading at 151.69, which triggered an advance in Japanese stocks. The...
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...
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...
