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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: 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...
Market Commentary: Monday 11th March
The Stella NFPs numbers are still being talked about exceeding expectations at 275,000 against a consensus call of 200,000. However, as we know at iSAM the...
Market Commentary: Thursday 7th March
Yesterday the main event was the budget in the UK. The centrepiece of which was a further 2p cut to national insurance, doubling down on the 2p cut in the...
Market Commentary: Wednesday 6th March
Yesterday saw Gold and Bitcoin both hit record new highs, both dropping back overnight, but I am keen to understand what is happening and the answer lies with...
IS Risk’s Jeff Wilkins on the latest trends in risk management
FNG Exclusive Interview… A lot has changed since we last caught up with Jeff Wilkins of IS Risk Analytics – part of ISAM Capital Markets – at the very...
Retail FX broker liquidity: a conversation with IS Prime’s Barry Flanigan
FNG Exclusive Interview… The topics of liquidity, risk management, and using the right technology – and doing them all in concert – are ones that are...
Liquidity Trends in 2022: FX, Crypto, Volatility and More
Liquidity is a crucial requirement for any broker, let it be dealing in stocks, forex or cryptocurrencies. It ensures how easily an asset can be bought and...
Driving the prime of prime industry forward
In this year's edition of The Financial Technologist, featuring The Most Influential Financial Technology Firms of 2022, our ISAM Capital, Managing Director,...
IS Risk Analytics' View From the Desk - August 2021
August started out with a bang on the 6th and 9th following the non-farm payroll report and a subsequent drop in gold. After this burst in volatility, August...
SNB intervention in CHF – could history repeat itself?
There are few participants in the FX market who need to be reminded about the events of January 2015, however there is a possibility that history could be...
IS Risk Analytics' View From the Desk - July 2021
July volumes rebounded slightly from depressed June figures, but profits again disappointed as a result of retail traders generally making money in July’s...
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