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...
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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: 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...
