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UK banks ramp up RMB resources in London
Both RBS and HSBC have made senior appointments to prepare for the growth of renminbi in London. The new business heads talk to Chiara Albanese about their priorities
Euro sentiment turns upbeat after Greek deal
Politicians and strategists are cautiously optimistic on the euro, despite the considerable challenges that might lie ahead
Bric currencies dependent on Chinese policy on renminbi, says L&G strategist
Brazil, Russia and India see China as their main competitor and will wait until the country allows appreciation of the yuan before they follow suit
Offshore RMB remains a challenge for corporates
UK chancellor George Osborne is pushing hard for London to become the next financial centre for the trading of renminbi, but despite the blaze of publicity surrounding his visit to Asia this week, some corporates remain daunted by the new currency…
Strategic currency hedging in emerging markets
When hedging currency markets, one should treat developed and emerging markets separately, as their behaviour can vary significantly, argues Edward Murray
FX Week Europe: Investors warned to be prudent on EM currencies
Senior strategists and currency managers warn emerging market currencies are no panacea to the troubles in the eurozone
FX Week Europe: Eurozone survival discussion is premature, says academic
European leaders are "playing poker", but the game will last longer than a few days, says Brunel University's professor of economics
The eurozone is not 'Hotel California', says BNY Mellon strategist
Simon Derrick stresses eurozone membership is not interminable and believes the likelihood of Greece leaving the eurozone is now the most plausible option following the events of last week
FX Invest Middle East: Further economic weakness ahead for Mena, warns World Bank
Keynote speaker at FX Invest conference in Dubai says the current outlook for the Middle East and Africa is 10% unemployment and 4% growth, while figures for China are the reverse
Turkish intervention poses threat of inverted currency war
A wave of intervention by Turkey and Poland’s central banks to strengthen the lira and the zloty could lead to an inverted currency war if other central banks follow suit, according to strategists. Chiara Albanese reports
FX Invest: Overlay Asset Management sticks with emerging markets
Overlay Asset Management’s Helie D’Hautefort talks to FX Invest about his firm's emerging markets strategies
Bloomberg taps into Malaysian foreign currency sukuk market
Vendor has partnered with the Malaysian central bank to launch the new index
The euro: Up or down?
Nearly a year after the eurozone sovereign debt crisis erupted, we talk to four currency strategists to ascertain the prospects for the European currency over the coming year and identify the euro bears and bulls
Enforce clearing, catapult FX into the big league, say FX Week USA panellists
NEW YORK - Counterparty risk is preventing FX from becoming a major asset class and must be addressed, according to panellists discussing the future of the FX industry at the FX Week USA congress in New York last Tuesday (July 13).
Hervé Ferhani: EM countries in capital controls dilemma
NEW YORK - Emerging market (EM) countries that enforce capital controls will trigger a domino effect across neighbouring countries, according to Hervé Jacques Ferhani, deputy director of monetary and capital markets at the International Monetary Fund in…