Sterling
HSBC adds to spot desk in London amid growth
LONDON - HSBC has hired Frank Cahill as director on the G-10 spot desk in London.
Sterling staid but skewed
The most likely outcome for sterling is a modest appreciation from current levels, reflecting an ongoing recovery in the UK economy and the likelihood of Bank of England tightening into the end of 2010.
Saxo preps for slowing global growth
Saxo Bank has topped this week's three-month currency forecast and the 12-month year-to-date index by focusing on scenario analysis.
The UK election: Lessons from the past
Pete Luxton, economic adviser at Informa Global Markets in London, looks at past UK elections in an effort to predict the upcoming May 6 election's impact on the sterling
Informa: Yen set to regain funding crown
Informa topped the one-month currency forecast rankings this week with a dollar-bullish view.
BNP Paribas: Liquidity withdrawal key to dollar recovery
BNP Paribas has topped the 12-month currency forecast rankings by focusing on the long-lasting effect of central bank liquidity measures.
Speculators not to blame for sterling weakness says BOE's Cross
Keynote speakers from the Bank of England and the Swiss National Bank were quizzed at FX Invest Europe
CBA: Hung parliament won’t kill sterling
Euro-bearish CBA tops currency forecast index
Sentiment sours on dollar and sterling
John Kyriakopoulos, head of currency strategy in Sydney, Nick Parsons, head of markets strategy in London, and Gavin Friend, markets strategist in London at National Australia Bank, are pessimistic about the US dollar’s prospects for the rest of the year…
Risk reversals imply negative sentiment on sterling
The possibility of a hung parliament in the UK has spooked world markets, including foreign exchange
Value managers top performers in February
RBS releases naive strategy simulation results
Fiscal policy could prove fatal for sterling
George Magnus, senior economic adviser, and Mansoor Mohi-uddin, chief currency strategist at UBS in London and Singapore respectively, join the UK policy debate
Scotia scoops the 12-month forecast again
Scotia tops 12-month poll for second week running
A sterling outlook?
FX Week sounded out the bears and the not so bearish on the outlook for cable and EUR/GBP over the next six to 12 months.
Dollar-bullish Calyon dominates rankings
Calyon tops one-month historical forecast index
Westpac tops tables by backing euro
Westpac topped the one-month currency forecast rankings this week with expectations the euro would maintain its strength over the US dollar and yen.
Sterling performance
Adam Cole, global head of foreign exchange strategy at RBC Capital Markets in London, traces sterling's progress from trend underperformer to trend outperformer
Harness EUR/GBP volatility
Colin Devo, head of major corporate foreign exchange solutions at Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets in London, explains how corporates should be approaching hedging decisions and how to turn EUR/GBP volatility into opportunity
Time to dust off gold?
Marc Chandler, global head of currency strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman in New York, discusses gold as an anchor for currencies