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Multinational Corporates Face Rising FX Hedging Pressure

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s Conservative Party leadership contest is only the latest geopolitical event sparking concerns among analysts over foreign exchange (FX) markets — and corporates’ ability to react to those changes. And while expected currency fluctuations resulting from Brexit will surely mean U.K. The victory of Boris Johnson in the U.K.’s

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Bond Yields Surge in Europe as Old Jitters Return

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The benchmark 10-year U.S. Expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise rates multiple times in 2022 sparked an early year bond rout that has jarred financial markets, fueling declines in stocks and other riskier investments. Government bond yields surged world-wide after a strong report on the U.S.

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Swiss Franc Weakens On Impending US And Europe Rate Cuts

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and Europe, the Swiss central bank has taken steps to weaken the Swiss franc and put rising pressure on the currency, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. billion and are watched with keen interest because they are a sign of intervention by foreign exchange. . francs per euro, which many analysts say is a benchmark.

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Thailand’s interest rate at record low

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The Bank of Thailand has recently cut its benchmark interest rate again. Retail investors will be allowed to invest up to $200,000 a year in foreign securities, without being required to invest via a Thai intermediary institution. Thai investors can trade gold in foreign currencies.

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JPMorgan On Corporate Treasurers And Their ‘Digitization Journey’

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It stands to reason that firms that have been around for decades, with far-flung operations and payments done across multiple currencies, have a range of legacy systems in place with less-than-efficient processes entrenched in back-office functions. Different Approaches To APIs.

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Transcript: Kenneth Tropin

Barry Ritholtz

If you’re all interested in macro investing, trend following, commodities, currencies, fixed income, various types of quantitative strategies, and most important of all, risk management, you’re going to find this conversation to be absolutely fascinating. I mean, it’s an age old thing in investing and trading.