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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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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. We have been discussing with the central bank how to create a [FX] hedging instrument,” said Vietnam State Capital Investment Corp.

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Swiss Franc Weakens On Impending US And Europe Rate Cuts

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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. and Europe, it makes Swiss investments more attractive because it puts rising pressure on the franc. Those deposits increased by $1.7 A euro could buy 1.14

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JPMorgan On Corporate Treasurers And Their ‘Digitization Journey’

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To help speed the transformation, with a nod to a bit of hybrid approach for some firms, Rangachari noted that “we have invested in many tools, including a plug-in for Excel powered by APIs, so that clients can get real-time data into their own Excel environment.”. Different Approaches To APIs.

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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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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. John was one of our managers that we had, you know, our clients invest in.

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Transcript: Bill Dudley, NY Fed Chief

Barry Ritholtz

But, but, you know, we, I focused mostly on fixed income and foreign exchange. 00:07:47 [Speaker Changed] So, so after, you know, more than 20 years at Goldman, you joined the New York Fed in 2007, overseeing domestic and foreign exchange trading operations, 2007, that, that’s some timing. Ma makes a lot of sense.