Sweden: Time for action
Sweden’s central bank may be forced into drastic steps in a bid to fight deflation despite concerns over the country’s rampant housing sector, writes FX-MM’s Peter Garnham. The Riksbank, Sweden’s...
View ArticleWorking with multi-lateral agencies
As the global economy develops and new trade paths emerge, banks and their clients can benefit from increased engagement with multi-lateral agencies, writes FX-MM’s Peter Garnham. For banks, engaging...
View ArticleEditor’s welcome: Racing to the bottom
Peter Garnham, Editor at FX-MM Six years on from the start of the financial crisis and the world’s largest central banks are still racing each other to the bottom. This month has seen the European...
View ArticleIn defence of FX
My timing might be off, but it seems about time somebody spoke up in defence of the FX market, writes Peter Garnham, Editor at FX-MM. Peter Garnham, Editor at FX-MM Admittedly it has been through the...
View ArticleEditor’s Welcome: Back from the dead
Peter Garnham, Editor at FX-MM The recent price action in the eurozone bond market suggests hopes that the region’s debt crisis is behind it may be wide of the mark. This month has seen heightened...
View ArticleEditor’s Welcome: Stand by me
Greetings from the Re-united Kingdom. The Scots had us all worried for a while there, but thankfully the Queen is purring and we are all one happy, united British family once again. Well, until the...
View ArticleEditor’s Welcome: Taking stock
Peter Garnham Like many of you, we here at FX-MM are still digesting the news and views thrown up by a busy conference season. At the Sibos conference in Boston and the EuroFinance event in Budapest...
View ArticleEditor’s Welcome: Going with the flow
Peter Garnham, Editor at FX-MM The end of the year and the start of a new one is as good a time as any to look at the state of play in the markets. True – and as a number of authors of yearly reviews...
View ArticleOff with a bang
It has certainly been an eventful start of the year for the financial markets, and for FX in particular. The Swiss National Bank’s decision to pull the rug from under its floor in the euro against the...
View ArticleEditor’s welcome: Everybody likes a trend
I should qualify that not many are clamouring for the return of mullets or shoulder pads. But for business, trend spotting is an essential skill. There were plenty on display at this year’s Sibos...
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