forex

Why the push for a stronger renminbi won’t go away

With the US dollar likely to be soft for a few years, to hold the Chinese currency back would be to allow it to depreciate against other trading partners

A rising renminbi could boost real incomes, consumption and services, especially if a more active fiscal policy were used as a reinforcing tool to underpin consumer demand, domestic activity and limit deflationary pressures.

It’s time for China to let the renminbi appreciate sharply

The imperative is now far stronger than a few months ago

Amid the tariff-fuelled chaos, several long-standing correlations broke down, and the market became driven by harder-to-track money flows and changes to hedging strategies.

US shutdown compounds worst year for currency trading since 2005

Traders less willing to stake big bets with a dearth of crucial economic and market positioning statistics

The US dollar index, a measure of its value relative to a basket of other major foreign currencies, rose 0.05% to 98.58.

Dollar wavers with politics, credit risks and trade tensions in the spotlight

THE US dollar edged up against the yen but was flat versus the euro on Monday (Oct 20) as investors shifted their focus to political developments in Japan and the euro area, while lingering concerns a...

Flavio Figueiredo, Citi's global head of foreign exchange, says many investor clients are looking for alternatives in more frontier-like markets that are less liquid, but still offer high returns and high-growth opportunities.

Citi eyes Vietnam’s forex trade as investors pile in ahead of market upgrade

It’s been a very active year for the FX business, says global foreign exchange head Flavio Figueiredo

The market has swiftly priced in newly elected Liberal Democratic Party leader Sanae Takaichi's platform of aggressive monetary and fiscal stimulus.

Yen is being hammered; can the Japanese currency recover against Singdollar and greenback?

Despite the sharp sell-off, the currency could be poised to strengthen in the medium to long term

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party elected a new leader on Oct 4.

Singapore dollar surges against the Japanese yen to its strongest level in more than a year

The currency’s depreciation comes amid a significant political transition in Japan

“The foreign currency settlement system will facilitate seamless and efficient settlement of foreign currency transactions within IFSC on a real-time basis,” India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said.

India starts real-time forex settlement to woo global investors to hub

The move will also enhance liquidity management and operational resilience, ensuring compliance with regulatory oversight

Bond yields for supposedly safe governments – the US, Germany and France – are said to be drifting higher, while sovereign borrowers long considered more risky, such as Italy and Spain, are fixing their fiscal health and being rewarded by investors.
THE BOTTOM LINE

RIP to safe havens

When the going gets tough, investors will struggle to find a place to hide

The Australian dollar has remained a well-functioning “natural” hedge for global risk assets.

Australian pension funds to expand use of forex hedging as size grows

[SYDNEY] Australian pension funds will have to expand the use of foreign exchange hedging as the sector is likely to grow in size to become the second-largest globally with a larger share of investmen...