United States dollar
Dollar high yield deal of the year – LyondellBasell
Dollar high yield deal of the year – LyondellBasell
Currency exchange-traded products rise as Ireland falls
Currency ETCs have reached all-time highs as Ireland's impact on the eurozone sees the US dollar rebound.
Analysts hit back at currency war claims
Further Plaza II-type agreement is unlikely, however, and only weak "peer pressure" applied to currency problems, says Barclays Young
European issuers flock to Yankee market to benefit from dollar/euro basis swaps
European issuers flock to Yankee market to benefit from dollar/euro basis swaps
Citi Eurostoxx 50 product courts currency risk
Currency risk included
Cross-border collateral may alleviate dollar funding strains: Emeap
Executives’ Meeting of East Asia Pacific Central Banks says crisis revealed shortcomings in regional money markets; swaps deals, cross-border collateral could alleviate some problems
Kempen's property sector play
Access to property
US Treasury yield movements betray deflation danger
Inflation often accompanies the end of the recovery after a crisis, but while US companies may fear high inflation, banks and investors increasingly see deflation as the more serious risk to the US economy.
Gold ETFs hit new highs as currency fears proliferate
In flows to gold reached record highs over the last two months as investors move their asset allocation from currencies such as the Euro into physical gold
Central banks’ holdings of US agency debt rise on dollar demand
Fed data show official-sector holdings of US agency securities rose for a 12th straight week; auction for seven-year US Treasury bills displayed growing demand for dollar denominated assets
Wiener Börse launches two fundamental indexes
The Vienna Stock Exchange has launched the CECE Fundamental and the CEETX Fundamental indexes
Korea moves to restrict FX derivatives leverage
Bank of Korea and Ministry of Strategy and Finance cut back leverage caps and limit corporate hedging of currency risks to 100% from 125% of exposure
FX volatility creates headaches for bond investors
Investors shift allocations to US dollar products as euro sinks.
Product performance
Comparing principal-protected, accelerated growth and reverse convertible products with September 2009 strike dates
Euro should not covet reserve role
Panellists in a new CentralBanking.com web seminar say becoming a reserve currency would hamper recovery
Now you PRDC them...
Power-reverse dual-currency notes have represented something of a Trojan horse for dealers. The hybrid structures have been popular for more than a decade among a wide range of Japanese investors, from regional banks to pension funds. But now the strain…
Interest rates call
HSBC is offering US investors a 10-year investment in interest rates that pays 7% in year one and potentially as much in following years. The product is wrapped in a certificate of deposit, but investors may lose out if HSBC exercises its call at five…
