US overnight funding rate hits record high amid year-end volatility
By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gauge measuring the borrowing costs on loans between banks and other participants in the U.S. repurchase agreement (repo) market hit its highest level since…
Sterling options volatility soars to highest since Brexit vote
LONDON (Reuters) – Sterling volatility surged on Monday to its highest since the fallout from the Brexit referendum in mid-2016, after the British government’s fiscal plan alarmed investors and sent the pound…
Australia, NZ dlrs hit new lows as traders buy dollars amid volatility
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The Australian and New Zealand dollars hit fresh multi-year lows on Monday as traders, already gripped by growth fears and rate hikes, piled into the safe-haven greenback after Britain’s…
IMF cites Japanese yen’s volatility, says monitoring situation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Asked about the Bank of Japan’s intervention to boost the yen, the International Monetary Fund noted the currency’s recent volatility and said it was monitoring the situation carefully. “The…
India cenbank “correct” to use FX reserves to tackle rupee volatility: econ adviser
By Savio Shetty and Divya Chowdhury MUMBAI – The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is justified in using the country’s foreign exchange reserves to smooth out volatility in the rupee’s moves against…
Column – Weary tolerance of Italian market volatility: Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON – There’s a weary acceptance among investors of almost inevitable market volatility around Italy’s latest political upheaval – but that’s where the hand-wringing tends to end this time.…
U.S. oil mergers drop to $12 billion as volatility limits deals
By Laila Kearney NEW YORK – U.S. oil and gas dealmaking fell to $12 billion last quarter, down from the first quarter and nearly a third of the $34.8 billion in the…
Consuelo Mack WealthTrack Prepares Individuals for an Era of Heightened Market Volatility, Inflation, and Higher Interest Rates in New Season
Season 19 premieres nationwide on public television beginning July 1 with economist and strategist David Rosenberg who warns of an “imminent recession.” Watch full episodes, exclusive interviews and more at wealthtrack.com NEW…
Friday’s Russell rebalance may stoke more volatility in nervous stock market
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK – Investors in the volatile U.S. stock market are preparing for what may be one of the heaviest trading days of the year on Friday, as FTSE…
Russian rouble, stocks steady, defy global volatility
(Reuters) – The Russian rouble gained slightly on Friday, while stock markets dipped but remained steady compared with the extreme volatility of major U.S. and European bourses over recent days. At 1225…
Crypto volatility knocks more stablecoins off their peg
By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Medha Singh (Reuters) – Major cryptocurrency volatility has hit stablecoins, typically considered the market’s safer-havens, with investors pulling money out of the sector and several losing the…
UniCredit well placed to weather Italian debt volatility – CFO
MILAN – UniCredit is well placed to withstand volatility in Italian government bonds, the group’s finance chief said on Wednesday, dismissing concerns about the impact of a recent widening in spreads with…
Analysis-CTAs, other ‘uncorrelated’ investments boom in volatility ride
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed and Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK – This year’s U.S. stock and bond sell-offs have boosted demand for strategies aimed at generating returns less dependent on upside in those…
UBS CEO says clients on sidelines amid market volatility
ZURICH – Clients are tending to keep to the sidelines amid market volatility, UBS Chief Executive Ralph Hamers told broadcaster CNBC in an interview on Monday. “You see that clients are not…
China offers more forex hedging tools in wake of yuan volatility
SHANGHAI -China’s foreign exchange regulator said on Friday it would offer new derivatives tools to help companies better hedge their currency risks, after recent huge volatility in the Chinese yuan. The State…
U.S. corporate bond deals to ebb this year amid higher rates, volatility -BofA
By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK – U.S. bond sales by investment-grade issuers will likely decline by around 10% this year as borrowers contend with higher rates and market volatility, a BofA executive…
BOJ’s Kuroda warns against excess FX volatility
TOKYO – Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Monday that currencies should move stably, reflecting economic fundamentals, because excess volatility such as seen recently would make it hard to make…
Analysis: Traders ready for wilder swings as rate rises stoke volatility
By Dhara Ranasinghe, Saikat Chatterjee and Davide Barbuscia LONDON/NEW YORK – Traders in the world’s largest markets are having to navigate wild intra-day swings and shrinking deal sizes as central banks rapidly…
Fed says banks in good shape despite volatility, warns on prime broker risk
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON – The U.S. Federal Reserve said Friday the U.S. banking system remains strong despite heightened volatility and geopolitical risk, but cautioned them against prime brokerage services that come…
Market volatility, balance sheet surprises raise risk of bumpy Fed pivot
By Howard Schneider (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve is expected to approve plans next week to reduce a nearly $9 trillion balance sheet that ballooned as part of its efforts to fight…
BOJ official warns against excessive volatility in yen moves
By Leika Kihara TOKYO -A senior Bank of Japan (BOJ) official on Monday warned that excessive volatility in yen moves could hurt growth, after the currency’s slide below the key 125 yen…
Barclays’ VXX price jump drives double-digit gains for volatility arbitrage fund
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK – Days before Thanksgiving, Kris Sidial, a co-founder at volatility arbitrage fund The Ambrus Group, told investors the firm was betting that extreme price moves in…
Barclays suspends sales of two products linked to oil, volatility
By Iain Withers and Saqib Iqbal Ahmed LONDON/NEW YORK – British bank Barclays said on Monday it had suspended the sales and issuance of two exchange-traded notes (ETNs) with combined assets of…
Commodities market volatility sparks spillover concerns
By John McCrank NEW YORK – Wild swings in the prices of oil, metals and other raw materials generated more margin calls at trading firms on Tuesday, heightening worries that the volatility…
Russia-Ukraine volatility hits hard already hammered U.S. credit
By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK – U.S. credit markets have been churning with more volatility spurred by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, on top of uncertainty around monetary policy shifts, hurting investor returns…
High prices, volatility driving more long-term contracting of U.S. LNG – Cheniere
HOUSTON – U.S. liquefied natural gas producer Cheniere Energy Inc. on Thursday said high prices and an “extremely volatile” global market are driving more long-term contracts of LNG volumes. The company, which…
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