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Asia shares rise, sterling steadies ahead of Brexit vote
June 21st, 2016
Asian shares rose after a tentative start on Tuesday, cautiously extending a rally triggered by growing expectations that British voters will opt to remain in the European Union in this week’s referendum. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside ...
Sterling slips as Brexit looms large again
May 11th, 2016
Sterling slipped against the euro and dollar on Wednesday, with investors worried that the latest polls still show Britons who want to leave the European Union at a referendum in June neck-and-neck with those who want to stay. The ...
EBS BrokerTec and ICAP Information Services launch Sterling Repo Index Rate
March 31st, 2016
EBS BrokerTec, ICAP’s market-leading electronic foreign exchange (FX) and fixed income business and ICAP Information Services (IIS), the information division of ICAP, announce today that they have launched the Sterling Repo Index Rate (£RIR). The daily index measures the ...
Brexit could wipe 20% off sterling: HSBC
February 25th, 2016
Separating from the European Union could trigger a 20 percent drop in sterling and shave 1.5 percentage points off the British economy, HSBC has warned. The doom-laden report released Wednesday outlined the worst-case scenario if voters were to approve a ...
Sterling drops to 1-1/2 month low vs rallying dollar after U.S. data
August 28th, 2015
Sterling fell to a 1-1/2-month low against the dollar on Thursday after data showing the United States grew robustly in the second quarter, boosting a view that U.S. interest rates could rise this year. Investors are still uncertain about ...
Asian shares rebound, sterling jumps on UK exit polls
May 8th, 2015
Asian shares rebounded from one-month lows on Friday, helped by signs global bond markets are stabilising after a big selloff, though investors were on guard ahead of U.S. jobs data and crunch talks between Greece and its creditors at the weekend. ...
Dollar struggles on soft data, sterling awaits election
May 7th, 2015
Dollar index hits two-month lows Euro breaks above $1.13 for the first time since late Feb Sterling on defensive for UK elections Aussie up slightly after fall on local job data The dollar languished near its lowest levels ...
Bigger pay packets give pound a lift as sterling hits seven-year high against the euro
February 19th, 2015
Sterling soared to a seven-year high against the euro yesterday, pushed up by record jobs figures and rising wages, with some investors expecting a Bank of England rate hike to come sooner than had been expected. The UK’s employment ...
Bank of England widening access to the Sterling Monetary Framework
November 6th, 2014
The Bank of England is today widening access to its Sterling Monetary Framework (SMF) to accept broker-dealers and central counterparties (CCPs). The changes introduced today follow on from the Governor’s commitment to widen access to the Bank’s facilities, made ...
Sterling Lads Chats Show FX Traders Matching Fix Orders
October 30th, 2014
“Any fix quid?” a currency trader at Barclays Plc asked a counterpart at HSBC Holdings Plc at 2:25 p.m. on June 23, 2011. “Get 50 cable on fix,” he said as he tried to sell British pounds. “Nothing as ...
