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Was it all a dream? At the start of the week the markets were in the throes of a full-blown panic, with talk of “Black Monday” and plentiful comparisons with the Lehman collapse. Yet barely three days later, the iTraxx Europe was back trading at 70.5bp, exactly the same level it was quoted at a week ago. -
Global equity and debt markets rallied on Tuesday, while volatility subsided, after the People’s Bank of China cut its one year lending rate. But for hard hit emerging markets, more pain could be on the way.
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Rate cuts delivered by the PBoC this week have calmed global equity markets somewhat. In China's rates market a short-end led rally steepened the curve as an initial reaction. Looking forward though, currency market perceptions will be key. Deutsche Bank is amongst those expecting China to take a more sensitive approach with the yuan, writes Maia Ririnui of Total Derivatives.
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The recent high volatility across equity markets has opened up opportunities for traders to deploy strategies that were unprofitable during long periods during the post-global financial crisis era.
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Individual initiatives by China in the commodity space, such as the July launches in Shanghai of a Gold Connect scheme and a new oil and natural gas exchange, may be gaining little traction right off the bat, but they are pieces in a broader strategy devised by the world's largest consumer of commodities. An upcoming oil futures contract, in particular, could see that plan make a leap forward.
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Short CNY swaps have been aggressively offered on the back of the PBoC's monetary easing move and the 1s/5s curve has steepened accordingly. Despite this equities have not rebounded and there has been receiving interest in 5-year swaps on the weak longer-term economic outlook, writes Deirdre Yeung of Total Derivatives.
