FLSW News and Press, Franklin FTSE Switzerland From 04/01/23

2023-04-01 02:02:00 ET Summary The March US jobs report may not be enough to stop the Fed from tightening another 25 basis points in May. The South African Reserve Bank surprised markets and raised rates by 50 basis points in March, taking the policy rate to 7.75%. China: the ...

2023-03-29 04:53:00 ET Summary For the week ending March 10, the top six U.S. large money center banks lost approximately 14% in market value; U.S. super-regionals lost around 26% in value; and smaller regionals lost over 30% in market value. Despite the sell-off in European bank ...

2023-03-26 05:16:00 ET Summary The regulatory intervention of Silicon Valley Bank stopped corporate and financial sector issuance altogether for four working days. The most notable sign of market resilience was a highly successful USD1.8 billion 10 and 31-year sale by Republic of ...

2023-03-24 03:33:00 ET Summary The dramatic "takeover" of Credit Suisse by UBS has highlighted Switzerland's rather distinctive approach to bank capital. Documentation for Credit Suisse's Sfr16bn AT1 bonds - now worth zero - appear to allow a full write-down of the instruments wit...

2023-03-18 02:25:00 ET Summary Fed expectations are all over the place with Nomura analysts calling for a rate cut, while most investors are between a hold or a final quarter-point rate rise. It goes without saying that the focus in Europe next week will be firmly on the banking s...

2023-03-17 03:40:00 ET Summary The market gyrations are not rooted in a banking crisis, but in financial cracks from rapid rate hikes. We expect central banks to take actions to shore up the financial system – but to keep hiking rates. We see opportunities in short-term...

2023-03-11 00:46:00 ET Summary Wall Street will pay close attention to the February inflation report. The ECB is widely expected to raise interest rates by 50 basis points on Thursday but it’s what comes next that investors will be most interested in. The fact that the ...

Summary The US has a very busy week ahead. The two main events are Fed Chair Powell’s semi-annual testimony to Congress and the nonfarm payroll report. Christine Lagarde’s appearance in the middle of next week will be highly anticipated following the February inflation dat...

Summary Disinflation trends are struggling and now Wall Street will look to see if improving manufacturing and service activity will further fuel pricing pressures. Eurozone: While headline inflation has been falling, core remains at the peak and policymakers are unlikely to ease off th...

Summary The latest round of economic data (retail sales, CPI, PPI, jobless claims) are all signaling more Fed rate hikes are coming. A quiet week for the UK with the early part bringing PMIs from the services and manufacturing sectors and the latter BoE appearances. This week’...