By
Sam van de Schootbrugge
October 19, 2020
In: Hive Exclusives |
COVID-19
October 19, 2020
Overview Last week, France, Italy, Germany and the UK all recorded their largest daily increase in new cases since mass testing began…
By
Sam van de Schootbrugge
October 14, 2020
In: Deep Dives |
Economics
Sustainability & Social Issues
October 14, 2020
Executive Summary Elite members of economies currently face intense scrutiny, yet not all are created equal. Academics at the University of St.…
By
Sam van de Schootbrugge
October 12, 2020
In: Hive Exclusives |
COVID-19
October 12, 2020
With Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiling a new three-level alert system, we look at the ongoing COVID-19 developments in the UK. Cases…
By
Sam van de Schootbrugge
October 09, 2020
In: Hive Exclusives |
Economics
FX
Monetary Policy & Inflation
October 09, 2020
Apple’s October ‘special event’ is just one week away, spelling the arrival of a new iPhone – probably the 12. In the…
By
Sam van de Schootbrugge
October 07, 2020
In: Deep Dives |
Data, Models & Market Infrastructure
October 07, 2020
The Study in a Nutshell Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are one of the most popular investment vehicles. However, there have been persistent concerns…
By
Sam van de Schootbrugge
October 01, 2020
In: Hive Exclusives |
COVID-19
Data, Models & Market Infrastructure
October 01, 2020
Summary: Deaths reach 1 million, placing COVID-19 among the top 20 deadliest pandemics Average daily deaths are now higher than most leading…
By
Sam van de Schootbrugge
September 30, 2020
In: Deep Dives |
COVID-19
Data, Models & Market Infrastructure
September 30, 2020
The Essence of the Piece The Fed conducted a study on Treasury market liquidity during the height of the COVID-19 crisis. They…
By
Sam van de Schootbrugge
September 29, 2020
In: Hive Exclusives |
FX
Geopolitics
US
September 29, 2020
Going into this year’s US presidential election, we have a Republican incumbent whose party currently holds majority control in the Senate but…
By
Sam van de Schootbrugge
September 23, 2020
In: Deep Dives |
Data, Models & Market Infrastructure
FX
Investment Strategy
September 23, 2020
The academic paper we review this week shows that a carry trade in volatility, a long-short strategy that buys implied volatility at…
By
Sam van de Schootbrugge
September 22, 2020
In: Hive Exclusives |
COVID-19
September 22, 2020
As the COVID-19 second wave takes hold, differences in government responses appear unable to explain differences in infection rates across European countries.…
By
Sam van de Schootbrugge
September 16, 2020
In: Deep Dives |
Business & Technology
Credit
September 16, 2020
The Study in a Nutshell A new BIS paper finds that Big Tech lenders using big data to assess creditworthiness hold informational…
By
Sam van de Schootbrugge
September 09, 2020
In: Deep Dives |
Business & Technology
September 09, 2020
The Study in a Nutshell From 1 March 2017 to 31 March 2018, the actual Bitcoin price rose from around $1,191 to…
By
Sam van de Schootbrugge
September 02, 2020
In: Deep Dives |
Economics
Investment Strategy
September 02, 2020
Introduction Policymakers need timely information on capital flows to inform decisions on monetary policy and foreign exchange intervention. Official balance of payments…
By
Sam van de Schootbrugge
August 26, 2020
In: Deep Dives |
Data, Models & Market Infrastructure
Investment Strategy
US
August 26, 2020
With the US presidential elections a little over two months away, what can we infer from the existing body of literature around…
By
Sam van de Schootbrugge
August 19, 2020
In: Deep Dives |
Investment Strategy
Rates
August 19, 2020
The Study in a Nutshell There has always been a question of how hedge funds and asset managers make money. By exploiting…
By
Sam van de Schootbrugge
August 12, 2020
In: Deep Dives |
Business & Technology
Monetary Policy & Inflation
August 12, 2020
The Context A new IMF paper looks at how innovations in information and communication have (i) provided greater opportunities for new financial…
By
Sam van de Schootbrugge
August 05, 2020
In: Deep Dives |
COVID-19
Sustainability & Social Issues
August 05, 2020
The Study in a Nutshell The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on 11 March 2020. Almost no country has…
By
Sam van de Schootbrugge
July 29, 2020
In: Deep Dives |
COVID-19
Data, Models & Market Infrastructure
July 29, 2020
Changing Behaviour is More Important Than Easing Lockdown Measures The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt both health and economic blows. As new data…
By
Sam van de Schootbrugge
July 22, 2020
In: Deep Dives |
Equities
Fiscal Policy & Inequality
July 22, 2020
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act – Some Win, Some Lose, Markets Got It Wrong On the 22 December 2017, President Trump…
By
Sam van de Schootbrugge
July 01, 2020
In: Deep Dives |
Data, Models & Market Infrastructure
Growth & Labour Market
US
July 01, 2020
A provocative new paper argues that US labour market data contains several biases that systematically understate the level of unemployment in the…
By
Sam van de Schootbrugge
June 24, 2020
In: Deep Dives |
Equities
Investment Strategy
Rates
June 24, 2020
The global economy’s problematic re-emergence from the Great Recession revived interest in Alvin Hansen’s 1939 secular stagnation hypothesis…
By
Sam van de Schootbrugge
June 17, 2020
In: Deep Dives |
China & Hong Kong
Economics
FX
June 17, 2020
In 2016, the IMF included the Chinese renminbi (RMB) in the Special Drawing Rights (SDR) basket with a weight of 10.9%. Prior to its inclusion, this…
By
Sam van de Schootbrugge
September 16, 2020
In: Deep Dives |
Business & Technology
Credit
September 16, 2020
The Study in a Nutshell A new BIS paper finds that Big Tech lenders using big data to assess creditworthiness hold informational…
By
Sam van de Schootbrugge
September 09, 2020
In: Deep Dives |
Business & Technology
September 09, 2020
The Study in a Nutshell From 1 March 2017 to 31 March 2018, the actual Bitcoin price rose from around $1,191 to…
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