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Alan is a highly experienced banker with an in depth knowledge of Corporate Banking, Treasury and Trade Finance. He has had a varied career in Global markets, Risk management, FX Trading and Sales & Interest Rate Management. He has managed sales teams mentoring his team in both markets and marketing.He has been published in a number of journals and has appeared daily on radio to discuss market movements and events. His first novel was recently published.

Dollar Awaits GDP Data

A bounce from Q1 likely The release of preliminary GDP data for Q2 today will determine the short-term path for the dollar. Following the IMF’s...

Proactivity Leaves the FOMC Struggling

U.S. Economy not “behaving” Following yesterday’s FOMC meeting, Fed Chair Janet Yellen acknowledged that inflation is causing the committee a concern. Expectation had been for...

FOMC Unlikely to Rescue Dollar

Yellen to wait for “action not words" from Trump President Donald Trump received a small crumb of comfort yesterday as the Senate voted in favour...

Market Adopts Holiday Mood

Technical moves dominate As political and educational bodies leave for their summer holidays, the FX market has succumbed to several technical factors as its main...

Dollar Struggling with Politics and Economy

FOMC & GDP to provide short term direction This week the focus will switch to the other side of the Atlantic as the fallout from...

Euro Hits New Highs on ECB Comments

Draghi provides policy guidance Yesterday's ECB policy meeting brought clarity to a market that had been living in hope rather than expectation of a normalization...

ECB meets as Euro rallies

Draghi to reiterate concerns Earlier in the year, President Trump accused Germany and by inference, the entire Eurozone of benefitting from a weak currency to...

Dollar Stumbles as Headwinds Grow

Trump facing credibility issue The inability of a U.S. President to “carry” Congress is a major issue. This is a frequent problem when dealing with...

Euro Breaks higher as Dollar Falls

Common currency heading for 1.1700 Having seen a shallow correction to its recent move higher, the single currency is now poised to resume its trend...

U.S. Data hits Rate Hike Hopes

Weak Retail sales and Benign Inflation pressure FOMC Following last week’s slightly more dovish comments from Fed Chair Janet Yellen during her biannual testimony to...

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