NatWest Commercial and Institutional

Sharpen your view with our insights & fixed income analysis. Our rates strategists discuss the biggest themes & events shaping the landscape.  In this episode of Bondcast, Imogen Bachra and the NatWest Markets team of rates strategists – Theo Chapsalis for the UK, Giles Gale for Europe, and John Briggs for the US – discuss the latest Bank of England meeting, the quantitative easing (taperi...

Inform corporate & institutional decision-making with our specialist perspectives on the events and themes shaping the global economy, business, markets, and society.  As global central banks start unwinding record levels of pandemic-driven support, how will markets respond? In the latest episode of On Point, Global Head of Desk Strategy John Briggs joins Giles Gale, Theo Chapsalis, and Paul R...

Sharpen your view with our insights & fixed income analysis. Our strategists discuss the biggest themes & events shaping the landscape. In this episode of Bondcast, Imogen Bachra and the NatWest Markets team of strategists – Theo Chapsalis for the UK, Giles Gale for Europe, and John Briggs for the US – discuss how central banks across all three regions are thinking about tapering, the impa...

Our quick-take analysis on what to watch in financial markets for the week ahead.  Central bank tapering doesn’t normally bring what markets consider to be good things, but Global Head of Desk Strategy John Briggs looks at why the next taper cycle is (probably) different from those preceding it. Speaking of tapering, our Head of UK Rates Strategy Theo Chapsalis joins for a deep dive on what to exp...

Inform corporate & institutional decision-making with our specialist perspectives on the events and themes shaping the global economy, business, markets, and society. In the latest episode of On Point, Neil Parker, FX Markets Strategist at NatWest Markets joins Brian Daingerfield, Head of G10 FX Strategy and Peiqian Liu, Chief China Economist to discuss the impact of China’s post-pandemic econ...

Sharpen your view with our insights & fixed income analysis. Our rates strategists discuss the biggest themes & events shaping the landscape.  In this episode of Bondcast, Imogen Bachra and the NatWest Markets team of rates strategists – Theo Chapsalis for the UK, Giles Gale for Europe, and Blake Gwinn for the US – discuss the European Central Bank’s decision to keep asset purchases steady...

Our quick-take analysis on what to watch in financial markets for the week ahead.  Global Head of Desk Strategy John Briggs looks at why the Bank of Canada’s latest moves should get investors thinking about the prospect of QE tapering elsewhere and what it means for assets. European Rates Strategist Imogen Bachra joins for a deep dive on the European Central Bank’s decision to leave its (recently...

Our quick-take analysis on what to watch in financial markets for the week ahead.  Global Head of Desk Strategy John Briggs takes a closer look at what recent vaccine hiccups and a more positive recovery story in Europe means for markets and Chief US Economist Kevin Cummins joins for deep dive on what the latest flurry of very strong US data says (and doesn’t say) about next phase of the recovery....

 Sharpen your view with our insights & fixed income analysis. Our rates strategists discuss the biggest themes & events shaping the landscape.  In this episode of Bondcast, Imogen Bachra and the NatWest Markets team of rates strategists – Theo Chapsalis for the UK, Giles Gale for Europe, and Blake Gwinn for the US – discuss the latest vaccination hiccups, and how better growth, higher infl...

Governments globally are expending billions and trillions to support civilisations through repeated lockdowns. As global yields rise, they could potentially become a threat to recovery as funding the debt could be more expensive in the long term. So what could central banks do to improve global economic conditions, and what might this mean for FX markets? Neil Parker, FX Markets Strategist, shares...

Inform corporate & institutional decision-making with our specialist perspectives on the events and themes shaping the global economy, business, markets and society.  In the latest episode of On Point, Neil Parker, FX Markets Strategist joins Ross Walker, Co-Head of Global Economics and Chief UK Economist and Sam Boughton, Director, Corporate Syndicate at NatWest Markets for a closer look at k...

 Our quick-take analysis on what to watch in financial markets for the week ahead.  Our guest host for the week, Giles Gale, Head of European Rates Strategy at NatWest Markets takes a closer look at what the latest round of economic data means for markets. Giovanni Zanni, Chief Euro Area Economist at NatWest Markets joins for a discussion on the region’s (perhaps surprisingly) strong economic pros...

Sharpen your view with our insights & fixed income analysis. Our rates strategists discuss the biggest themes & events shaping the landscape.  In this episode of Bondcast, Imogen Bachra and the NatWest Markets team of rates strategists – Theo Chapsalis for the UK, Giles Gale for Europe, and Blake Gwinn for the US – discuss the latest FOMC & ECB minutes and the upcoming UK syndication. ...

 Our quick-take analysis on what to watch in financial markets for the week ahead.  What does President Biden’s latest fiscal stimulus plan mean for markets? Global Head of Desk Strategy John Briggs takes a closer look and Ross Walker, Co-Head of Global Economics & Chief UK Economist at NatWest Markets joins to talk through our latest forecasts for global growth & inflation.  Note: This wa...

Sharpen your view with our insights & fixed income analysis. Our rates strategists discuss the biggest themes & events shaping the landscape.  In this episode of Bondcast, Imogen Bachra and the NatWest Markets team of rates strategists – Theo Chapsalis for the UK, Giles Gale for Europe, and Blake Gwinn for the US – discuss key drivers of bond supply over the coming quarter.  NB: This was r...

 Our quick-take analysis on what to watch in financial markets for the week ahead.  As markets begin to calm following a busy month of central bank meetings, Global Head of Desk Strategy John Briggs takes a closer look at the improving outlook for risk assets and Galvin Chia, Emerging Market Strategist, CEEMEA at NatWest Markets joins for a spotlight discussion on key drivers of emerging market as...

Sharpen your view with our insights & fixed income analysis. Our rates strategists discuss the biggest themes & events shaping the landscape.  In this episode of Bondcast, Imogen Bachra and the NatWest Markets team of rates strategists – Theo Chapsalis for the UK, Giles Gale for Europe, and Blake Gwinn for the US – discuss how new economic patterns are affecting rates markets.  NB: This wa...

The Foreign Exchange (FX) market can be a confusing space. There’s a lot of uncertainty and scepticism around options available, and hedging against adverse currency fluctuations. In this series, our knowledgeable FX Market Strategist and Sales Team discuss a wide variety topics affecting the FX landscape, and from their experiences working with UK customers, a rather unique perspective on things...

Sharpen your view with our insights & fixed income analysis. Our rates strategists discuss the biggest themes & events shaping the landscape.  In this episode of Bondcast, Imogen Bachra and the NatWest Markets team of rates strategists – Theo Chapsalis for the UK, Giles Gale for Europe, and Brian Daingerfield for the US – digest the latest Bank of England and US Federal Reserve meetings an...

 Our quick-take analysis on what to watch in financial markets for the week ahead.  Our guest host for the week, Giles Gale, Head of European Rates Strategy at NatWest Markets takes a closer look at whether markets and central banks are converging or diverging in how they think about inflation (and rates), and Kevin Cummins, Chief US Economist, NatWest Markets joins for a spotlight on the Fed.  No...

The significant success of the vaccination programme has led the UK government to finally announce the timetable to unlock the economy. In Europe where the vaccine programme still lags behind, nothing else seems to be accelerating much either. When will output recover and employment return to pre pandemic levels?  Neil Parker, FX Markets Strategist, looks to the month ahead for FX markets. Disclai...

Our quick-take analysis on what to watch in financial markets for the week ahead.  Global Head of Desk Strategy John Briggs takes a closer look at how markets and investors are thinking about rates, growth & volatility ahead of a busy week of central bank meetings and Giles Gale, Head of European Rates Strategy at NatWest Markets joins for a spotlight discussion on the European Central Bank (E...

Sharpen your view with our insights & fixed income analysis. Our rates strategists discuss the biggest themes & events shaping the landscape.  In this episode of Bondcast, Imogen Bachra and the NatWest Markets team of rates strategists – Theo Chapsalis for the UK, Giles Gale for Europe, and Blake Gwinn for the US – discuss the European Central Bank’s (ECB) recent decision to increase the p...

 Inform corporate & institutional decision-making with our specialist perspectives on the events and themes shaping the global economy, business, markets and society.   In the latest episode of On Point, Neil Parker, FX Markets Strategist at NatWest Markets joins Global Head of Desk Strategy, John Briggs, and Head of G10 FX Strategy for the Americas, Brian Daingerfield, to discuss how the Bide...

 | Our quick-take analysis on what to watch in financial markets for the week ahead.  Global Head of Desk Strategy John Briggs takes a closer look at why central banks are holding their nerve in the face of rising bond yields and Ross Walker, Co-Head of Global Economics & Chief UK Economist at NatWest Markets joins for a spotlight discussion on the key takeaways & risks in the UK Budget 20...