World First Morning Update 22nd May: Shorts squeezed in EURUSD as UK CPI set to fall

There was very little movement yesterday in FX markets as everyone seemed to take a breather from the exertions of the past week and leave currencies alone. The G8 meeting in Chicago finished without any real news from the participants; Francois Hollande continued to dredge up past ideas to present to Germany (Eurobonds seemingly the [...]

World First Morning Update 21st May: World Leaders sit to discuss the Eurozone

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYIQYw456Z4 Another testing week for the Eurozone and the financial markets put an added expectation on the G8 summit over the weekend. With Greece hanging in the balance, the global economy was looking to the reassuring arms of the G8, more specifically for that “everything’s going to be alright” moment. The G8 were unanimous on [...]

World First Morning Update 18th May: Spain joins the party as crisis deepens

It was only a matter of time until the ratings agencies got involved in the current market turmoil. Risky assets have taken a further leg lower overnight in Asia as Moody’s downgraded 16 Spanish banks, including the big three of Santander, La Caixa and BBVA, as a result of the continual downturn in the country’s [...]

World First Morning Update 17th May: Chaos pauses ahead of Spanish output data, auction

For at least one evening the European situation has not changed materially and with most of Europe off for a bank holiday today, it is unlikely to. The euro did eventually climb off the lows it had hit in the aftermath of the announcement of a secondary Greek election. The single currency does continue to [...]

Part-time Private Client Assistant

The role: The World First Private Client team is looking to extend its opening hours and is therefore looking for a part time Private Client FX Assistant to work approx 8-14 hours per week. They are likely to do 2-3 evening shifts a week and or 1-2 Saturdays a month. This would be a job [...]

World First Morning Update 16th May: Greece to go back to polls, EURUSD hammers lower

There is to be no coalition deal in Greece according to the nation’s politicians and Greece will now head for a second round of elections in mid-June. We’re not sure who believed there would ever be a coalition deal, but someone must have been threatening to do so because EUR took another clobbering when no [...]

Marketing and Communications Assistant

The role: An opportunity to join a growing and dynamic team, with excellent room for development. Using multiple channels, you will assist the marketing team with all marketing campaigns and events. The role will include working on a variety of projects involving PR, communications, advertising, social media and more. It presents a great opportunity for [...]