Financial Services

Regular analysis and commentary on economic events, market shifts, emerging trends, and policy changes.

Forecasts of exchange rates for major currency crosses and for all currencies against the US dollar.

A deep portfolio of forecast databanks, with projections by quarter and by year out to 25 years and software that simplifies data selection, trend analysis, visualisation and export.

A sovereign and currency risk framework that analyses the vulnerability of cross-border investments and trade, providing an impartial, informed view of a country’s fundamentals and its ability to repay debts.

Thematic research on key macroeconomic issues including monetary policy, fiscal policy, investment strategy, and trade.

Customised research programs providing strategic insights on business operations, including how banks connect with customers, maximize the value of emerging technologies, address virtual currencies, and remain competitive in an ever-shifting business landscape.

Support for compliance with the new IFRS9 accounting regulatory framework including the provision of baseline and alternative-to-baseline projections that are spread across the probability distribution.

Provision of downside scenarios for stress testing. Using our Global Economic Model, we can develop bespoke, extreme downside scenarios that can be used as inputs to the stress testing process. These scenarios can be developed with the bank, or can be built out to align with scenarios provided by the financial regulator.