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The latest insights, views and industry developments from Prime Cap focusing on private client foreign exchange, corporate transaction services and international payment strategy.
What tends to move the FX markets?
As we have mentioned in other posts, when you think of the 'Foreign Exchange' (FX) markets, you should imagine an actual old fashioned...
Is it worth holding your own foreign currency accounts, and what does it mean for rates?
A blog post of two halves. What does holding your own currency account mean when it comes to the rates of exchange you can expect from...
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Antwerp in The Netherlands. 84% of the world's rough diamonds and over $16billion worth of polished diamonds pass through Antwerp's...
CONTRACTS | What is a 'Forward' contract, who uses it and why?
Rather than just sitting down and writing what we think a 'Forward' contract is and how you might go about using one to best effect, as...
Safety in numbers: 5 reasons an accountant should align themselves with a currency broker...
1. Advances in online facilities mean that you can now login to work with a nominated currency broker across a number of different...
CONTRACTS | What is a 'Same Day' contract, who uses it and why?
In earlier posts within our Library we talk about 'Forward' and "spot' contracts. The reason this is going to be a slightly briefer post...
3 things to do when 'markets' are volatile.
Whilst volatility is an analytical term based on deviation and statistics (for the most part), when it comes to rates of exchange and...
"No Deal" | What are your options? Your 4 point plan.
In the lead up to the UK's exit from the EU we will find sterling on a hair trigger. The ability to second guess which way a currency's...
What does it mean to be an 'independent' currency broker? Does it even matter?
The concept of an 'independent' broker is one we have coined ourselves. It is not a term in common parlance within the currency exchange...
What do you need to know before using a forward contract.
In recent weeks we have seen the pound rock against EUR from a low 1.10 in September to a welcome but pretty lack lustre high of 1.1450...
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As a membership club PCD Club provides a number of touch points between guests, some unique, which are essential for meaningful long term...
The Prime Cap Daily.
Bored of very dry 'macro-focussed' assessments of what went on yesterday and what fathomable and unfathomable outcomes might arise from...
A bit more on Brexit | What might a currency broker make of the mire?
Since our last commentary on the process of 'exiting the European Union' circumstances have changed a touch, but not much. The pound has...
Fixing costs: A 'How To' for Travel Companies.
You may have seen that a number of our recent social media posts have referenced the Rugby World Cup to be held in Japan, September 2019...
How to prepare for exchanging currencies: things to think about.
Undeniably a post aimed at the un-inducted first time currency exchanger - whether a business convinced there must be a cheaper way to...
Making a decision about when to transact: 3 things to consider.
It goes without saying that someone who is exchanging one currency for another wants to get the most money they can or exchange as small...
How to get the most out of your currency broker & what we offer that the bank do not.
One of the main reasons we do not break our currency services down into categories or sectors, like so many of our peers, is because we...
We're a business with a US dollar account. Should we hold or sell?
The first thing to say is that Prime Cap is not the place to get a direct instruction to sell your currency today, tomorrow or at some...
We ask: What use is vivid analysis if your currency strategy is flawed?
Rather than serving as a critique on the ways our peers might 'have it wrong' this post is designed to outline what tools and techniques...
Brokers across the capital markets: A guide to repatriating your bonus.
Not so much a guide, more a 'how to'. Strip away the fact that you've earned your entitlement and at a basic level it is a case of...
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