Vidya Ranganathan

Position: Chief Correspondent, Asian FX and money markets
Vidya Ranganathan joined Reuters in 1998, prior to which she worked in the dealing room of Societe Generale in Mumbai for 3 years, selling treasury products to customers. Of her 11 years at Reuters, the first 4 years were in Mumbai, where she wrote about the Indian rupee and economics and also worked with the fixed income association in developing some of the benchmarks for the swap market. Vidya moved to Singapore in 2002, and has since been regularly reporting and analyzing Asian non-deliverable forwards and currencies, inflation, interest rates and the whole range of emerging Asian economics.

Articles

MONEY MARKETS-Korean cross-currency swaps rise, rules confuse November 19, 07:49am EST 

SINGAPORE, Nov 19 (Reuters) - South Korean cross-currency swaps climb in shorter tenors but fall in longer ones after authorities announce rules seeking to limit foreign liabilities in the financial sector and as markets grapple with possible implications. ...  Full Article 

MONEY MARKETS-Aussie futures up, slight paring of hawkishness November 17, 07:20am EST 

SINGAPORE, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Australian markets pare back expectations of how much rates will rise in December after a central bank statement suggests rate rises may not occur as rapidly as market participants expect.  Full Article 

MONEY MARKETS-Japan swaption premium rises, dollar funding dips November 09, 08:06am EST 

SINGAPORE, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Lingering worries over Japan's fiscal deficit and its ability to fund it caused a renewed spike in the swaptions market on Monday, with medium and longer term option premiums climbing.  Full Article