FX Strategist

Greg Gibbs

Greg has had a long career in foreign exchange, beginning at the Reserve Bank of Australia in 1989.  He was the first economics graduate at the Bank to be assigned to the foreign exchange dealing desk. Greg learnt from highly respected stewards of policy and market development at the Bank.  He played a leading role in establishing the Bank’s approach to asset and currency management of its international reserves, and managed the Bank's Japanese bond portfolio for a year before joining the private sector in 1995.

In October 2015, Greg launched his own FX research company, Amplifying Global FX Capital, after completing duties at the Royal Bank of Scotland in Singapore where he was the Head of Asia Pacific Markets Strategy since February 2014.  His flagship  report (AmpGFX) is available here on SmartKarma.

He has maintained a trading track record since March 2013. The results are very good over this period. There have been significant macro developments that suit his approach to markets. He is now managing his own capital and will often have positions in the markets that he is writing about in his AmpGFX report.

For a detailed biography and trading performance analysis head to the ampGFXcapital.com website.

Big Issues Holding Down AUD/NZD Have Flipped

A Tortured RBA Statement – They Make the Case to Ease Policy, but Held Steady for No Apparent Reason

RBA and RBNZ in the Hot Seat, Trump’s Tirade Threatens Global Risk Appetite

An RBA Rate Cut Next Week Is the Smart Move; Fed Firmly on Hold

Fundamental analysis of topical themes in FX

Amplifying Global FX Capital

Amplifying Global FX Capital was founded in 2015 and is fully owned by Greg Gibbs. It is a registered company both in Australia and Colorado, USA and is a licensed in Australia to provide financial services.

We are producing a regular trading view orientated macroeconomic analysis of topical themes in global financial markets, with a particular focus on foreign exchange. We invite you to view an “executive summary” of these reports in “AmpGFX Reports” under our “Research” menu.

These reports are drawn from the analysis of Greg Gibbs and inform the capital management he undertakes on behalf of the company. The trading performance is posted periodically on our website. We aim to build our company into both a research and capital management business. We are currently in the planning phase for managing capital for wholesale customers.

Greg Gibbs has spent his working life of more than 26 years in financial markets, beginning in 1989 at the Reserve Bank of Australia, after completing a Bachelor of Economics Degree (Honours) at the Australian National University. He has been a CFA Charterholder since 2005. He has worked in Sydney, Singapore, New York and London for major global banks and presented on foreign exchange markets to major financial institutions and companies around the world, and maintained a high profile in the financial media.

Before Amplifying Global FX Capital, Greg was the Head of Asia Pacific Market Strategy at the Royal Bank of Scotland based Singapore. He now resides in Breckenridge Colorado.

FX & Rates

<p><em>It might be odd to suggest that the AUD will rise just at the point when the RBA has gone to max-dovishness.  But yet we are. RBA dovishness is matched by the Fed.  The global pivot to easier policy is boosting EM and commodity currencies, and the AUD has lagged its peers, suggesting upside risk.  Australian equities are outperforming, reflecting both external factors and positive news at home.  Just as the RBA, investors, and Aussies get themselves in a funk, the news has got better, quite a bit better.  The LNC was returned surprisingly and emphatically.  They plan tax cuts and are likely to respond to increasing pressure to further boost infrastructure spending.  The housing market is stabilising, boosted by regulatory credit easing and the return of the market-friendly government.  The AUD is way underdone relative to commodity prices, the external balance is at a generational high, and the government budget is in rude health.  The focus on US-China trade relations and RBA policy has hit the AUD, but may have had maximum impact.  The Xi-Trump meeting next weekend could go either way, but if talks resume and further tariff increases put on hold, we expect some modest further rise in risk appetite and upside for the AUD.</em></p>

It might be odd to suggest that the AUD will rise just at the point when the RBA has gone to max-dovishness.  But yet we are. RBA dovishness is matched by the Fed.  The global pivot to easier policy is boosting EM and commodity currencies, and the AUD has lagged its peers, suggesting upside risk.  Australian equities are outperforming, reflecting both external factors and positive news at home.  Just as the RBA, investors, and Aussies get themselves in a funk, the news has got better, quite a bit better.  The LNC was returned surprisingly and emphatically.  They plan tax cuts and are likely to respond to increasing pressure to further boost infrastructure spending.  The housing market is stabilising, boosted by regulatory credit easing and the return of the market-friendly government.  The AUD is way underdone relative to commodity prices, the external balance is at a generational high, and the government budget is in rude health.  The focus on US-China trade relations and RBA policy has hit the AUD, but may have had maximum impact.  The Xi-Trump meeting next weekend could go either way, but if talks resume and further tariff increases put on hold, we expect some modest further rise in risk appetite and upside for the AUD.

RBA Has Been Trying to Hold the AUD Beach Ball Under Water; Its Time May Be Up