Senior Content Editor

Christopher Nye

Christopher Nye has been writing about finance and currency for 15 years, following a career in the international hotel and cruise ship industries. He has been a copywriter for Barclays Bank and the NHS, freelance business and property writer, editor of the UK government’s Act on CO2 website and author of several travel and business books.

Investing in ski property overseas: some financial essentials

by Christopher Nye | Dec 16, 2024 | Lifestyle, Property News, Renting Property Abroad

It’s skiing season! If you want to spend more than a week on the slopes, buying a ski property offers an exciting investment and many years of fun. Ski property, or mountain property if you prefer, remains one of the most exciting overseas property investments one can...

Why do interest rates impact currencies?

by Christopher Nye | Nov 18, 2024 | Currency Exchange Explained

Interest rates continue to be the main driver of exchange rates, and can have a huge impact on your international transactions, pension paid overseas or purchase of a property. So what is the relationship? And what can you do to ensure that a decision made in London,...

Understanding PMI, the global business poll that can hit your exchange rate

by Christopher Nye | Oct 24, 2024 | Currency Exchange Explained

What is a Purchasing Managers’ Index, or ‘PMI’, and why can it impact currency movements? We explain more about this type of data and why it’s such a useful indicator of how economies are performing. What is a PMI? Within our articles and currency notes, we often...

Managing currency payments for new-build property overseas

by Christopher Nye | Sep 23, 2024 | Currency Exchange Explained, Property News

How can you be sure of being able to make stage payments for a new-build property overseas, in another currency, when exchange rates keep changing? Understand how to take the stress out of buying new-build in another currency. When buying a property overseas more than...

Risk-on, risk-off and how it impacts your exchange rate

by Christopher Nye | Aug 16, 2024 | Currency Exchange Explained

War in Ukraine being taken back to the Russians, the potential for escalation in the Middle East… two obvious examples of global threats right now. Then there is the further risk of pandemics, the risk of an economic slowdown in the world’s biggest...