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New structured products guidance in Hong Kong raises tech bar
Issuers will have to invest more in IT following the release of new guidelines for Hong Kong’s listed structured products market
Commodity alpha strategies suffer from surge in grain prices
Rising grain prices resulting from drought conditions in the US prompt unwinding of positions as banks work to add additional signals into alpha strategy algorithms
Product providers in eurozone periphery face stiff challenge from bonds
Bonds beef up in southern Europe
Fixed income is the asset class of choice in Singapore, but issuer-risk concerns remain
Global uncertainty is driving investors in Asia into fixed-income assets and structured and credit-linked notes with exposure to credit, though they remain wary of issuer risk
Asia private banking market spurs demand for bespoke structured products
An increasingly savvy investor base in Asia is paving the way towards a more customised and managed approach to structured products aimed at private banking investors
Bullish NRI investors drive search for higher yield
Non-residential Indian investors bullish on high-yield strategies and leverage plays in Hong Kong and Singapore as they seek alternatives that can enhance returns
Structured Products Nordic Region: Sweden ‘most diverse market for underlyings’
Swedish investors are the best in Europe at taking global views when buying structured products, according to a panel at the Structured Products Nordic Region conference in Stockholm
Structured Products Nordic Region: Swedish regulator warns of information overload
Sweden's financial supervisory authority warns about standards of information, sales practices and conflicts of interest ahead of Mifid II implementation
Current crop of equity and bond indexes criticised by Asia-Pacific investors
Concentration issues and a lack of diversification cited as problems in Edhec-Risk survey, though no alternatives in sight
Former SG executives launch multi-commodity discretionary hedge fund
Ex-SG commodities executives Christophe Cordonnier, Frédéric Lasserre and François Beuzelin launch broad-based discretionary fund
Europe’s institutional investors look to alternatives and cost-effective exposure
Institutional investors in Europe favour fixed-income and alternative assets as they continue de-risking their portfolios, with a focus on cost-effective market exposure and downside protection
European certificates and leverage products see Q1 trading surge
European exchanges record higher trading volumes in investment certificates and leverage products in the first quarter of the year
Dynamic commodity strategies in demand as investors seek flexible exposure
Third-generation, dynamic commodity strategies are on the rise as increasingly sophisticated investors seek to capitalise on fast-changing trends in commodities