Articles by Hannah Collins
Structured Products Europe: Investors unaware of regulatory improvements, say speakers
The supervision of structured products has improved in recent years, but investors aren’t aware of many of the changes, say conference speakers
Alior Bank: Battling high deposit rates in Poland
What Alior has in store
S&P Smit 40 Index tracks 'Next 11' emerging markets as investors look beyond Brics
S&P Dow Jones Indices index tracks the four largest economies in the Next 11 in a reflection of growing demand for broader emerging markets exposure
S&P Dow Jones Indices takes on high-dividend and low-volatility combination in industry first
S&P Dow Jones Indices has combined two of the year's biggest themes so far in its latest index, the S&P 500 Low Volatility High Dividend Index
Leveraged products see steep declines in Europe
Structured products and exchange-traded products that use leverage see outflows in Europe
Covered call ETFs bridging the gap between ETFs and structured strategies
Exchange-traded funds that buy call options on the underlying stocks are attracting big inflows in North America
Edhec-Risk Institute warns of alternative index drawdowns
Edhec is reminding investors that alternative indexes can have significant drawdowns
Index sophistication on the rise in Latin America
Dance to a new rhythm
NBC delivering on yield
The yield hunters
FTSE and NSE announce first independent Kenyan sovereign debt index
FTSE Group and the Nairobi Securities Exchange have launched the first independently calculated Kenyan sovereign debt index, underscoring increasing investor interest in Africa
Dividend strategies deploy increasingly sophisticated screening methods
With exchange-traded funds linked to dividends seeing big inflows, providers are now offering more targeted exposure to the sector
Interest rates house of the year: Barclays
Structured Products Asia Awards 2012
Index innovation: Société Générale
Structured Products Asia Awards 2012
Index roundup
Index roundup
ETF roundup
ETF roundup
Tapping demand for ex-financials exposure
Financials disallowed
Stiff competition in US ETF market forces closure of 40 funds
The big three providers in the US ETF market are consolidating their market share, while smaller firms are struggling
Structured products offer accelerated returns on US equity market gains
Banks have launched a swathe of S&P 500 leveraged return notes on the back of new highs for the benchmark US equity index
Dividend strategies get sophisticated as risk aversion and sustainability drives demand
Targeting high yields
Fixed-income ETF market to hit $2tn within a decade, says iShares
iShares makes a bold prediction for the decade ahead as inflows into fixed-income exchange-traded funds increase, but others are less optimistic
US structured products offer European equities in long tenors
Despite the recent poor performance of European equities, three US banks have registered leveraged return notes based on the Euro Stoxx 50 Index in a single week, some with unusually long maturities
Finra warns investors about 'unpleasant surprises' in ETNs
Four months after the furore surrounding the Tvix exchange-traded note, Finra has responded by issuing an investor alert warning of the risks involved in the products
Indexes of indexes can deliver lower volatility and increased exposure, say providers
An index based on other indexes can offer institutional investors sophisticated strategies and retail investors easier access to capital-protected products in difficult structuring conditions, say index firms
New S&P Dow Jones venture to compete with banks not index providers
Merger of S&P Indices and Dow Jones Indexes will fuel more competition with banks than other index providers, say market participants