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Van Eck launches Fallen Angels ETF amid increased demand for high-yield corporate debt
A new Market Vectors ETF from Van Eck is the latest in a busy period of corporate bond fund launches, highlighting continued demand for high-yield products
Divergence in return profiles hints at returning US risk appetite
Digitals and leveraged return notes linked to the S&P 500 are among the latest products to be filed with the SEC, while UBS has offered a reverse convertible linked to MGM Resorts
HSBC offers four-year digital structure as financial underlyings prove popular
Leveraged return notes and reverse convertibles remain popular in the latest US public issuance, but HSBC is offering a digital structure with a long tenor and products linked to financials
US issuers diversify from reverse convertibles
The latest filing with the SEC is dominated by leveraged return notes and reverse convertibles, with some autocallables and a straddle offering diversity
European appetite for volatility ETFs blossoms
Inflows into volatility ETFs in Europe have spurred the launch of new products to satisfy investor interest in this asset class
Barclays Bank puts McDonald's on the menu with US leveraged return note
Barclays Bank has filed a leveraged return product with the SEC based on McDonald's shares
HSBC offers a product cocktail in the US as RBS adds a digital
HSBC provided a broad selection of structures in its product filings with the SEC on April 5, while Royal Bank of Scotland launched a digital structure and Morgan Stanley offered principal protection
HSBC offers autocallables linked to Russell 2000 and S&P 500
Autocallables continue to be popular in the US, with four new products registered with the SEC
Majority of fund selectors use ETFs as tactical investments
More than half of UK wealth managers and global fund selectors use ETFs to gain tactical exposure to certain markets, according to new survey
Bank of Montreal wakes up to coffee company-linked product
Bank of Montreal has filed a coffee company-linked product with the SEC, and UBS has registered another seven reverse convertibles
ETFs have improved price efficiency between spot and futures markets, Edhec
ETFs have been a positive influence on the trading of related futures and securities markets, according to an Edhec survey
Credit Suisse offers worst reverse
Two worst reverse convertibles were filed by Credit Suisse in yesterday's SEC filing
Physical ETFs are less risky, say European investors
Research institute Edhec-Risk's annual European exchange-traded funds survey has found that European investors think physical replication is less risky than synthetic exposure
Reverse convertibles get a clean sweep in latest US structured products filings
All the structured products filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on March 27 were reverse convertibles
Technology, natural resources and banks fuel reverse convertibles rush
Fourteen reverse convertibles, mostly from UBS, one autocallable and two leveraged return notes make up the latest batch of structured products to be filed with the SEC
Goldman Sachs offers leveraged return note linked to 20 stocks
Goldman Sachs is offering a leveraged return note based on an extraordinary 20 US stocks. Friday's registration of structured products for the public issuance market was otherwise peppered with reverse convertibles, as well as the odd leveraged return…
US investors get longer tenors, protection and bonuses
JP Morgan and HSBC have filed principal-protected notes with lengthy terms with the SEC, while UBS has registered three five-year autocallables linked to ETFs
Straddles in vogue as Goldman and JP Morgan dominate
Both JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs filed three new products with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on March 21, offering a selection of autocallable, straddle, reverse convertible and leveraged return notes
Credit Suisse joins the technology trend with Apple straddle
UBS and Credit Suisse have both filed products based on the performance of Apple shares with the SEC. Half of the latest products registered with the regulator are leveraged return notes
UBS offers investors a bite of Apple
UBS has filed two reverse convertibles linked to the stock of Apple, while JP Morgan picks Netflix as a technology underlying
Bank of Montreal rolls out more reverse convertibles
The Canadian bank has registered a further three reverse convertibles with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, while JP Morgan and Citi filed straddle products linked to the performance of ETFs