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Banks repay $68bn in Tarp funds to US Treasury
Ten of the largest US financial institutions that have received public funds under the Troubled Assets Relief Program (Tarp) scheme are to pay back $68 billion after they were approved to reimburse the...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Asic) lifted its restrictions on covered short selling of financial securities on May 25, after an eight-month ban on the practice that stemmed from...
More than HK$1 billion ($129 million) of accumulator products was traded on June 3 in Hong Kong, the largest single-day volume for more than 18 months, dealers say. In an accumulator, the buyer of the...
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Duggan offers credit and equity play
Duggan Asset Management, a Dublin-based niche investment firm, has launched a 100% capital protected deposit-based structured product - called the Credit Bond. The product is designed to give investors exposure to the high-yield credit market by investing...
Volatility returns to pre-Lehman levels
Market volatility across several sectors has dropped back to levels last seen before the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008, lending weight to the belief that the financial markets are on the road to recovery.
US Wrap: Momentum accelerates towards week end
Issuance gathered pace yesterday as four providers launched a diverse spread of 18 products. Bank of America unveiled accelerated growth and kick-out structures, neither of which offered exposure to the usual S&P 500 index, but instead exposed investors...
Selling pressure lifts on dividends
Implied dividends of European stocks, derived from the prices of dividend swaps on the DJ Eurostoxx 50 index, have rallied sharply, reflecting growing confidence about the future of the equity market.
SEC roundtable: circuit breakers most favoured short-selling rule
Participants favoured circuit breakers, which halt trading in volatile markets, over other proposed short-selling restrictions discussed at the US Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) roundtable on May 5.
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Mishcon de Reya's insolvency expert talks about the need for companies to learn to rely less on external funding, and why a UK-style Chapter 11 process isn't necessarily a good idea
Counting on Kotak
The structured products market in India had little exposure to Lehman Brothers but the US bank's collapse helped to dent retail demand due to newly perceived credit risks. Kotak Mahindra Bank has responded by distributing short tenor trades with minimum...
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