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Structured Products Americas: Mis-selling a bigger issue than regulation...
A panel of regulators, trade association leaders and lawyers opened this year's Structured Products Americas conference with opinions on how best to regulate the market. Delegates also participated in a live audio Q&A with the SEC's Amy Starr, who shared...
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Jürgen Vandenbroucke of the Faculty of Applied Economics at the University of Antwerp and KBC Asset Management elaborates on risk control applied to option-based capital-protected products and rules-based portfolio insurance. Vandenbroucke argues that...
Lookback: Google and Wikipedia searches can predict market movements...
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Unicredit offers a low barrier and a 4.75% coupon on Deutsche Bank stock...
Unicredit is offering German investors a classic structured product in the form of a reverse convertible based on Deutsche Bank stock. The relatively low 60% barrier for the two-year product is almost as appealing as the 4.75% annual coupon
UBS reverse convertible short on tenor but high on volatility
UBS has issued two high-yielding reverse convertibles based on the high volatility of the underlying stocks – Research in Motion and Alpha Resources – that offer substantial returns from very short-term products
Wells Fargo offers seven-year note linked to funds basket
Wells Fargo has released a long-term structured product in the US based on funds and an ETF
Structured Products Nordics: Sweden working to eradicate ‘rotten apples’...
Though most distributors play by the rules, some firms may still be selling the wrong products to the wrong investors, says panellist at Structured Products magazine's Nordic conference
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