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Prop index growth sparks legal fears
Proprietary indexes are one of the few remaining hot spots for product structuring, but with banks churning out new investments from one week to the next, lawyers are increasingly worried that some product...
S&P tracks Andean equities; Bank of China Hong Kong and FTSE track offshore renminbi; ATX Global Players index lands in Vienna; FTSE launches environmental tech index
Iosco has confronted the 'one size fits all' debate in its draft Principles on Financial Benchmarks, the responses for which are due today (May 16)
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Index roundup: Stoxx launches 3D printing index
Stoxx tracks 3D printing sector; FTSE and DPT partner for long-short commodity indexes; NYSE Liffe adds NSI options; Stoxx announces GC Pooling index; Market Vectors tracks Africa GDP
Index roundup: Nomura launches momentum index
Momentum strategy delivers good skew, says Nomura; S&P Dow Jones Indices launches Givi sharia indexes; MSCI expands economic exposure series; FTSE indexes deliver sensitivity to economic cycle
The Libor rate scandal: exclude equity indexes from upcoming regulation...
The Libor-rigging scandal has sparked moves to tighten the rules behind the production of key industry benchmarks. But are regulators right to have roped broader equity indexes into a debate that was triggered by attempts to rig a financial market reference...
Investec capital-protected income plan allows investors to recover missed...
Investec Structured Products has issued the FTSE 100 Target Income Deposit Plan 1, a non-commission product suitable for fee-based advisers that offers an annual income stream while protecting initial capital against market risk
Index roundup: Esma and EBA move to strengthen Euribor
Esma and EBA publish Euribor recommendations; Tel Aviv Stock Exchange launches lower-rated bond index; S%P Down Jones Indices launches real estate proxy
Interview: S&P Dow Jones Indices' Alex Matturri on bringing two big...
Last year saw the merger of Dow Jones Indexes and S&P Indices. Alex Matturri, CEO of S&P Dow Jones Indices, talks about bringing the brands together and what lies in store for the future
Index providers look to apply minimum volatility success story to other...
Minimum volatility strategies have been a huge hit in the equity space. Index providers are now planning to apply them to fixed income and commodities
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Learn how technology is enhancing risk management
Technology can provide a competitive advantage in banking. How it is applied by Tier 1 and Tier 2 institutions, to the benefit for their risk management systems, is discussed.
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