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Volatility products hit by negative roll yield
Some volatility products aimed at investors have performed poorly so far this year – more so than the movement in volatility indexes would imply. The cost of rolling into new index futures contracts...
An unusually long tenor for a US structured product is one prominent feature of UBS’s Contingent Real-Return Performance Securities. Based on the S&P 500 and a US Consumer Price Index, returns are uncapped,...
Barclays Capital has launched an equity inflation index designed to maintain investors' purchasing power by utilising BarCap's research to identify stocks from industry sectors that have, on average, provided...
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With uncertainty in financial markets seemingly at an all-time high this year, structures highly correlated to the Vix volatility index have found favour with retail and institutional investors alike. As well as selling volatility outright, structurers...
S&P to introduce Vix concept to global markets
The index provider will provide investors in Australia, Canada and India with real-time volatility indexes this year
Société Générale boards volatility bandwagon
Société Générale has launched a volatility index aimed at investors seeking portfolio diversification and wish to profit from rising equity volatility
RBS index taps Mongolian growth potential
Royal Bank of Scotland has launched the RBS Mongolia Opportunity (TR) Index, which provides German investors with access to one of the fastest-growing economies in the world
Stoxx brings full transparency to ESG index construction
The Global ESG Leaders Index family is based on data from Sustainalytics and will publish its methodology and ratings, allowing investors to explore the factors that render a company eligible for inclusion
How can investment banks use grid technology?
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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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