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Regulatory web tightening for structured products, Iosco report shows
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A consultation report by the international consortium of securities regulators shows more, not less, regulation is the likely endgame for the world's markets. Yakob Peterseil analyses the trend towards...
EDITOR'S LETTER
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After spending so much time creating new rules, shouldn't regulators spend a little more time investigating the best ways to get their message across?
EDITOR'S CHOICE
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The Libor rate scandal: exclude equity indexes from upcoming regulation, say providers
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The Libor-rigging scandal has sparked moves to tighten the rules behind the production of key industry benchmarks. But are regulators right to have...
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Investors will warm to equities next year; European institutional investors negative on sovereign bonds; Britons in a risk-off mode; Myra Capital to...
Full capital protection for Cater Allen's structured products
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Private bank Cater Allen has ridden the convulsions of the financial crisis by continuing to prioritise safety and simplicity in its products, while...
Pricing and risk in changing markets
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Pricing and risk have been influenced by the state of financial markets, but also by regulation. Tim Mortimer of Future Value Consultants analyses how...
The Retail Distribution Review: how will it affect structured products?
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The Retail Distribution Review is hailed as the biggest shake-up of UK financial services since the Big Bang. But there is disagreement about its likely...
Improving the European Commission's Prips proposals
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The European Commission’s proposal on packaged retail investment products has raised questions, especially with regard to the key investor information...
How index providers are enhancing exposure to emerging markets
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Emerging markets have suffered amid investor concerns over equity markets in general. But providers of indexes, exchange-traded funds and structured...
Providers place product platforms on a pedestal
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The past 18 months have been dominated by the race to get single-dealer structured product platforms up and running. Originally designed to improve...
Structured Products Europe: Should the scope of Prips be extended?
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The European Commission’s proposal on packaged retail investment products was a hot topic at the Structured Products Europe conference, with seconded...
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Trade of the month: range-defined products
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In this article we shall consider products which have income potential defined by ‘range' type conditions. These products may or may not have capital...
Index roundup
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Nomura targets private equity; S&P Dow Jones Indexes launches low-vol Asia index; MSCI tracks large China stock; FTSE index tracks US green property
Market snapshot
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Royal Bank of Canada led the issuance tables in the US in October, while Investec Structured Products dominated in the UK
Trade of the month: Range-defined products
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Tim Mortimer outlines his trade of the month
Retrospective analysis: Natwest's Asian index basket relies on minimum return feature
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Natwest issued a product linked to a basket of Asian indexes before the financial crisis sent them plummeting, but the minimum return feature means...
SG launches range-defined income product
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This six-year product from Société Générale offers UK investors an annual income stream as long as the FTSE 100 index remains within a specified range...
Corporate statement: UniCredit
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After a difficult year in the stock markets, UniCredit is responding to the demand from German investors having diverse investment preferences
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Eusipa: Leveraged products in demand
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Leveraged products are finding favour with European investors, according to members of the European Structured Investment Products Association
People: BNP Paribas loses key sales heads
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Eric le Brusq and Amaury des Deserts exit BNP; Credit structuring takes a hit at UBS; Nizam Hamid leaves Lyxor; Tobin rejoins Barclays in wealth management...
Total return swaps on iBoxx touted as alternative to corporate bond index ETFs
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Exchange-traded funds that give exposure to corporate bond indexes could face competition from total return swaps on the indexes, say market participants...
Deutsche Bank makes switch to physical ETFs as investors shun synthetics
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Deutsche Bank joins the trend for ETFs backed by real assets
Structured Products Europe: Vanguard's emerging markets switch highlights the need to scrutinise index constituents, say speakers
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Vanguard's replacement of an MSCI index with a FTSE index as the underlying for emerging markets exchange-traded fund should remind investors to look...
Structured products market in Greece stabilises ahead of debt sustainability talks
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Investors in Greece appear calmer than in May and June, when fears of currency redenomination saw structured product sales surge
RDR rules risk being seen as a product endorsement, say IFAs
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Fears that focus on product governance post-RDR will be seen as an endorsement by the UK regulator
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