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Brexit is a tragedy for EU financial services regulation
Loss of influence belies critical role UK played in crafting sensible financial rules
Structured Products Advances in Technology Guide & Directory 2013
Structured Products Advances in Technology Guide & Directory 2013
Market snapshot
Market snapshot
UBS files riskiest products in latest SEC registrations
Reverse convertibles from UBS linked to Chesapeake Energy shares have the highest riskmap scores in the latest filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
Structured Products Advances in Technology Guide & Directory 2012
Structured Products Advances in Technology Guide & Directory 2012
Market snapshot
Market snapshot
Trade of the month: Cliquets in the US CD market
Trade of the month: Cliquets in the US CD market
FVC custom indexes
FVC custom indexes
Commerzbank Twin Win notes fall victim to low barrier
The index fails to recover
SG's peso-denominated note returns 4.3% per annum
Mexican stand-off
UBS offers nine-month play on Apple
A quick bite of Apple
Union Bank issues five-year cliquet linked to Russell 2000
Protection in a CD wrapper
Future Value Consultants
Future Value Consultants
US structured products show preference for baskets of underlyings
Recent US structured products issuances have contained several products with multiple underlyings and the latest follows suit with basket products from HSBC, Barclays and Morgan Stanley.
Tenors get extended as structurers face poor market conditions
Maturities for US structured products get stretched and Barclays issues a reverse convertible with a high risk rating
Resource investments prove popular but remain relatively risky
Royal Bank of Canada is the only player in the issuance with its reverse convertibles, a handful of which are based on natural resources.
The callable countdown
JP Morgan has launched a callable countdown constant maturity swap range-accrual certificate of deposit that pays a coupon dependent on the proportion of days the CMS rate is within a 0-6.25% range. The tenor is 15 years and the product benefits from…
UK accumulation
Barclays is offering an accumulator product based on the FTSE 100, with lock-ins for every 15% rise in the index subject to a 60% cap. If the index does not trade above a 115% strike level and the 50% protection barrier is breached, capital is not…