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Harry Harrison, head of rates trading at Barclays Capital, talks to Alexander Campbell
Bond and equity yields will remain extremely low this year as a result of demographic changes and a decline in savings, the Barclays Wealth Equity Gilt Study 2010 reports. According to Tim Bond, head...
Tightening spreads are making it more difficult for banks to factor protection into their products and although the market is stabilising, having protection and products they understand is still an important...
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Banks and index providers have been quick to colonise the investment space vacated by stressed hedge funds after transparency became a byword for popularity. With both now offering proprietary dynamic strategies and promising alpha returns, will they...
The increasing FX
FX-linked products are on the rise as yield hungry investors look to one of the few underlyings that has been feasible to structure into short term capital protected notes in recent times while hedging conditions improve for issuers. A transparent and...
HSBC’s Police leaves structured products role
HSBC Global Markets has restructured its derivatives sales in London, aligning its flow and equity sales and separating out its exotics business. Amilcare Police, previously responsible for both vanilla and exotics sales, will remain at the bank but...
Index roundup
Research from Barclays Capital for the second week of February shows continuing trouble for European equities, as fears over sovereign fiscal problems triggered a sell-off of risky assets and realised volatility for the big European equity indexes rose...
Structured products had strong finish to 2009, says Greenwich Associates...
The global retail structured products market made a strong comeback at the end of last year, is poised to return to previous levels and may even grow in the near future, according to research by Greenwich Associates. Barclays Capital and JP Morgan led...
Del Missier: reforms won't end big derivatives profits
With politicians and regulators breathing down dealers' necks, some observers believe the banner year enjoyed by derivatives businesses in 2009 will prove to be a last hurrah. Jerry del Missier, the London-based co-chief executive of Barclays Capital...
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• Deutsche Bank has hired Sal Mirran as head of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) for Asia Pacific. Mirran joins from Fannie Mae, where since 2008 he led strategy and policy-maker engagements, providing solutions and research related to...
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