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Buy-side favours low-cost clearing, says UBS
Findings of UBS equity analysts stoke fears of race to the bottom among over-the-counter derivatives clearing firms
As pre-election battles focus on the Bush administration's tax cuts and other economic issues, uncertainty regarding future tax levels is persuading many investors to remain in cash.
Royal Bank of Scotland dominates the lastest US public issuance with its reverse convertibles, while precious metals hold their position as a popular underlying.
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US wrap: Financials are the name of the game
The financial sector provides the basis for several products in the latest US issuance, reflecting a general trend in the structured products market.
Low volatility favours accelerated plans
UK investors have recently been offered emerging markets as an underlying, a commodity fund and no capital protection as providers have been able to structure some attractive payoffs
Emerging markets inflation offered in index form
BarCap has introduced an extension to its inflation-linked index that allows investors to track their funds and fixed-income assets
Stoxx launches Eurostoxx 50 volatility index
Stoxx has launched a volatility index for Barclays Capital that measures the volatility performance of the Eurostoxx 50 through a rules-based mechanism
Analysts hit back at currency war claims
Further Plaza II-type agreement is unlikely, however, and only weak "peer pressure" applied to currency problems, says Barclays Young
Barclays Capital tailors indexes to US stable value industry
Barclays Capital has launched a new index tailored to the needs of the stable value industry and intended to provide a more diversified exposure to debt from the securitised, credit and government sectors
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Structured products issuers in the US offered investors more accelerated growth and less reverse convertible products in August. With the notional issuance of accelerated products now far higher than for reverse convertibles this trend appears to be sustainable....
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