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US wrap: Market moves to sector and country-specific fund underlyings
The US market is displaying creativity with underlyings in the latest issuance, with funds used as the basis for products from HSBC and JP Morgan. Products are using funds with increasing frequency in...
Eksportfinans offers Brazil index fund product, Swedish Export Credit Corporation abandons downside protection
Brazil is justifiably proud of the progress it had made in the implementation of Basel II, due for completion in 2013. However, a sudden increase in lending is raising a host of data issues and diverting...
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US wrap: HSBC offers single-country exposure to emerging markets as...
Structured products issuance in the US public market has undergone a revival with a sudden flood of accelerated growth products
HSBC bolsters ETF range with emerging markets offering
HSBC has listed a Brazil ETF in London as it builds its fledgling ETF operations and expands into European markets
Corporates with emerging market operations prove attractive to bond...
As growth in developing economies – particularly the Bric countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China – outstrips that of the developed world, companies with sizeable emerging market exposure are looking increasingly attractive to bond investors....
World Cup trades hit fever pitch
As the dust settles on the World Cup and those that bought televisions on the basis that their national football team would win the tournament wonder how to match their rash expenditure with reality, Richard Jory reviews the copious research supporting...
CDS lessons from the emerging markets
Eurozone politicians are pushing for a ban on naked sovereign credit default swaps (CDSs) – but the eurozone CDS market is relatively young. In emerging markets, where it has a longer history, CDSs are sometimes the hero, sometimes the villain – and...
US Wrap: Market reignites love affair with reverse convertibles
After deviating into a variety of product structures in recent issuances, the US market has returned to its love affair with the reverse convertible in the latest offering. One of these, issued by Barclays, is based on the MSCI Brazil Index Fund. This...
Brazil leads booming sovereign CDS trade
Sovereign CDS transactions eclipsed corporate protection volume in past nine months.
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