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This month we focus on Europe and Japan. There are notable differences and similarities between the monthly performance of the regions’ respective benchmark indexes – the Nikkei 225 and the EuroStoxx...
Hedge Funds Review has announced the winners of its eighth European Fund of Hedge Funds Awards. These FoHF awards are the only ones celebrating success in the FoHF industry.
Standard & Poor's (S&P) has launched a eurozone government bond index which will measure the performance of the developed European Union government bond market. The index is made up of bonds issued by...
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Insurers urge G-20 to recognise sector-specific needs
The European insurance and reinsurance federation (CEA) has called on the Group of 20 to take the insurance industry’s needs into account when deciding on new regulations. In a letter to UK prime minister Gordon Brown ahead of this week’s Pittsburgh...
Trade of the month: Secondary trading
The secondary trading of structured products in the UK is limited by low liquidity, which is partly due to bid-offer spreads that are wide enough to deter investors. While most providers of retail structured products in the UK publish prices throughout...
Fund issuance gathers pace as European investors seek safety
Increasingly sophisticated investment strategies are being packaged into liquid funds as investors across Europe seek to avoid counterparty risk. Fund investment has also been prompted by the imminent implementation of tax laws in Germany which will put...
The transparency tide
The issue of counterparty risk and how best to convey it to retail investors dominated the agenda at the Structured Products Europe conference. Delegates explored ways of identifying and mitigating risk, while the rise in structured funds and regulation...
Commodities House - JP Morgan
Over the past year, the commodities story has given investors as much drama and volatility as have equity markets. Despite the strong fundamental case underlying the asset class, sub-sectors have had wildly variable performances. Oil, for example, smashed...
Interest Rates House - BNP Paribas
The market dynamic that existed before the euro curve's unexpected and sharp inversion was characterised by hordes of structured interest-rate players selling bundles of constant maturity swap (CMS) structures, particularly with digital triggers. Meanwhile,...
Technology Innovation - Numerix
In a market where returns and risk management practices appear to have unravelled over the last year, the provision of independent risk monitoring and pricing technology is more important than ever. In line with this need, Numerix has maintained its position...
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