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FVC custom indexes
Original headline:
Source: Structured Products
The US benchmark S&P 500 index has risen by just over 4% a month for the past two months, while the US accelerated index has seen increases of 5% in January and roughly 3% in February. The income and protected...
Original headline:
Source: Structured Products
Structured Investment Group has produced a five-year, at-risk growth product as its first offering to the UK market. Royal Bank of Scotland is the issuer and the FTSE 100 Index is the underlying
Original headline:
Source: Structured Products
Investec has released the latest of its deposit plan series to include options related to two indexes, the FTSE 100 and the Even 30. The latter was created for use in the Baa rated bank’s structured...
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UBS offers autocallable with low barrier
Original headline:
Source: Structured Products
UBS is offering US investors an autocallable product based on Halliburton stock which a 62% barrier, low enough to make the product less risky than contemporaneous, similar offerings
Product performance
Original headline:
Source: Structured Products
FVC’s Tim Mortimer analyses three products that typically appear in the US market, a capital-at-risk product linked to the common stock of Bank of America, a growth product based on Lululemon, and a hypothetical capital-protected structured based around...
Market snapshot
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Source: Structured Products
Tim Mortimer analyses the supply of public market structured products in the US and UK, finding that Barclays Bank is the only institution that is a top three issuer in each country. Leveraged return notes were the most issued product by notional, while...
Trade of the month: Linear payout combinations
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Source: Structured Products
The product issued by Structured Investments Group (SIG) that is featured on page 38 consists of a linear payout combination and features four times market growth up to a maximum of 50%. This is achieved when the index shows growth in excess of 12.5%....
Reverse convertibles dominate as US supply slows
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Source: Structured Products
Seven structured products were registered with the SEC on March 12, with reverse convertibles from UBS leading the way
Market snapshot
Original headline:
Source: Structured Products
Issuance volumes in the US surged by 60% in January, dominated by leveraged returns, review bonds and kickouts. HSBC led the way, while Investec maintained its lead in the UK market in January. Tim Mortimer reviews the numbers
Trade of the month: investment strategies
Original headline:
Source: Structured Products
The UK Financial Services Authority review of structured products has encouraged issuers to take a closer look at product design, with an eye to creating investments with an outcome that investors can understand. For example, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)...
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