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Market snapshot
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Source: Structured Products
HSBC was the leading provider of structured products in the US in March, while Royal Bank of Scotland led the way in the UK, producing almost a third of all products offered to retail. Tim Mortimer analyses...
Original headline:
Source: Structured Products
Union Bank has issued a five-year cliquet growth product for US investors that comes in a certificate of deposit wrapper and is linked to the Russell 2000 Index. Returns can be as high as 100% over the...
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
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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
Market snapshot
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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
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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)...
HSBC straddle product offers each-way bet on S&P 500
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Source: Structured Products
HSBC has produced a product that pays out if the S&P 500 rises and also if it falls, with returns on the upside subject to a cap and those on the downside offering greater scope for profit. However, investors must live with the threat of a 70% barrier...
Indexed to inflation, linked to the FTSE 100
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Source: Structured Products
Protean Investments’ debut offering to UK retail investors delivers returns based on the rise in the Retail Price Index, with return of capital dependent on the FTSE 100 staying above 50% of its initial level
Market snapshot
Original headline:
Source: Structured Products
Leverage is back in the US structured products market, with leveraged return notes dominating recent issuance. Providing 28.4% of the new supply, the notes are aimed at investors hunting for a geared return on a preferred underlying, with the products...
Risk Australia Spring 2011
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Source: Risk magazine
Market participants in the Australian financial sector have received some interesting deliveries during the past six months. These tricky shifts have come as many participants have only recently adjusted to the new, post-global financial crisis order. ...
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