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Asian volatility indexes too illiquid to hedge risk
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Source: Asia Risk
Asia’s volatility products are not yet liquid enough to draw local investors away from the CBOE Vix
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Source: Structured Products
China’s vast pool of domestic savings has so far been invested internally, but the launch of exchange-traded funds linked to international shares could be a sign that this is about to change. Justin...
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Source: Structured Products
The Morgan West Group, a distributor based in South Africa, is offering an opportunity to invest in the Asian markets of Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan, as well as a currency play on the South African...
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China leads the way as UK structured product providers try new underlyings...
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Source: Structured Products
Asia has captured the attention of UK issuers this month as several new products link to Asian indexes, emerging markets and more exotic underlyings than usual.
Hong Kong to get volatility index ‘early next year’
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Source: Asia Risk
Hong Kong will get a real-time VIX index in the first quarter next year, according to Hang Seng Indexes.
Asia providers on best behaviour for new regulatory regime
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Source: Structured Products
Retail investors in Hong Kong are slowly acclimatising to a new regulatory regime which will be fully implemented from January 2010. Concerns about the regulators zeal have meant that few or none are prepared to exploit any of the current loopholes before...
UK structured products stuck on repeat
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Source: Structured Products
An unfavourable pricing environment and investor caution is resulting in a series of familiar structures in the UK market. A few variations in underlying are evident but all come back to income
Hong Kong poised to launch dividend futures
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Source: Asia Risk
Hong Kong Exchange and Clearing looks set to join rival Singapore Exchange in offering dividend futures contracts
Retrospective: Avoiding the barriers
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Source: Structured Products
This JP Morgan product from November 2008 linked to a basket of four Asian indexes and promised a 2.05% quarterly income payment. In the event of a kickout, however, capital was placed at risk and the amount returned to investors would depend on the worst-performing...
Meteor plan gives investors exposure to emerging markets
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Source: Structured Products
Meteor Asset Management has announced the launch of an emerging markets plan, offering the potential for a 75% return on investment. The five-year Emerging Markets Kick-Out Plan aimed at the UK market tracks two indexes: the Hang Seng China Enterprise...
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