Indexes
EFG Financial puts the accent on collateralisation
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EFG Financial Products has expanded its presence to the UK in the hope of replicating its success in the Swiss market. London-based managing director Alex Robinson tells Sarah Nowakowska about the growing...
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Generally used as an underlying for growth rather than income products in the US, the S&P 500 index is used as an underlying for approximately 20% of products issued but accounts for roughly 50% of notional...
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This Morgan Stanley product was aimed at bearish investors seeking to profit from declines in the Russell 2000 Index. Principal was at risk if the index performed above a certain level
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Defensive strategies by different means: the divergence in the German...
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Transparency and simplicity remain a key theme for structured product providers in Germany and Switzerland, where even high-net-worth-individual accounts at private banks want simple payouts and low counterparty risk. By Michael Marray
Trade of the month: UK alternatives to the FTSE 100
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A PDF of this article is available The UK structured retail product market shows a strong bias towards the FTSE 100, the main domestic equity index, which comprises the largest 100 stocks listed on the London Stock Exchange. The two peaks of non-FTSE...
FVC custom indexes
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A PDF of this article is available In the European region, the Future Value Consultants accelerated and income indexes both fell compared to their performance over the same period last year and last month. The largest fall was in the most volatile of...
Meteor offers typical review with kickout
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Meteor is offering a five-year kickout product that pays 5.5% on a quarterly basis if five FTSE 100 index shares are above 95% of their initial level
How index and ETF innovation is delivering more focused exposure to...
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Emerging markets ETFs are gaining traction with investors as providers innovate and generate new strategies for emerging markets exposure. As ETFs based on emerging markets local currency government bond indexes emerge, and others target specific themes...
Indexes round-up
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LSE takes full control of FTSE; Dow Jones Indexes and UBS launch new commodity forwards index; JP Morgan looks to Next Generation; Bursa Malaysia and FTSE rejig FTSE Bursa Malaysia index series
Structured products house of the year: BNP Paribas
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The eurozone sovereign debt crisis has focused the minds of structured products investors on counterparty risk. Concerns about the size of sovereign debt holdings, as well as access to US dollar funding, has pushed the credit default swap (CDS) spreads...
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