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Senior FCA official sees cause for concern in RDR implementation
A senior official at the UK Financial Conduct Authority said the regulator sees shortcomings in the way some market participants have responded to the Retail Distribution Review
BNP Paribas has licensed three new Morningstar indexes as benchmarks for structured notes. The French bank is using the Ultimate Stock-Pickers Indexes to create a product based on independent, third-party...
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Synthetic ETF providers praised for counterparty risk efforts, but multiple...
A Morningstar report says synthetic exchange-traded funds have made welcome strides in tackling counterparty risk, but transparency is still lacking in multiple counterparty ETFs
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The ETN that grew too fast
Credit Suisse’s recent move to suspend issuance of a popular exchange-traded note (ETN) caused the value of the note to whipsaw, and the bank is being asked pointed questions by regulators. Other dealers accuse the bank of mishandling the situation...
Rating agency 'young pretenders' aim to challenge Big Three
A new breed of ratings providers have emerged in recent months, intent on muscling in on the territory of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P. Credit talks to two of the new entrants, Morningstar and Realpoint, to see how they differ from what is already available....
Sentiment weakens on US high yield market
Last year saw record returns for US dollar high yield bond funds, but growing risk aversion by investors on the back of sovereign concerns has seen performance fall sharply and significant outflows from funds since the start of February. According to...
Realpoint steps up efforts to compete with major rating agencies
Pennsylvanian credit rating agency Realpoint has set its sights on competing with Fitch, Moody’s and Standard and Poor’s by moving beyond commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) into other asset classes. Best known for its surveillance of underlying...
CME offers CBOT shareholders “best and final offer”
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has upped its bid for cross-town competitor the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) for the third and “final” time, ahead of a shareholder vote on July 9.
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