S&p 500
Market snapshot
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As the volume of sales of structured products in the US decreases, leveraged return products remain the most popular product, followed by bonus structures and then reverse convertibles. The UK market continues...
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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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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...
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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
Digital linked to S&P 500 with downside gearing
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Goldman Sachs has issued a two-year digital structure linked to the S&P 500 index. Aimed at relatively cautious investors, principal is nevertheless subject to downside gearing if the index is below a 70% barrier at the product’s maturity
Lookback
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S&P Indices has reported dismal return figures for investors in 2011: an overall $3 trillion loss and a 10.07% decrease in global markets, according to the S&P Global Broad Market Index (BMI). Excluding the US, which shows only a minor decline of 0.82%,...
Product performance
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A PDF of this article is available here This month's products include a leveraged return note linked to the S&P 500, a reverse convertible linked to the Dow Jones Industrial Average and a five-year principal-protected note linked to the Russell 2000....
Product performance
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This month we compare the performance of three unleveraged return products, two linked to popular benchmark indexes and one to the stock of Amazon
Product retrospective: Breaking barriers
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We take a look at the performance of a product originally reviewed in January 2009 that was aimed at investors betting on modest growth in the S&P 500 index. The inclusion of an upside barrier restricted potential returns to 45%
Credit Suisse links to two US benchmark indexes
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Credit Suisse has issued this autocallable product that kicks out with a fixed return if two US indexes avoid declines at the first anniversary. Investors risk losing capital if the product continues until maturity and a final day barrier is breached...
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