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Cat bonds set for boom year as new investors eye market
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Despite a subdued level of activity in 2011, the cat bond market is expected to boom this year as new investors pile in and rates harden in the traditional reinsurance market. Thomas Whittaker reports...
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Private banks have tended to concentrate on the super-wealthy – clients they now call professional investors – but as new regulations governing structured products continue to categorise most high-net-worth...
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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...
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OCC: equity derivatives to get a cross-margin service
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Margin efficiency is going to be key to both listed and OTC derivatives markets, but the equity market has been lagging - a result of regulatory opacity. Michael Watt talks to Mike McClain, executive vice-president and head of business development and...
RBS retains structured products in restructure
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Royal Bank of Scotland retains its investor products and equity derivatives businesses in its latest restructuring, but ditches cash equities, corporate broking, equity capital markets and mergers and acquisitions. Richard Jory reports
ETFs: moving beyond the synthetic-versus-physical debate
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The past year has seen the exchange-traded funds industry plagued by discussions about the relative complexity of synthetic and physical ETFs. Will the newly published European Securities and Markets Authority guidelines on the products put the matter...
Start of 2012 sees surge in commodities ETF launches
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Commodities have returned to the structured products spotlight as providers come up with new, more efficient ways of gaining exposure to the asset class and explore innovative ways to package commodity-based investments. By Hannah Collins
The new normal: structurers learn to live with low interest rates
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Rock bottom interest rates in a difficult macro environment and the prospect of upcoming regulations have led to a need for banks to focus on products optimised around constraints. As the mood remains cautious in Europe and many developed markets approach...
European power market coupling marches on
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Market coupling projects continue to spread across Europe, bringing the market closer to achieving a single power price – but challenges still lie ahead. In the first article in a series focusing on European power markets, Gillian Carr looks at the...
Credit rating agencies: what are the alternatives for energy markets?
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Repeated stumbles by the credit rating agencies have led risk managers to explore new ways of assessing counterparties. Alexander Osipovich examines the alternatives
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