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S&P offers interest rate arbitrage indexes
Index provider Standard & Poor's has launched the S&P Forward Interest Rate Arbitrage Index series, which is designed to provide exposure to interest-rate based investment strategies. The index series,...
iShares has launched four new fixed income ETFs, adding to the four launched by the fund provider last month as it continues to build its business in the asset class. The new funds, which are listed on...
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Corporate bond volumes have been soaring as companies scramble to meet their funding requirements in the wake of the loan market's demise. Simon Boughey looks at whether this wave of issuance is a temporary phenomenon or whether it heralds a permanent...
Aluminium canned
Aluminium prices hit a seven-year low in March. Is there any bullish news for the market? Roderick Bruce finds out
JP Morgan debuts Alerian note using Bear licence
JP Morgan has launched a new exchange-traded note (ETN) linked to the Alerian MLP (master limited partnerships) Index. The bank acquired rights to the index following its purchase of ailing US investment house Bear Stearns 12 months ago, which previously...
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Claims that the WTI price benchmark has become ineffective have led some in the oil industry to call for a new US marker for sour crude. Roderick Bruce measures industry reaction and the potential for a global sour crude benchmark
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Ray Eyles, JP Morgan's CEO for European commodities, a 20-year market veteran, speaks to Roderick Bruce about the bank's continued expansion in commodity markets during challenging times for the banking sector
Oil Storage Data - Taking Stock
Volatile prices and perceived problems with WTI as a benchmark have triggered renewed calls for weekly European stock data to supplement US data. An EC directive is currently being discussed, but not everyone is in favour of this, finds Rachel Morison...
Exploiting Japan's renegade repos
Last year's market declines pushed Nikkei forwards to eye-watering levels, wiping out implied dividend yields as repos dived below -100 basis points. Issuers that spotted the imbalance are now pushing structured trades that seek to profit from these disparities....
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