Feature/Foreign exchange
Uncertain futures
Asia Risk FX Review & Outlook 2009 - India
After the dust settles
Asia Risk FX Review & Outlook 2009 - Settlement risk
Dealing with volatility
Asia Risk FX Review & Outlook 2009 - Comment
Hoax hedges
Asia Risk FX Review & Outlook 2009 - Corporates
Still shackled
Asia Risk FX Review & Outlook 2009 - Currency controls
Estimating intrinsic currency values
Forex market practitioners constantly talk about the strengthening or weakening of individual currencies. In this article, Jian Chen and Paul Doust present a new methodology to quantify these statements in a manner that is consistent with forex market…
Fit for forex
Asia Risk FX Review & Outlook 2009 - Trading systems
Blossoming interest
Asia Risk FX Review & Outlook 2009 - Cover story
Speculating on suitability
Asia Risk FX Review & Outlook 2009 - SMEs
No Indian summer
Asia Risk FX Review & Outlook 2009 - Regulation
US Wrap: Is Barclays note flood sign of rebound?
Barclays Bank has launched 31 new reverse convertible notes into the US market, one of the most compelling signs yet of an upturn in issuance. By far the most prevalent theme was energy, which represented the underlying for 10 of the new notes. Financial…
iShares acquires Mexico’s Naftrac ETF
iShares has acquired the largest and first exchange-traded fund (ETF) in Mexico and Latin America. The Naftrac ETF follows the performance of the IPC (Indice de Precios y Cotizaciones), which is a Mexican stock market index.
Hess leaves Goldman Sachs and returns to Citi
Dirk Hess has joined Citi as a director in the EMEA retail structured products business. Hess will split his time between London and Frankfurt, and be responsible for working across the sales, marketing and new issuance teams to build out Citi's cross…
Grail swoops into US ETF market with actively-managed ETF
Grail Advisers has listed its first exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the Arca platform of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The Grail American Beacon Large Cap Value ETF is an actively-managed fund which uses multi-managers to achieve its return, like a…
SP Magazine Survey: UK IFAs want structured products
The first Structured Products survey of the UK's independent financial adviser (IFA) market has thrown up startlingly positive results which endorse the view that investors are becoming tired of the minimal income on offer from other investment tools.
US Wrap: Electric exposures liven up week
Exposure broadened in the US market yesterday as providers launched notes offering exposure to Brazilian equity, international shares and General Electric stock among other underlyings, putting S&P 500 linked products in the minority.
BNP Paribas offers Millenium tracker fund
BNP Paribas has launched its Millenium Tracker Fund as part of its Privalto Ucits III OEIC (open-ended investment companies) range. The fund is designed to provide exposure the BNP Paribas Millenium 10 Europe Series 3 Total Return index, which comprises…
Simple structures
An increase in risk premiums on sovereign debt is giving banks a headache in pricing certain credit-related structured products. Investor appetite for such deals is in evidence, but mainly for simple, unleveraged products. Sophia Morrell reports
Inflated expectations
It may seem counterintuitive, given these deflationary times, but inflation-linked fixed income strategies are proving a hit with investors as fiscal stimulus raises the threat that inflation will take over in the medium term. William Rhode reports
Financial pricing for the 21st century
Putting a price on assets for which no active market exists is a process mired in complexity and no little controversy. But the pricing models of yesteryear are simply not up to the job. David Patrikarakos looks at the new generation of valuation models…
Danny Davis
Mishcon de Reya's insolvency expert talks about the need for companies to learn to rely less on external funding, and why a UK-style Chapter 11 process isn't necessarily a good idea
Back to basics
We take you back to the credit basics to review everything you thought you already knew but were too afraid to ask ... Susan Hinko of TriOptima explains multilateral terminations
It's payback time
If you still wake up in a cold sweat, haunted by the memory of opening your 2008 bonus slip, you're not alone. Credit professionals across the board saw their bonuses slashed last year. But not all banks were forced to scale back their remuneration…