Feature/Foreign exchange

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…

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…

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…

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