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Structured Products Nordics: Sweden's regulator demands greater transparency...
Nordic financiers complain of being unfairly scrutinised while regulators hint they would like to take more control of how structured products are sold. Vita Millers reports from the Structured Products...
Proprietary indexes are one of the few remaining hot spots for product structuring, but with banks churning out new investments from one week to the next, lawyers are increasingly worried that some product...
CaixaBank’s structured products offering has benefited in Spain as investors look for better returns than those offered by deposits. Jonathan López reports
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Structured Products Americas: Mis-selling a bigger issue than regulation...
A panel of regulators, trade association leaders and lawyers opened this year's Structured Products Americas conference with opinions on how best to regulate the market. Delegates also participated in a live audio Q&A with the SEC's Amy Starr, who shared...
Hybrid structured products: investors undeterred by potential for complexity...
Hybrid products are seeing increased demand – but they are not without complications. Vita Millers reports
Collateral damage: Capital proposals threaten Europe's ABS market
The European Central Bank wants to promote securitisation, but critics of the Basel Committee’s proposed new capital rules fear the extra burden will snuff out the European market altogether. The stage is set for the latest clash between policy and...
People: Credit Suisse names Brian Chan head of equity derivatives sales...
Chan replaces Min Park at the Swiss bank; Mary Jo White takes the helm at the SEC; Apra names new chair; Source boosts institutional client coverage; Lyxor hires senior strategist
Regulatory web tightening for structured products, Iosco report shows
A consultation report by the international consortium of securities regulators shows more, not less, regulation is the likely endgame for the world's markets. Yakob Peterseil analyses the trend towards interventionism
US distributor of the year: Incapital
It is not often a company puts its own capital at risk to help an industry advance, but so strong was the belief that non-principal-protected structured products were the way forward, that this is what Incapital decided to do last year, and the results...
US structurer of the year: Credit Suisse
Gold is an intriguing investment, but it was Credit Suisse that last year made it very simple, with the first covered call, exchange-traded product issued in the US. The exchange-traded note (ETN) was launched at the start of February 2012 and was distributed...
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