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Improving the European Commission's Prips proposals
The European Commission’s proposal on packaged retail investment products has raised questions, especially with regard to the key investor information document. Rita Laura D’Ecclesia, professor of...
Emerging markets have suffered amid investor concerns over equity markets in general. But providers of indexes, exchange-traded funds and structured products are offering enhanced techniques such as risk...
The past 18 months have been dominated by the race to get single-dealer structured product platforms up and running. Originally designed to improve speed and efficiency, they are now helping to cut costs...
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The outlook for 2013: Regulation and rates rule
As another year ends, leading structured products professionals offer their predictions for the coming 12 months in our annual outlook. Not surprisingly, regulation and low interest rates are key concerns, but opinions differ about which asset classes...
Structured Products Europe: Should the scope of Prips be extended?
The European Commission’s proposal on packaged retail investment products was a hot topic at the Structured Products Europe conference, with seconded national expert Tim Shakesby saying some European politicians believe the scope of the regulation should...
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BNP Paribas A focus on protecting investor capital against Belgian inflation has put BNP Paribas one step ahead of its competitors this year. The bank has created something of a niche for itself by basing several products around inflation in the form...
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Bank Vontobel From August of this year, Bank Vontobel began the process of establishing a multi-issuer platform through which investors can buy products not only issued by Vontobel, but also from a range of other issuers in partnership with the Swiss...
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Royal Bank of Scotland Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has been tempting Dutch investors into structured products this year by innovating with underlyings such as French government bond futures and Facebook shares. The bank retained its position as market...
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