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The pricing paradox
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Despite recent outflows from locally listed exchange-traded funds and a flight to US equities, investors in Latin America can soon expect to see local dividend indexes, hot on the heels of the region's...
Low initial listing fees and heavy use of over-the-counter trading platforms are squeezing profitability for the structured products segments on the Frankfurt and Stuttgart stock exchanges. Michael Marray...
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Index innovation: Société Générale
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