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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...
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Insurers eye CPPI structures for next generation of savings products
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Law firm of the year: Davis Polk & Wardwell
Davis Polk & Wardwell's transactional work during 2012 - when it advised on 2,100 offerings, worth $32 billion, or an average of 40 per week - would have been impressive in any year. But as the firm's clients will tell you, 2012 was not any year. When...
Structured products house of the year, Americas: JP Morgan
"The difference is, certain issuers are in it for a shorter-term focus, whereas JP Morgan is in it for the long-term," says Glenn Lotenberg, managing director at Incapital in Boca Raton, Florida. "The platform they have set up has been a major success,...
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...
Structured Products Americas Awards 2013: JP Morgan takes top spot
We reveal the winners of this year's awards celebrating excellence in the Americas
Index innovation of the year: Barclays
With investors demanding a more thorough approach to investing and increasingly viewing investments as systematic sources of risk and return, Barclays has focused on the development of tradable indexes that capture liquid alternative risk premia across...
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