Review
Photogallery: OpRisk North America 2016
Free-to-view photographs from OpRisk North America 2016
FVC review: SG launches FTSE 100 product with defensive strike
Product would have beaten index tracker nearly twofold over past six years
FVC retrospective: Meteor autocall pays consistent coupons
Annual growth in FTSE 100 saw product deliver income stream in each year
FVC retrospective: RBS income product delivers on rising US market
Investors get 8% coupon as underlying index maintains year-on-year growth
FVC review: Morgan Stanley launches four-year EM-linked contract
High payout balanced by small buffer offers bullish investors considerable return potential
FVC review: Mariana structured note offers range-bound income
Coupons could surpass risk-free rate but indexes must remain within defined range
Hong Kong regulator in management shake-up, and other recent job news
Job changes in the derivatives, regulation and risk industry throughout Asia
Year of the XVAs: top technical papers and authors of 2015
Funding valuation adjustment under the microscope, along with other, newer XVAs
Esma adds new board members, and other recent job news
Lourdes Centeno and Elisabeth Roegele join EU financial regulator
Source bolsters UK and Swiss offices, plus other recent job news
UK office adds Bhavick Patel while Alain Kunz joins in Switzerland
FVC review: Investec targets retirees with protected deposit plan
Plan offers potential for digital payment at maturity
FVC review: Mariana’s dual-option autocall offers high returns
New autocall boasts comparatively long maturity
FVC review: Citi’s leveraged product could outpace underlying ETF
Principal at risk if 10% capital protection buffer is breached
Photogallery: Risk USA 2015
Free-to-view photographs from Risk USA 2015
Goldman Sachs nabs BNPP’s Asia fixed-income structuring head, and other recent job news
Job changes in the derivatives, regulation and risk industry throughout Asia
Photogallery: OpRisk Awards 2015
Free-to-view photographs from the OpRisk Awards 2015
FVC review: HSBC offers exposure to S&P 500 smart beta strategy
Product aims to improve on PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility Portfolio ETF using risk reduction
FVC review: SocGen income plan balances FTSE 100 and Euro Stoxx 50
Conditional income product offers steady income and could offset potential bear market losses
FVC review: Investec launches capital-protected FTSE 100 note
Product offers 17% maximum return but investors’ capital is protected
Noreen Doyle named as first female BBA chair, and other recent job news
Credit Suisse board member joins trade body for UK banking industry
Citi ousts Asia head of clearing, and other recent job news
Job changes in the derivatives, regulation and risk industry throughout Asia