Articles by Richard Jory
RBC Capital adds to structured equity and commodity group
RBC Capital Markets has hired Carmine Meoli as head of Private Banking Solutions Sales and Arif Hussein and Peter Drewienkiewicz as directors in its growing rates sales and trading team.
Editor's letter
This issue marks the fifth anniversary of Structured Products magazine. To commemorate this landmark, we have looked back over every issue since our launch and constructed a timeline featuring some of the most interesting stories and events, as well as…
Casam adds leveraged and short ETFs
Casam has added leveraged and short ETFs to its range, as well as products based on government and corporate bonds. The ETF provider has also included new equity products in the 17 new structures launched today in Paris.
Irregularities mean that Keydata will not be sold as going concern, PwC
Keydata Investment Services Ltd (KIS) will not be sold as a going concern due to irregularities uncovered by insolvency administrator Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC).
Keydata placed in administration by FSA - update
Keydata Investment Services Ltd has been placed into a speedy administration by the UK Financial Services Authority on the grounds that it is insolvent. All new business has been suspended and a temporary suspension of payments on policies has been…
US Wrap: Out comes Barclays again, with plethora of reverse convertibles
Barclays Bank's set of product offerings bloomed as the issuance week in the US as the week drew to a close. The UK bank produced a sequence of reverse convertibles that concentrated mainly on energy stocks, although with many other sectors represented:…
The trace race
The concept of traceability has been a great success in the food industry. Would its adoption by the structured products industry be the quickest way to restore confidence in European markets and help a shattered banking sector? Participants at last…
Tapping the Source
Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Merrill Lynch took a look at the exchange-traded product market, particularly in Europe, and decided that to enter as a provider they needed scale. So the three got together and created Source. Richard…
Holding counterparty risk at arm’s length
Exchange-traded funds have been as exposed to talk of counterparty risk as the next structured product, although the risk is lower. Under the European Union's Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities III regulations, ETFs are…
Editor's letter
While you ponder yet another acronym for structured products - they are now Prips, or packaged retail investment products, according to the European Union - reflect upon the fact that there has been some kind of progress in the calamitous world of…
A steadier ship
Cautious optimism pervaded the fourth annual Structured Products Americas conference, held in May at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables in Miami. Speakers and panellists seemed happy to reacquaint themselves with terms such as volatility, correlation and…
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The pause before paradise?
If you think markets are finally at the bottom, this could be the time to start making the switch from cash. You could also plump for credit products in 2009. All that is required is a return of stability, meaning no more horror stories. But how likely…
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