Articles by Sarah Nowakowska
Deleveraging gathers pace as Asian investors favour cash and liquid assets
Increased risk aversion and a more negative outlook have spurred offloading of risk and deleveraging among Asian investors, who are now opting for liquid assets such as cash bonds and shorter-dated products
Denmark’s new retail risk labels 'too broad and inflexible'
Danish regulations that divide investments into three categories of risk are too broad and will stunt structured products activity, say market participants
Vontobel on the right platform
On the right platform
Demand for active strategies and sector cherry-picking set to remain strong in commodities
Volatile commodity markets are boosting the use of dynamic and active strategies to access the asset class, with a greater emphasis on direct exposure to particular sectors and underlying selection
Barclays launches volatility ETN in Japan
Barclays Bank has listed a volatility exchange-traded note linked to the S&P Vix Short-Term Futures Index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
New strategic ETNs seek to exploit volatility and mitigate risk
The latest exchange-traded notes from Barclays, Credit Suisse and RBS offer alternative strategies aimed at making the most of market volatility or hedging against tougher conditions
Nordic region sees surge in securitised derivatives and structured product issuance
Market volatility and increased competition in Nordic markets drive trading spike in securitised derivatives and number of structured products
Best in Australia
Best in Australia
Best in Malaysia
Best in Malaysia
Best in South Korea
Best in South Korea
Commodities House of the Year
Commodities House of the Year
A flying start for offshore renminbi but equity structures in short supply
Offshore appreciation
Gilliat gets creative with its structures
Spicing up the payouts
Market volatility sees potential payouts rise and interest in gold and volatility ETNs intensify
Market volatility sees potential payouts rise and interest in gold and volatility ETNs intensify
Dow Jones adds contango-reducing strategy to its index suite
Dow Jones adds contango-reducing strategy to its index suite
Barclays provides Japan with first listed ETNs
Barclays provides Japan with first listed ETNs
Italian investors drawn to commodity baskets to hedge and diversify from bond exposure
Italian investors drawn to commodity baskets to hedge and diversify from bond exposure
Listed warrants return to the Polish market
Raiffeisen Centrobank has broadened its structured products range in Poland with the launch of more than a hundred products based on domestic underlyings on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, including the first listed warrants since 2005
BBVA is to add volatility sub-index to its Jim Rogers’ resources index to create structured products
BBVA is to add volatility sub-index to its Jim Rogers’ resources index to create structured products
ETFs linked to agricultural commodities surge as supply tightens
Exchange-traded funds linked to some agricultural commodities such as wheat have seen the strongest investment inflows over the first part of the year, with soft commodities presenting low or stretched inventory levels leading the trend
Structured credit landscape revives the basics
Credit goes back to basics
Embracing the rush for index innovation
The index innovator
Shortage of underlyings is stunting development of renminbi products, say providers
Market participants say a lack of renminbi-denominated underlyings is slowing down the development of renminbi-denominated equity-linked products