Articles by Vita Millers
Super fund pension schemes powering structured products market in Australia
Bigger employer contributions to superannuation guarantee pension schemes in Australia is encouraging more individuals to invest in self-managed super funds, spelling good news for structured products providers
Arbuthnot poaches Coutts execs to bolster private banking and wealth management
Two of three new senior appointments at Arbuthnot Latham hail from rival Coutts
Banks tout secondary market for structured products to retail investors in Australia
Banks are overcoming obstacles in Australia's structured products market by giving investors the opportunity to buy products on the secondary market
Time running out to comply with the Prospectus Directive
Issuers of structured products may not have enough time to rewrite their programmes before the grandfathering provision of the Prospectus Directive runs out, say lawyers
Best in Malaysia: CIMB
Structured Products Asia Awards 2012
Best in India: ICICI Bank
Structured Products Asia Awards 2012
Ban on SPV-issued structured products will ‘prevent regulatory arbitrage'
A proposed ban on the promotion of Unregulated Collective Investment Schemes and ‘similar products', drafted by the UK's Financial Services Authority, will include some structured products issued by special purpose vehicles
Instreet urges Australian investors to look on the bright side
Treating hypochondriacs
Retail structured products pose systemic risk, concludes report
Retail structured products pose systemic risk, concludes report
Regulation could create uneven playing field for structured products, say participants
A UK ban on commission payments to independent financial advisers will likely not be replicated in Europe, putting UK structured products at a competitive disadvantage, some participants warn
Capital-at-risk structured products receive highest proportion of successful complaints: UK
More complaints against structured capital-at-risk products were resolved in favour of UK consumers than for any other financial product investigated by the Financial Ombudsman Service last year
Rare Euro Stoxx 50 structured product launched in the UK
Eurostoxx 50 Supertracker offers UK structured product investors geared exposure to European equities
Fears that Prospectus Directive update will curb structured product innovation
A change in the requirement for the final terms of a prospectus could restrict innovation in structured products, say market participants
FSMA consultation reveals disparity over structured product complexity in Belgium
Participants in the structured products industry in Belgium remain at loggerheads over key points from the Financial Services and Markets Authority moratorium
Companies selling Ucits given more time to apply to provide Kiid post transaction
Sellers of Ucits products in the UK now have until 2014 to apply for permission to provide the key investor information document after a transaction is completed rather than before
Swiss structured product turnover falls by nearly half compared to 2011
Turnover of structured products and warrants listed on the Scoach exchange falls more than 40% in the first half of 2012 compared to the same period last year. Industry figures blame increased risk aversion and a rise in OTC trading activity
Luxury goods stocks continue to sparkle in Switzerland
Deutsche Bank says the luxury goods sector is especially promising in the current financial climate, while Bank Vontobel in Switzerland has launched its fifth structured product based on a basket of luxury and fashion goods
Commodities see biggest falls since Lehman Brothers collapse
Global commodity markets could be signalling a severe downturn as indexes tracking the sector show the sharpest falls since late 2008