Articles by Yakob Peterseil
New annuities are structured products in all but name
Buffers and baskets have appeal beyond structured notes and CDs
Finra rejects ‘more than half’ of structured product adverts
‘Blast emails’ to retail investors a major offender under Rule 2210
IRS eyes US equity-linked notes in offshore crackdown
Substantial tax on “dividend equivalents” though questions remain
Law firm of the year
Law firm of the year, Morrison & Foerster
US distributor of the year
US distributor of the year, Incapital
Institutional deal of the year
Institutional deal of the year, Societe Generale
US structurer of the year
Credit Suisse is named US structurer of the year
‘Smarter’ bespoke product orders welcomed by banks
Custom products sought after by US advisers as automation improves
Liquidity never an issue, says 1650 Wealth Management
Adviser extolls the benefits of ‘ETF 2.0’
ETFs to tap Edhec multi-strategy smart factor index
Products will wed two hot indexing trends
SEC mistaken to assume ETNs are retail products, say critics
Regulator urged to focus on sophisticated and institutional investors
US structured product distributors report mixed 2013
CD sales declined last year, but silver lining in notes
NYSE Arca rolls out initiatives to attract ETP listings
Exchange seeks to maintain dominance in the US
SocGen and JP Morgan earn top billing in retail rankings
Barclays, BNP Paribas and HSBC also score well in Europe and US distributors survey
SEC writes to banks on ETN concerns
Banks requested by SEC to revamp investor message on ETNs
Barclays ETN follows Nobel strategy
Star attractions
Vix spikes as short volatility trade gets tougher
Volumes in Vix futures reached an all-time high on the back of January's volatile markets
Esma cautions on Mifid rules
European markets watchdog warns that complex products are being mis-sold
Prips proposals panned by leading industry group
A group of leading investment banks is inveighing against proposals by European authorities, including a plan to assign a single risk indicator to structured products
Regatta to launch US structured product ‘portfolio’
Ex-lawyer turned financial adviser, author and advocate for the industry, Regatta’s Eric Greschner talks to Yakob Peterseil about the inroads structured products have made in the US, the work he is doing and what remains to be done to boost the…
Investors turn to structured products for safety as stocks climb
Many investors see equities as fairly valued or even overvalued, boosting demand for structured products that offer protection or benefit from sideways markets
How to capture growth in an autocallable world
Strategists are cautioning investors to look beyond autocallables and take advantage of low volatility to buy growth products. The banks have listened, engineering new solutions to capture upside. But will investors take the bait? Yakob Peterseil reports.
Finra bears down on complex structured products
Topping the regulator's list of priorities for 2014 is ensuring that US brokers make adequate enquiries before offering complex products to retail investors
SEC's Amy Starr: we are scrutinising ETNs
ETNs pose many of the same disclosure risks as structured notes and may be the subject of future guidance, suggested the SEC’s top structured products regulator and author of last year’s letter to US banks