Articles by Yakob Peterseil
Huntington banks on the lure of low-risk investment
Huntington National Bank was founded in Ohio, where it remains headquartered to this day. Yakob Peterseil talks to Dave Fitzsimmons, Pittsburgh-based managing director of the equity derivatives group, about being a big bank with a long tradition
Best in Australia: UBS
Best in Australia
Best in Japan: Société Générale
Best in Japan
Interest rates house of the year: Société Générale
Interest rates house of the year
Nikkei falls fail to dent redemption-driven demand for Japan equity-linked notes
Japanese investors are buying equity-linked notes in record numbers, even as the Nikkei comes off its highs. Most of the demand is coming from investors who have had notes redeemed, say banks
Bond ETFs under stress in market sell-off
Beyond redemption?
EQ Investor: putting automation in the service of efficiency
Magnifying efficiency
Most ETNs are overpriced, study claims
Research claims to show that market prices of most ETNs do not accurately reflect their risks and that the notes should trade at greater discounts
Canada takes aim at tax-advantaged bond funds that use derivatives strategies
Targeting the little guy
Citi Private Bank: bespoke solutions for billionaires
Bright lights, big Citi
SEC estimated value guidance causing concern among investors
Banks providing the estimated value of structured notes in accordance with SEC rules are facing questions from investors about the level of their estimates
US investors turning to capital-at-risk products, say banks
Banks are boosting issuance of leveraged notes linked to US equity indexes and notes that pay out when yield curves steepen
Senior FCA official sees cause for concern in RDR implementation
A senior official at the UK Financial Conduct Authority said the regulator sees shortcomings in the way some market participants have responded to the Retail Distribution Review
PrinceRidge sings the praises of structured products
PrinceRidge Group distributes structured products to a client base that includes leading broker-dealers across the US. Yakob Peterseil talks to managing director Joe Castelluccio about what he has learned in 35 years on Wall Street
Regulatory web tightening for structured products, Iosco report shows
A consultation report by the international consortium of securities regulators shows more, not less, regulation is the likely endgame for the world's markets. Yakob Peterseil analyses the trend towards interventionism
SEC’s Amy Starr: US banks must comply with estimated value guidance “in very short order”
Banks that do not promptly disclose the estimated value of their structured notes risk additional scrutiny, says regulator
Law firm of the year: Davis Polk & Wardwell
Law firm of the year: Davis Polk & Wardwell
FCA's Wheatley: structured products are “like spread bets on steroids”
UK regulator hits out at overly complex structured products
Iosco issues regulatory “toolkit” for retail structured products
Complex retail structured products are the subject of the latest consultation report from the international body of securities regulators
US banks wary of disclosing fair value for structured notes
Correspondence shows several large Wall Street banks expressed reservations to the SEC about enhancing disclosure around their structured products
Actively seeking alpha with AdvisorShares
AdvisorShares may be small, but it has an outsize footprint in the tiny yet growing active exchange-traded funds market. Yakob Peterseil talks to Noah Hamman, founder and chief executive, about bringing active management to ETFs
Reverse convertible investors face soaring tax bills under new approach to tax reporting
Treating certain structured products as 'single income-bearing derivative contracts' could double some investors' tax bill, but the trend appears to be taking hold in the US