Spot the difference

Demand is growing in the retail market for commodity-linked structured products after a summer of turbulence in the equity markets and surging growth across the asset class. But issuers are divided over whether linking to spot prices or indexes is more lucrative for investors. Sophia Morrell examines the prospects for the underlying

Considering the massive interest in commodities right now, November's double index launch will not have gone unnoticed. On the same day, both JP Morgan and BNP Paribas launched new commodity indexes designed to tackle what has become known as "the roll-yield problem", a source of intense debate in the market.

While there is general consensus that commodities are riding the crest of the wave right