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S&P strengthens Sharia index family

S&P has launched three new sharia indexes and five Arab sharia country indexes. The sharia indexes comprise the S&P Global Infrastructure Shariah, the S&P Global Healthcare Shariah, and the S&P/IFCI Large-MidCap Shariah. The Arab country indexes include…

Morgan Stanley launches Asia plan

Morgan Stanley has launched the Asia (ex-Japan) Protected Growth Plan which is linked to financial markets in Hong Kong and Taiwan that provide exposure to the regional and China investment theme.

Barclays launches eight commodity ETNs

Barclays Bank has launched eight new iPath Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) on the NYSE Arca stock exchange. The ETNs are designed to offer exposure to sub-indexes of the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity IndexSM, which comprise agriculture, copper, energy, grains,…

The hunt for talent

Demand for experienced oil traders has never been fiercer with ever more companies competing for a finite talent pool. Securing oil traders in 2008 will be tough, and some firms may be forced to alter their business models in order to survive, writes…

Counting the costs

The cost of much needed oil exploration and production projects has spiralled recently. Roderick Bruce looks at what is driving the cost rises and what their effect may be

Closer to the asset

As physical oil trading is increasingly influenced by supply and logistics issues, integrating specialised operational aspects into commercial risk models has become key. David Newton, CEO of TradeCapture, looks at how these challenges are changing…

Weathering the subprime meltdown

While conventional markets have been battered by the subprime crisis, weather market players have enjoyed high returns. Investing in weather derivatives provides insulation from volatile, chaos-prone and unpredictable human decision-making processes,…

Doing the right thing

HBOS has been at the forefront of structuring mortgage finance deals in the European markets. During recent turmoil, the bank has twice issued covered bonds in a bid to reopen that sector. It seems that head of securitisation and covered bonds at Bank of…

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