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NDF offers up to 85% of FTSE 100 increase
NDF administration has launched a new growth plan offering up to an 85% return linked to rises in the FTSE 100. The product is to be marketed at investors who want a clear risk profile following the summer credit crunch.
FTSE to calculate environmental index
Index provider FTSE and specialist environmental investment manager Impax Asset Management (Impax) have agreed a deal to further develop the Impax Environmental Technology (ET50) Index.
Barclays unveils new series to meet heavy investor demand
Barclays has launched a further series of protected investments after investor demand forced the previous series to close a fortnight early. The latest products include investments between three and six years linked to the FTSE 100.
Standard Chartered hires interest rates head from Deutsche Bank
Standard Chartered Bank has hired Nitin Gulabani as global head of interest rate derivatives for its wholesale banking business. Singapore-based Gulabani joins from Deutsche Bank where he was global head of currencies and commodities for Asia Pacific.
FSA under fire over Northern Rock
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Merrill Lynch and Trucost launch Europe carbon index
Merrill Lynch and Trucost have launched a new, carbon index based on best in class carbon footprint companies. The Merrill Lynch Carbon Leaders Europe Index (MLCLE) ranks companies by their carbon footprint and valuation, providing investors with…
Stoxx replicates short strategies
European index provider Stoxx has launched 18 new sector indexes, dubbed the Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Supersector Short Indexes, which replicate short investment strategies.
Bear Stearns hires two for structured equity in Europe
Bear Stearns has hired two managing directors in its London-based European structured equity products team. Shilpa Amin, who joins from Nomura, will be responsible for setting up a Ucits III Funds platform. Olivier Mathys will be responsible for…
Dow Jones launches new Cyprus index
Dow Jones Indexes has launched the Dow Jones Cyprus Titans 10 Index, a blue-chip index which comprises the 10 largest and most liquid stocks traded on the Cyprus Stock Exchange.
LSE offers exposure to commodity forwards with nine new ETCs
ETF Securities is launching nine new exchange traded commodities (ETCs) on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) tomorrow, as investor appetite grows for exposure to the commodities bull-run.
Reuters launches new structured products platform
Trade and risk management vendor Reuters has launched the Kondor+ Structured Products (KSP) platform which enables users to design, price and manage the risk of structured products.
RBS poaches from BNP Paribas for Middle East
RBS Global Banking & Markets (GBM) has hired Nabil Kobeissi and Zineb Ayouch from BNP Paribas to increase the size of its Structured Investor Products (SIP) business in the Middle East.
CFTC: record levels of crime in energy markets
The past five years have seen unprecedented levels of misconduct in the US energy markets, according to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which regulates the sector.
Barclays completes revamp with kick-out plan
Barclays has unveiled the final structured product in its capital protected range revamp. The defined returns plan is linked to the FTSE 100 with three maturity options, including a kick-out plan.
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