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Meteor’s Prima back with enhanced returns
Meteor Asset Management, the investment and retail products arm of Meteor Capital Holdings, has launched two new products: the Growth Plan 4 and the Galaxy Protected Commodities Plan 3.
LLB and ABN launch first Islamic exchange-traded trackers
Liechtensteinische Landesbank Switzerland and ABN Amro have launched the first Islamic exchange-traded index trackers linked to the performance of the LLB Mena indexes. The Islamic certificates have been listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange, and ABN will…
Abbey releases capital-guaranteed bonds for wary investors
UK Bank Abbey has launched four new capital-guaranteed bonds designed to cope with the volatile market conditions. The products guarantee return of all capital at their four-year maturity and each tracks different international indexes, including the UK…
BME and FTSE launch responsible investment index
Spanish stock exchange Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME) and FTSE Group (FTSE) are to launch the FTSE4Good Ibex, a new responsible investment index comprising Spanish companies listed on BME’s markets, early next year.
Hong Leong Tokio Marine Takaful and Citi launch new scheme
Hong Leong Tokio Marine Takaful and Citibank have launched the Capital Protection Investment Link Fund (CPIL) scheme, an Islamic insurance product, in Malaysia.
Barclays launches regular income bond
Barclays Wealth has launched the five-year Regular Income Bond which pays an annual income of 8%. The product is linked to the Dow Jones Stoxx50 Index, which offers exposure to 50 ‘supersector’ stocks across Europe, providing significant exposure (38 per…
Elsip for Asia
RBS has launched equity-linked structured investor products (Elsip) under its newly built structured investor products programme in Hong Kong, which allows the bank to issue its own branded products through local distributors.
Isda launches Equity MCA Protocol
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Hamich leaves Stoxx to look for opportunities
Lars Hamich is leaving Stoxx, the pan-European index provider, after 11 years with parent company DowJones Indexes. Hamich previously worked for Deutsche Börse as a product manager where he was the Dow Jones representative and developer of the DowJones…
SPA boosts ETF listings on LSE
SPA ETF has launched three new ETFs on the London Stock Exchange which will track the MarketGrader 40, 100 and 200 quantitively-driven indexes.
BNP Paribas adds Baehr in New York
The New York division of BNP Paribas has expanded its Equity and Derivatives business with the appointment of Andrew Baehr as managing director and senior equity derivatives flow salesperson. Baehr will report to Aaron Ford, head of Americas flow sales…
Morgan Stanley faces legal action for snowball notes
Investors in a Snowball Note Issue underwritten by Morgan Stanley have filed a lawsuit against the US bank on claims of overpricing and a failure to disclose fees and profits made on the structured product. The notes were issued by Bayerische Landesbank…
Lyxor offers access to Indian and South African markets
Lyxor Asset Management has launched two new ETFs on the London Stock Exchange: the Lyxor ETF South Africa and the Lyxor ETF India.
RBS offers Easy Express and Relax in Germany
RBS has launched two new structured products for the German retail market, both linked to the performance of the DJ Eurostoxx 50 index.
L & G hitches up return rates on Capital Guaranteed Bond
Legal & General has increased the minimum return on its Capital Guaranteed Bond 4. The structured product, launched earlier this year, now offers either 50% of FTSE 100 growth or a return of 30% gross (4.47% AER), whichever is greater, with no cap.
Citi in Australia offers JP Morgan’s Masters Selection Series
JP Morgan has launched a five-year principal protected structured product exclusively for Citi in Australia. The return of the product is linked to a basket of underlyings which include Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway, Jim Rogers’s Diapason Rogers…