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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…
RBS launches first structured fund for private banking
RBS has launched a Ucits III-compliant capital protected six-year close-ended fund for NatWest and RBS private banking. The fund, domiciled in the UK, aims to achieve a target minimum return of 25% or 60% of the growth in the FTSE 100 Index – whichever…
Barclays Global Investors launches first municipal bond ETF
Barclays Global Investors has launched an iShares S&P National Municipal Bond Fund on the American Stock Exchange, the first fund to offer US investors the chance to invest in an exchange traded fund linked to a municipal bond index.
Deutsche amplifies European ETF business
Deutsche Bank has launched 18 new db x-tracker ETFs on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) which provide exposure to domestic and international equity markets.
Van Eck Moo-ves into agribusiness with new ETF
Van Eck Global has launched a new agribusiness ETF on the American Stock Exchange. The fund, titled Moo, was created by the New York-based asset consultancy and has been designed to mirror the performance of the DAXglobal Agribusiness Index (DXAG), which…
Mapping out a market
The Australian government will introducea nationwide cap-and-trade emissionstrading scheme by 2011. RoderickBruce examines this emerging market
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Dow Jones and Barron’s collaboration launches new index
The collaboration between index provider Dow Jones and US financial magazine Barron’s, has launched the Barron’s 400 Index which will track the performance of highly liquid US stocks.
World Bank echoes EIB with new eco bond
The World Bank has launched its Eco-3 Plus, a structured product for sale to retail investors. The six-year note pays a variable annual coupon of 3% or higher, depending on the performance of the ABN Amro Eco Index. The index comprises companies engaged…
Stoxx launches Private Equity Index
European index provider Stoxx has launched the Dow Jones Stoxx Private Equity 20 Index, which tracks the performance of the 20 largest private equity companies in Europe.
First Trust expands with new ETFs
ETF specialist First Trust Portfolios has launched two new ETFs on the American Stock Exchange (Amex): the FTSE Epra/Nareit Global Real Estate Index Fund and the Dow Jones Stoxx Select Dividend 30 Index fund.
Deutsche Börse’s Dubai delight
Deutsche Börse is set to launch a new access point for its Xetra electronic trading platform in Dubai which will allow investors to trade structured products.
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