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Editorial comment: SG revamps Americas business
January is traditonally the month of abstinence following over indulgence during the holiday season. Plugging into the public's new found desire to lead a healthy lifetsyle celebrities, at least in UK and US, are quick to launch keep fit videos. French…
Lyxor launches ETF on DJ Buy Write Index
Lyxor has launched an exchange traded fund (ETF) linked to the Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 Buy Write Index. The Lyxor ETF Euro Stoxx 50 Buy Write, which has commenced trading on the Paris Stock Exchange, is the first ETF based on the Dow Jones index.
DWS leases SG equity derivatives platform
DWS, Deutsche Bank's asset management arm, has leased the equity derivatives platform of French investment bank SG CIB. The move is being viewed by many as a blow to Deutsche's equity derivatives business, and a boost for proponents of open architecture…
Sentry Select to target UK market
Sentry Select, the Canadian income trust firm and distributor of structured products and mutual funds, is planning to launch structured products for the UK market.
A view on 2007: By NDF's Jim Goddard-Jones
What does 2007 hold for UK-based structured products professionals? Jim Goddard-Jones director of UK distributor NDF provides his thoughts below.
Hwang-DBS launches structured fund in Malaysia
Malaysian investment manager Hwang-DBS Investment Management Berhad (HDBSIM) has launched the Hwang-DBS Global Banks Structured Fund (GBSF). The two-year unit trust structured product is a closed-ended, capital protected investment linked to the…
Cross-sector work programme for 2007 established
CESR, CEBS and CEIOPS act to increase regulatory harmonisation
FSA issue consultation paper
UK regulator use their quarterly series to consult on changes to their rules
DIB launches global diverisified note
Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) has launched its sharia compliant three-year Capital Protected Global Diversified Note.
LLB and ABN Amro launch sharia certificate
Swiss asset manager Liechtensteinische Landesbank (LLB) and Dutch investment bank ABN Amro have partnered to launch a Middle East index tracker certificate. The sharia-compliant Middle East index tracker is linked to the performance of the LLB Top 20…
New listings on Amex decreases year on year
The number of new structured products listed on the American Stock (Amex) decreased from 136 during 2005 to 114 during 2006. In 2004 115 new products were listed on the exchange.
Editorial comment: 'Alex' gets the axe
Last month Structured Products magazine revealed in its article ‘Say hello to Alex’ that the Swiss Exchange and Deutsche Börse would be aggregating their structured products trading in a joint exchange dubbed Alex. Sadly – for now at least – nobody will…
2007 compliance costs a major worry says survey
Nearly two-thirds of respondents to CBI/PWC questionnaire fear increased spending
Alliance and Leicester to operate under Basel II rules
Bank become first in UK to gain approval
China topples Hong Kong as largest warrants market
Warrant turnover on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges in China was the largest in the world during 2006, reporting $US13.4 billion more turnover than Hong Kong for the first 11 months of 2006.
SuperDerivatives launches new version of SD-IR
SuperDerivatives, the London-based risk technology company, has released a new version of its interest rate options and structured products platform. The enhancements to SD-IR were based on feedback from several hundreds of clients all over the world in…
New Year offerings from Barclays
UK banking group Barclays has continued its retail market push, launching five new structured products at the start of the year. The new range includes four fully capital protected products and one capital at risk product.
CESR out with CRA / IOSCO code comparison
CESR has published its first report on the compliance of the credit rating agencies in relation to the IOSCO code.
BIBA focuses on Basel II
Barbados International Business Association turns its attention to Basel II.
US regulators amend asset-size thresholds for small and intermediate banks
US regulators announce the annual adjustment to small bank asset-size thresholds.
Basel Ia NPR published
US banking regulators published the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Basel Ia on December 26.
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