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iShares launches four fixed income ETF
iShares has launched four new fixed income exchange traded funds on the London Stock Exchange offering access to investment grade debt, corporate bonds, G7 bonds and to the shortest-dated European government instruments.
Barclays Wealth begins move towards product pricing for investors
Barclays Wealth has launched a semi-annual valuations service for structured products investors, which allows them to capture a snapshot of how their investment is performing. The online document freezes the performance of the underlying on a certain…
US Wrap: Morgan Stanley punctuates end of accelerated growth week
A single accelerated growth product was listed in the US market on Friday, bringing a close to a week that was dominated by the structures. Morgan Stanley offered an alternative to the whitewash of S&P 500-linked products that has been available in…
Single Family Offices reduce equities, increase cash, and ETF education
Education will increase the allocation that family offices in Europe make to structured products and exchange traded funds (ETFs), says Gary Dugan, chief investment officer EMEA of Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management and Bruce Love of Campden Research…
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Dow Jones and SAM launch Asian sustainability indexes
Index provider Dow Jones Indexes and SAM, a sustainability investing specialist, have launched the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific and the Sustainability Asia Pacific 40 indexes. A license for the DJSI Asia Pacific has already been signed by…
CDS: Citi's spread continues to climb toward 600bp
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (Friday March 6)
US Wrap: Equity bulls come out in force with growth structures
Accelerated growth products were the only structures to be launched in the US market yesterday, linking to both international and domestic equity. International exposure was provided by two products linked to the iShares MSCI Eafe Index fund. It was…
CDS: Spreads widen on European and US banks, Citi trading at 565bp
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (Thursday March 5)
US Wrap: UBS puts in an appearance with S&P 500 based straddle product
UBS graced the US market with a rare appearance as an issuer yesterday, offering up 100% principal protection absolute return barrier notes linked to the S&P 500 Index. UBS Financial Services is agent for the straddle product based on an underlying that…
Meteor proffers Prima Kick-out Growth Plan 14
UK distributor Meteor Asset Management has launched its Prima 14 Kick-out Growth plan which is designed to provide exposure to the FTSE 100 index. The trade is issued by the triple A-rated Rabobank, and is the second product this week that the Dutch bank…
US Wrap: HSBC looks back as JP Morgan dominates distribution
HSBC launched four autocallable products linked to the S&P 500 index yesterday, each offering different levels of risk and reward. The products range in maturity from one to two years, and one features downside gearing of 111.11%. Two of the HSBC notes…
Britannia rolls out guaranteed bond
UK distributor Britannia International has launched the eighth issue of its Guaranteed Capital Bond, which is designed to provide exposure to the FTSE 100 index.
CDS: Bank of America leads widening on US banks
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (Wednesday March 4)
Jubilee sources credit quality
Jubilee Financial Products has launched issue one of its Early Redemption Plan, which is designed to provide exposure to the FTSE 100 index. The trade is issued by triple A-rated Rabobank.
Boillereau takes over cash FX at HSBC as Brown departs
Frederic Boillereau, global head of foreign exchange and metals at HSBC in London has added cash FX to his responsibilities. Andrew Brown, global head of FX and a nine-year veteran of the bank, has left the bank. Boillereau's new role will bring together…
US Wrap: Natixis and Goldman opt for external credit
Half the notes launched in the US market yesterday were underwritten by credit agencies, as counterparty risk concerns continue to stalk the market. Goldman Sachs opted for Swedish Export Credit Corp as the issuer for two accelerated growth structures,…
Islamic exchange traded gold tracker launched in Dubai
Dubai Gold Securities, a limited liability partnership formed in January 2009 between the Dubai Multi Commodity Centre Authority and Dubai Commodity Asset Management, has launched the sharia-compliant gold security, an exchange traded commodity security…
CDS: No let up for US banks as widening continues
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (Tuesday March 3)
Casam lists 11 new ETFs as issuance accelerates
Credit Agricole Structured Asset Management (Casam) has listed 11 new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) covering different sectors in Europe, Eastern Europe, broad European equity exposure and two Asian markets.
SG offers yen warrants to UK retail investors
Société Générale has listed 10 new FX-linked covered warrants on the London Stock Exchange. The warrants fluctuate in value according to the exchange rate between either the Japanese yen against sterling, or against the US dollar.
Barclays Wealth rolls out another Defined Returns Plan series
Barclays Wealth has launched a new defined returns plan series, backed by Barclays Bank. DRP Capital Protection offers the benefit of full capital protection in three forms: a three-year at 12%, a four-year at 22%, and a five-year at 32%. The return at…
CDS: Bank of America widens by more than 5%, other US banks stable
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (Friday February 27)
CDS: US banks gap out, led by Citi
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (Monday March 2)