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MSCI launches Peru and Asia Apex exposure
Index provider MSCI Barra has launched the MSCI All Peru, the Asia Apex Mid Cap 50 and the Asia Apex Small Cap 200 indexes, which are designed to underlie financial instruments such as structured products and ETFs.
Maybank launches Islamic commodity structured deposit
Malaysian bank Maybank has launched the Al-Sayf (MAS-i) structured Islamic deposit which is a sharia-compliant Mudharabah investment which is designed to provide exposure to the commodity-based Maybank Al-Sayf index.
DB x-trackers delivers first credit ETFs
DB x-trackers, the exchange-traded fund (ETF) arm of Deutsche Bank, has unveiled the first ETFs on the long and short Markit iTraxx Europe Financials indexes, enabling investors to buy and sell credit protection on senior and subordinated financial debt…
Trades on the rise but volumes suffer in Switzerland
The number of structured product and warrant trades on the Swiss structured product exchange, Scoach broke all previous records in October, despite a 13% fall in the volume of Swiss franc issuance. Exchange-traded funds (ETFs), a separate category from…
Mammoth NYSE product transfer following Amex acquisition
NYSE Arca is set to acquire 662 new exchange-traded products by the end of the year, following the completion of its acquisition of the American Stock Exchange (Amex) in October. The move will increase the platform’s number of products on offer to 1037.
Deutsche drops three and takes closer control of equity derivatives trading
Michele Gissi and Roger Naylor have been named by Deutsche Bank as the new co-heads of global equity derivatives, following the departure of Richard Carson, head of global equity derivatives (GED), Nino Kjellman, head of Asia equity derivatives, and…
End of the boom?
Canadian oil sands production has grown rapidly in recent years, but are rising project costs and falling oil prices now jeopardising projects? Pauline McCallion investigates
Paul Ezekiel
You don't need to be brain surgeon to be a successful carbon trader, but it helps, Paul Ezekiel, managing director and head of carbon trading at Credit Suisse, tells Pauline McCallion
Renewables call for transmission build
Many US states have ambitious renewable energy targets, but billions need to be spent on transmission infrastructure if this new power is to come on line. Susan Arterian Chang looks at the challenges involved in creating the interstate transmission…
Arc unveils latest range of core products
Arc Capital and Income has launched the latest offering of its three core products, comprising the Bricks and Mortar Plan two, the Bull and Bear Enhanced Investment Plan five and the Fixed Income Plan nine.
PowerShares to release actively managed US Real Estate ETF
Invesco PowerShares has announced its plan to launch an actively managed US Real Estate exchange-traded fund (ETF) on NYSE Arca in November.
Warsaw witnesses its highest volumes in structured products
The Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) has recorded its highest monthly value in turnover of structured products, reining in more than Z26 million PLN (US$9.6 million). The figure includes €2.03 million on bonds and Z23.99 million on certificates. The WSE also…
Dry bulk freight rates on a sinking ship
A combination of the credit squeeze and dwindling demand for raw materials has seen dry bulk freight rates slump to levels not seen since 2002. Peter Norfolk at SSY charts the fall
Bagging a bargain
The global oil sector is likely to emerge from the credit crisis with a more concentrated pool of players, but power will increasingly revolve around China and India as they tap the markets for cheap assets, finds Catherine Lacoursière
Overview and static valuation
John Breslin, Les Clewlow, Tobias Elbert, Calvin Kwok and Chris Strickland illustrate how the four most common valuation methodologies can be used to optimise gas storage and trading
Political power
Eight years after market liberalisation, Italyis launching physical electricity forwardsand financial futures, but barriers to afreely-traded transparent power marketremain. Roderick Bruce reports
What’s our policy?
Today’s volatile and unpredictablemarket conditions make itincreasingly important to designan overarching risk managementpolicy upon which a riskmanagement programme can bedefined and built. David Perez ofEnite offers some guidelines
How low can it go?
Oil prices have lost almost half their value since thesummer as the turmoil in the global financial marketsrages on, causing many analysts to revise down theirforecasts. Pauline McCallion finds out what they areexpecting for next year and beyond
Shale shake-up
With high natural gas prices, volatility and fewer financingoptions, shale gas developers are de-risking through jointventures and more aggressive hedging programmes. CatherineLacoursière reports
Where next for oil prices?
Despite recent steep losses, oil remains in a long-term uptrend, although this is under serious pressure. A technical analysis suggests risk remains greatest to the downside, writes David Linton of Updata
DSAM Kauthar Natural Resources Fund
The DSAM Kauthor Natural Resources Fund, the third fund operating on the Al Safi platform, offers investors exposure to the natural resources sector. The fund invests exclusively in units of the Zweig-DiMenna Natural Resources Fund, a subtrust of the Al…
Trafalgar Capital Specialized Investment Fund
DTrafalgar Capital Specialized Investment Fund-FIS is a European-based alternative investment fund focusing on privately-negotiated funding transactions for small and mid-cap publicly traded companies in Europe and overseas.