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FSA chief to step down
John Tiner, chief executive of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), has announced he will be stepping down this year after six years at the regulator, more than three of them as chief executive.
FTSE partners with TSE for Taiwan indexes
Index provider FTSE Group and the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) have launched two new indexes, the TSEC Taiwan Eight Industries Index and the TSEC Taiwan Dividend Index. Both are tradable indexes, designed to act as the basis for funds, structured products…
UK FSA head to step down
John Tiner, chief executive of the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA), today said that he will step down in July.
Deal of the year
In this special report, Energy Risk takes a look at some of the most interesting and innovative deals conducted in the energy arena over the last few months
SG promotes equity derivatives head
Christophe Mianné, Paris-based global head of equity derivatives for SG CIB, has been promoted to deputy chief executive of the investment bank, reporting to Jean-Pierre Mustier, SG CIB chief executive.
US banks take their grievances to the White House
Citigroup, JP Morgan, Washington Mutual and Wachovia air their Basel II complaints to the National Economic Council.
MiFID Connect releases draft guidelines
MiFID Connect guides you through UK thinking on five MiFID issues.
Merrill Lynch wins Derivatives House of the Year
Merrill Lynch has won Risk magazine’s Derivatives House of the Year award for 2007. Meanwhile, this year’s Energy Derivatives House of the Year award goes to JP Morgan, which talks exclusively to Risk about its acquisition of Amaranth Advisors’ energy…
IIC launches bond indexes
Frankfurt-based International Index Company (IIC) has launched the iBoxx Euro High Yield Index Family. The indexes provide benchmarks for the sub-investment grade fixed income market for euro-denominated corporate bonds. They can also be used as…
Credit Suisse plugs private equity
Credit Suisse has launched a range of alternative investment products, dubbed AI3, offering investors exposure to private equity investments in combination with a diversified hedge fund portfolio.
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