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A View on 2007: By Unicredit’s Ferdinando Samaria
What will 2007 hold for structured products marketers? Structured Products invited Dr. Ferdinando Samaria, Unicredit's global co-head of markets, to provide his thoughts on how the markets may play out next year.
BNP Paribas hits back at Wall Street Journal structured products coverage
Serge Troyanovsky, director of equities & derivatives at BNP Paribas in New York, has hit back at the coverage structured products received in the December 9th edition of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), the Structured Products Association (SPA) reports…
EIIB hires for new Bahrain office
The London-based European Islamic Investment Bank (EIIB) has hired Toby Lanyon as general manager for its newly opened Bahrain office. Lanyon joins from Nomura Investment Banking in Bahrain where he was head of equity derivatives marketing, Middle East.
RBS pushes further into Europe
UK banking group Royal Bank of Scotland has continued its aggressive push into Europe with the release of new products for the Swedish and German markets.
CESR lay out their plans for 2007
Half yearly report to mid 2006 also published by the regulator
BIS release their quarterly review
Report focuses on financial markets but also predicts an orderly economic slowdown
CEIOPS out with Quantitative Impact Study 2 Report
CEIOPS has published its second Quantitative Impact Study, QIS2.
Federal Reserve issue notice of proposed rulemaking on Basel Ia
US takes its next step towards Basel implementation
HSBC hires Ken Sue as head of wealth management sales, Asia
HSBC has hired Ken Sue as head of wealth management sales, Asia. He joins from Deutsche Bank where he served as managing director of global equity derivatives in Hong Kong.
DDQ raises participation rates for commodity products
In an unusual move Dawnay Day Quantum (DDQ), the UK specialist investment manager, has raised participation rates in the latest issue of its Protected Commodities Turbo Series, over and above what was promised in the offer period.
In Brief: FSI releases 2007 programme
A comprehensive programme of Basel-related activity has been released.
NDF hires Jim Goddard-Jones
NDF Administration, a UK structured products distributor, has hired Jim Goddard-Jones as structured products director, a newly created position. Goddard-Jones was previously head of Bristol & West's third party distribution business.
Dow Jones Stoxx adds coverage of Iceland, Bulgaria, Romania
Dow Jones Stoxx is to add three countries to the pan-European Dow Jones Stoxx Index series. Iceland, Romania and Bulgaria will be included in the Dow Jones index universe from January 2007.
SGX, SPH and FTSE sign MOU for Singapore
The Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX), Singapore Press Holdings Group (SPH) and the FTSE Group (FTSE) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to create a suite of equity indexes for the Singapore market.
Wachovia lists Asian currency basket notes on Amex
Wachovia Corporation has issued principal protected notes linked to basket of Asian currencies, listed on the American Stock Exchange (Amex).
Insurance sector needs to improve risk appetite, finds latest FSA briefing
The UK regulator’s latest review of risk management by insurers states that insurance firms need to implement risk management in daily business operations.
JP Morgan commits to SPA sponsored marketing scheme
Yesterday we reported that the Structured Products Association (SPA) was working to launch an initiative to promote transparency in the way structured products are marketed in the US (click here for the story). And now JP Morgan has committed to the…
West LB targets UK IFA market
German investment bank West LB has re-entered the UK distribution market with a product targeted at independent financial adviser (IFA) networks. The SSG Capital Protected Income Plan is the first product released by West LB's recently rejigged…
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