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US Wrap: Barclays reverses from convertibles into growth
Barclays Bank has released an accelerated growth chaser to the plethora of reverse convertible notes it has launched over the past week. The note is one of the emerging markets plays now beginning to make more regular appearances in the market as…
Keydata launches seventeenth tranche of growth plan
Keydata, the UK structured products distributor, has launched issue 17 of its Dynamic Growth Plan Plus. The plan gives investors who may have lost significant amounts of money over the last 18 months with traditional long only managers a chance to…
CDS: Spreads tighten sharply tracking equity rally
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (May 19)
US wrap: RBC confirms reverse convertible rally
The reverse convertible flood has continued in the US market, largely helped by Royal Bank of Canada which has just launched 16 of the notes. Barclays has launched an additional two notes, bringing its total to 35 for the latest bout of issuance, ABN…
CDS: Spreads narrow again
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (May 20)
RBS and Sip Nordic storm UK IFA market
Royal Bank of Scotland has partnered with Sip Nordic to launch a new series of dynamically managed structured products into the UK independent financial adviser (IFA) market. The investments will be sold by a 25-strong sales force working across the…
The ups and downs of the Japanese yen
Asia Risk FX Review & Outlook 2009 - Sponsored statement
Forex freefall
Asia Risk FX Review & Outlook 2009 - Funding
Uncertain futures
Asia Risk FX Review & Outlook 2009 - India
After the dust settles
Asia Risk FX Review & Outlook 2009 - Settlement risk
Dealing with volatility
Asia Risk FX Review & Outlook 2009 - Comment
Hoax hedges
Asia Risk FX Review & Outlook 2009 - Corporates
Still shackled
Asia Risk FX Review & Outlook 2009 - Currency controls
Estimating intrinsic currency values
Forex market practitioners constantly talk about the strengthening or weakening of individual currencies. In this article, Jian Chen and Paul Doust present a new methodology to quantify these statements in a manner that is consistent with forex market…
Fit for forex
Asia Risk FX Review & Outlook 2009 - Trading systems
Blossoming interest
Asia Risk FX Review & Outlook 2009 - Cover story
Speculating on suitability
Asia Risk FX Review & Outlook 2009 - SMEs
No Indian summer
Asia Risk FX Review & Outlook 2009 - Regulation
Skandia prepares income generator based on dividends
Skandia will launch tomorrow the Skandia Enhanced Dividend Seeker, a new protected product which delivers an annual income that depends on the dividend payments of the FTSE100 companies, rather than their share price valuations.
CDS: Stability comes in the form of flattening levels
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (May 16)
US Wrap: Is Barclays note flood sign of rebound?
Barclays Bank has launched 31 new reverse convertible notes into the US market, one of the most compelling signs yet of an upturn in issuance. By far the most prevalent theme was energy, which represented the underlying for 10 of the new notes. Financial…
US Wrap: External credit and growth products dominate
The resurgence of bullish growth products is continuing in the US market, alongside the use of external credit providers to issue notes. Eksportfinans appears to be dominating the majority of this business, with two providers looking to the company to…
Barclays adds US option to Supertracker
Barclays Wealth has expanded its five-year Supertracker plan offering UK customers a US-option. The move comes in response to customer demand for more short-dated notes in current uncertain markets, says Colin Dickie, director of Barclays Wealth.
CDS: Levels stabilise afer last week's widening
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (May 15)