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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…

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.

US Wrap: Momentum accelerates towards week end

Issuance gathered pace yesterday as four providers launched a diverse spread of 18 products. Bank of America unveiled accelerated growth and kick-out structures, neither of which offered exposure to the usual S&P 500 index, but instead exposed investors…

iShares acquires Mexico’s Naftrac ETF

iShares has acquired the largest and first exchange-traded fund (ETF) in Mexico and Latin America. The Naftrac ETF follows the performance of the IPC (Indice de Precios y Cotizaciones), which is a Mexican stock market index.

Newcastle Building Society structured deposit sales up 50%

Sales of structured deposits at Newcastle Building Society have surpassed its first quarter predictions by 50%. The structures were sold by Newcastle Intermediary Services, the bank's advisory arm which was launched in 2008 and allows advisors to…

Hess leaves Goldman Sachs and returns to Citi

Dirk Hess has joined Citi as a director in the EMEA retail structured products business. Hess will split his time between London and Frankfurt, and be responsible for working across the sales, marketing and new issuance teams to build out Citi's cross…

US Wrap: ABN picks up reverse convertible pace

ABN Amro launched six new reverse convertible products into the US market yesterday, mainly focusing on energy and metals. In the latter sector, exposure to steel, copper, gold and aluminium was offered through three different notes. Alcoa, which…

US Wrap: Acceleration steps back into fashion

Accelerated growth products were back in fashion yesterday in the US new issuance market, producing eight of the 13 products released The remainder were reverse convertibles, continuing the return of the recently beleaguered structure. For underlyings,…

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