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IFAs opt to increase portfolio allocation to structured products
Over 88% of independent financial advisers (IFAs) have decided to increase their structured products allocations for client portfolios during the next year, according to a recent survey conducted by Keydata Investment Services. The telephone poll, which…
Barclays Wealth releases range of growth and income products
Barclays Wealth has launched a suite of structured products designed to offer growth, income or the ability to recoup previous capital losses. The range is available between September 1 and October 31.
Actinver offers Mexican investors US financials
Mexican distributor Actinver is offering local investors Financial Rebound Callable Notes, providing exposure to a basket of US financial stocks.
Meteor launches latest Prima Growth Plan
Meteor Asset Management has released its Prima Growth Plan 9, a six-year plan linked to the FTSE 100 index. The plan offers two options: the first option provides 14% after the first year, as long as the index is at or above its opening level. If this…
New ETNs offer exposure to professor’s method
Deutsche Bank has listed three new exchanged-traded notes (ETNs) on the Arca platform of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The Elements notes will be linked to the performance of the Benjamin Graham Intelligent Value Indexes.
BarCap appoints new FX structuring head for Americas
Barclays Capital has appointed Tim Davenport as managing director and head of FX structuring for the Americas. Davenport joins the bank from Bear Stearns, where he was head of structured derivative products for the past two years.
Lehman launched version six of Enhanced Returns Plan
Lehman Brothers has launched the sixth version of its enhanced returns plan. The product comes with both three and five-year options and is linked to the performance of the FTSE 100 index. Potential return rates are the highest so far in the series, with…
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BNP Paribas AM launches ETFs/Dow Jones offers South Korea
BNP Paribas Asset Management (AM) has launched four ETFs on the Dow Jones Stoxx Asia/Pacific 600 ex-Japan, South Korea Titans 30, Case Egypt Titans 20 and Turkey Titans 20 indexes. The ETFs will begin trading on Euronext Paris today.
Barcap appoints head of structuring Asia-Pacific
Barclays Capital has appointed Chak Wong as a managing director, head of structuring in investment banking Asia Pacific. Wong, who will lead the Asia Pacific structuring team within investment banking on a cross asset-class basis, will report to Patrick…
RBS strengthens FX and rates exotics in Asia-Pacific
RBS has strengthened both its trading and structuring teams in Asia-Pacific with two senior appointments. Rubin Rajendram joins as head of euro and US dollar rates exotics trading and Richard Summerbell as head of currency structuring for Asia ex-Japan…
Dow Jones offers new Indian index
Dow Jones Indexes has launched the Dow Jones India Titans 30 index, which is designed to provide exposure to the 30 largest and most liquid stocks listed on the Bombay Stock exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India. The index will be licensed as…
RP Explorer Fund - July 2008
The RP Explorer Fund is a multi-product, multi-asset class, emerging markets fund investing in private, pre-IPO opportunities in the EEMEA region.
Special Report: Energy-intensive corporations
The impact of fuel costs on the bottom line of energy-intensive companies has grown steadily over recent years, but when the price of crude oil spiked to $147 a barrel in mid-July, even the world’s largest industrial corporations began to feel the pinch.
Energy Risk’s Asia Awards 2008
The emerging and often illiquid nature of some of Asia’s energy markets has made them a challenging environment in which to work during the credit crunch. Despite this, there are some impressive success stories. Our Asia Awards honour seven companies…
The price isn’t right
Shifting European power marketstructures and fundamentalsmake price risk management formajor consumers a real challenge.Noreen Guy and Damien Coxexamine the most effectiveprocurement strategies
Grabbing new business
Global exchanges are vying for a largerslice of the growing OTC market, just asincreasing US market regulation couldpush business towards regional exchanges.Catherine Lacoursière reports
Where to now?
Is risk management improving? Are thegas markets safe? Where are oil pricesgoing? Respondents give their opinionsin a survey conducted at Energy RiskUSA. Katie Holliday reports
Calibrating trees to the market prices of options
How trinomial trees can be used to calibrate a local volatility model tothe market prices of average price options. By Jim Clark, Les Clewlowand Chris Strickland
Market focus
Northern Europe’s power generation fleet is set to undergo drastic changes going into the next decade due to regulation and retirements. Point Carbon analysts Paulo Homen Cristo and Mauricio Bermudez-Neubauer outline the potential impacts these factors…
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