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MSCI Barra adds to thematics with agriculture and food chain indexes
Index provider MSCI Barra has launched the MSCI Agriculture and Food Chain indexes, equity-based indexes designed to measure the performance of the various components of the agriculture and food industries, from production through to distribution.
QuIC launches structured product pricing offering
Pricing and risk analytics provider QuIC Financial Technologies has launched QuIC Mechanics CDL, a structured products and exotics pricing offering which features a contract definition language (CDL) tool. Mechanics CDL can also be used for modelling…
FTSE & JSE expand sharia offering
Index provider FTSE and South African securities exchange the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) have launched the FTSE/JSE Shariah Top 40 index, which is designed to provide exposure to sharia-compliant companies from the Shariah All-Share Index. The…
Dow Jones offers infrastructure securities
Dow Jones Indexes and asset manager Brookfield Asset Management have launched the Dow Jones Brookfield Infrastructure Indexes, which are designed to provide exposure to companies that are the owners and operators of infrastructure assets such as toll…
ABN launches Islamic agriculture certificate
ABN Amro has launched the Islamic Agriculture basket Yield Discovery Certificate, which is designed to provide exposure to a basket of sharia-compliant agricultural stocks selected from the Dow Jones Islamic Market World Index.
ABN Amro offers Asian sovereigns
ABN Amro in Singapore has launched the Power Asian Sovereign note, a first-to-default (FTD) credit-linked note offering exposure to a basket of Asian sovereigns. The note is a private placement in Indonesia.
Rabobank launches Fastracks index series
Rabobank Hong Kong has launched two new food and agribusiness equity-linked indexes, which provide exposure to both Asian and global food and agriculture companies. The indexes are part of the Rabo Fastracks Index Series and the bank plans to issue…
HSBC launches FTSE and EM products to UK IFA market
HSBC has launched two new plans for the UK independent financial adviser (IFA) market. The plans offer exposure to either the FTSE 100 index or emerging market equity.
Pringle moves from Merrill Lynch to Citi
Mike Pringle has been appointed head of EMEA equities trading at Citi, where he will be responsible for all client trading and report to Derek Bandeen, head of global equities trading at the US bank. Pringle joins Citi from Merrill Lynch, where he was…
BNP Paribas appoints new EQD strategy head
BNP Paribas has appointed Carl Mason to the new position of head of equity derivatives strategy for the Americas. Mason joins from rival investment bank Morgan Stanley, where he was head of US equity derivatives strategy.
Keydata offers income or growth
Keydata Investment Services has launched the Extra Income Plan, which offers either an income or growth. The income option pays a quarterly coupon of 2.075% pa while the growth option returns 58.5% at maturity.
Van Eck launches new Africa ETF
Van Eck Global has launched a new Africa exchange traded fund (ETF) on the Arca platform of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The Market Vectors – Africa ETF will seek to replicate the performance of the Dow Jones Africa Titans 50 index.
Barclays Wealth offer shorter term on Super Tracker
Barclays Wealth is launching a new shorter-dated version of its Super Tracker investment. The original product, which offers exposure to the FTSE 100 index, is now available in both three and five-year maturities.
Arc launches first commodity-linked product
Arc Capital and Income has moved into the commodity space with its first structured product linked to the asset class. The product is 100% capital guaranteed and uses a lookback feature to optimise exposure to three commodities.
Investec picks inflation for first income product
Investec has launched the first structured product in its income category; a hybrid product linked to the performance of both UK equity and inflation levels. The plan, which has a five-year maturity, offers minimum annual payments of 7.25%, with 50%…
Dow Jones launches GCC index
Dow Jones Indexes has launched the DJ GCC Titans 40 Index, which is designed to measure the performance of 40 stocks traded in five of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The index has…
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iShares extends inflation-linked bond ETF range
iShares, the exchange-traded fund (ETF) arm of Barclays Global Investors (BGI), plans to extend its inflation-linked bond ETF range, as inflation pressures continue to amount in global markets. At present, the iShares inflation-linked ETFs listed on the…
Cloudy skies prompt launch of new rainbow product
London and Capital has launched a capital guaranteed multi-asset rainbow plan which offers exposure to equities, commodities and property. It uses a lookback feature which will weight the classes differently according to their performance, offering…
SG’s agriculture boost
Société Générale Acceptance (SGA) has launched the SG Booster Notes – Series 1, which are designed to provide exposure to five agriculture-related companies.
Blue Sky unveils third tranche of Accelerated Growth Plan
Blue Sky Asset Management (BSAM) has launched the third issue of its Asset Allocation Accelerated Growth Plan. The six-year plan is designed to outperform a stock market in the US, UK, Europe or Japan, as selected by the investor, while providing 100%…
New Dow Jones Africa Titans 50 index to underlie ETF
Dow Jones Indexes has released the Dow Jones Africa Titans 50 Index, a pan-African index that measures the stock performance of 50 companies that generate the majority of their revenues in Africa, or have their headquarters based in Africa. Investors…
PowerShares launches Frontier Countries ETF on Nasdaq
Invesco PowerShares has launched its frontier countries ETF, designed to offer access to particular equity markets in the Middle East and North Africa, on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
Meteor banks on property market recovery
Meteor has launched a second kick-out plan banking on rises in the European commercial property market. It is linked to the performance of the FTSE European Public Real Estate Association Europe Index, which offers exposure to the publicly traded real…