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In search of flexible friends

The onshore Brazilian retail structured products market could embrace a new structured instrument next year, which would bring much-needed flexibility to a highly restrictive environment. Recent regulations for mutual funds have also given foreign banks…

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Valuation separation

Independent valuation is an increasingly important requirement for verifying trading activities and banks' portfolios, especially in the wake of the credit crunch and tougher regulations. As banks continue to seek valuation and pricing capabilities from…

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Tapping grey power

Capturing the 'retiree dollar' is a potentially huge opportunity for structured products in the US, tailor-made as they are for the baby-boomer generation entering retirement. Addressing this market could be what tips structured products into the…

Credit too hot to handle

Some distributors in Asia are offering first-to-default retail credit notes that give sovereign exposure, signalling a revival of interest in credit. But heavy mark-to-market losses and the use of CDOs as underlying collateral in previous issues have…

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Q&A: counterparty risk - Spot the differentiation

The credit quality of product issuers has become a prime concern following the downfall of US investment bank Bear Stearns. Sophia Morrell asks seven industry players - issuing banks, an index provider, a distributor, a risk analysis and pricing company…

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