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Lehman launches Enhanced Returns and Emerging Markets plans
Lehman Brothers has launched issue 4 of the capital protected Enhanced Returns Plan, offering fixed returns of either 55% for a five-year or 25% for a three-year term. Both the options provide fixed returns provided the FTSE 100 index is equal to or…
UK IFAs prioritise creditworthiness and capital protection
The most important feature of structured products is pricing and terms, although this is closely followed by the creditworthiness of the issuing bank, according to UK IFA (independent financial adviser) polled yesterday at the FVC conference in London…
Back to basics: non-determinant deposits
Liquidity and Deposits
Growing ambition
The appointment of Doug Naidus as global co-head of residential mortgage origination and trading at Deutsche Bank is a reflection of how much has changed since the bank bought MortgageIT last year. Here, he talks with Mortgage Risk about the firm's move…
Buying power?
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Get a fix on floating-rate risk
Commercial Property
A bright future?
Mexico
Returning heroes
GSEs
Promising developments
Historically, cross-border mortgage lending has been a limited market with select players offering piecemeal loans to those looking for holiday homes. Now originators are assessing the potential of so-called emerging mortgage markets, where new ventures…
Distributor-investor principles draft released by trade associations
Five trade associations – grouped together as the Joint Action Committee (Jac) – have released an exposure draft of ‘Structured Products: Principles for Managing the Distributor-Individual Investor Relationship’. The principles complement those affecting…
Keydata adds seventh Dynamic Growth plan and more
Keydata Investment Services has unveiled an array of new structured products. Its five-year Dynamic Growth Plan Plus issue seven offers two times any rise in the FTSE 100 index, subject to a maximum investment growth of 90%. Issue eight of the same plan…
Morgan Stanley paves access to UK property for retail investors
Morgan Stanley has launched four structured products offering access to UK commercial property, Asia (ex Japan) equity as well as two FTSE 100-linked products. The Morgan Stanley UK Commercial Property Growth Plan 1 provides full return of capital at…
Barclays unveils suite of income and growth plans
Barclays Wealth has launched a new suite of plans, offering a range of protected growth or income products with varying levels of protection. The Protected FTSE Plan offers 1.5 times any rise in the FTSE 100 index up to a maximum return of either 22.5%…
Barcap offers Arabian exposure for offshore bonds
Barclays Capital has launched both the Five-Year Guaranteed Arabia Titans 50 and FTSE 100 Deposits designed exclusively for use within offshore bonds and UK wrap accounts.
Dawnay Day Quantum unveils two commodity products
Dawnay Day Quantum has launched two capital protected commodity investments, providing diversified exposure to metals, energy and agricultural commodities. The five-and-a-half-year Protected Commodities Accelerator X is 100% capital protected and offers…
Morgan Stanley launches double long and short ETNs
Morgan Stanley has launched two exchange-traded notes (ETNs), the Market Vectors-Double Long Euro ETN and the Market Vectors-Double Short Euro ETN, both of which are traded on NYSE Arca. The ETNs offer leveraged exposure to the euro/US dollar exchange…
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Rothwell departs JP Morgan
Giles Rothwell has left JP Morgan, where he was global head of structured investments distributor marketing and has been replaced by Beat von Gunten, previously Emea head of structured products for distributor marketing at JP Morgan in London. Rothwell…
LPL financial moves into US independent adviser space
LPL Financial is expanding into the registered investment adviser (RIA) space in the US. The distributor is launching its own integrated adviser platform, with a full range of financial products, including structured products, set to be offered later…
Blue Sky launches second tranche of Accelerated Growth Plan
Blue Sky Asset Management has launched the second version of its Asset Allocation Accelerated Growth Plan II (AAA Growth Plan II) which is designed to out-perform major markets selected by the investor. The six-year plan allows investors to select their…