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S&P launches GCC Sharia Index
Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has launched a fully investable GCC Sharia Index. The S&P GCC Sharia Series captures the largest and most liquid stocks across the GCC. S&P says it will pave the way for the creation of mutual funds, ETFs and structured products…
UBS launches Global Warming Index
UBS Investment Bank has launched the UBS Global Warming Index (UBS-GWI). The UBS-GWI is a tradable benchmark for global investments in the weather derivatives market. It is constructed using liquid, actively traded Heating Degree Day (HDD) and Cooling…
FSA fines Sesame for complaints handling failures
The UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined Oxford-based IFA network Sesame £330,000 for failing to treat its customers fairly by not handling complaints concerning Structured Capital At Risk Products (SCARPs) adequately.
Meteor launches Galaxy Protected Commodities Plan in the UK
Meteor Asset Management, a specialist structured products provider in the UK, has launched a four-year protected investment plan linked to a basket of eight equally weighted commodities: aluminium, brent crude, copper, lead, natural gas, nickel, WTI…
Issuance of ETFs on the up, says HKSFC
The number of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) authorised by the Securities and Futures Comission (SFC), Hong Kong’s financial watchdog, has substantially increased. This includes the recent approval of six ETFs, which include the first ETF that tracks an…
Credit Suisse sells $190 million of CCO notes
Credit Suisse has completed its inaugural global issuance of US$190 million AAA-rated collateralised commodity obligations (CCO) notes. The notes are denominated in US dollar, Euro and Australian dollar, across three and five-year tranches.
DWS launches closed-ended structured funds in India
DWS Investments (DWS), the retail mutual fund arm of Deutsche Bank, has launched the first in a series of structured and capital protected products targeting investors in India. The DWS Capital Protection Oriented Fund is distributed through Deutsche…
ABA raises SOX concerns with Congress
Congress hears more SOX greivances
CESR out with GAAP/IFRS CP
CESR consultation paper out to determine whether the GAAP of non-EU countries are equivalent to IFRS.
JP Morgan signs up Deutsche Börse for nuclear custom index
Deutsche Börse has expanded its customised index range offering a World Nuclear Power Index for JPMorgan. The index will be offered exclusively by JPMorgan as an underlying for a range of structured products.
Merrill Lynch offers second retail credit-linked note in Singapore
Merrill Lynch is currently offering a credit-linked retail structured note in Singapore - its second such offering for the country. The Jubilee Series 3 LinkEarner Notes are credit-linked to five subordinated or senior unsecured obligations of reference…
JP Morgan launches Yield Alpha 8 outperformance certificate in Germany
JP Morgan has launched an outperformance certificate based on the Yield Alpha 8 strategy in Germany. The two-year certificate offers a participation rate of 180% in the Yield Alpha 8 Index, which uses a multi-asset trading strategy that aims to return 8%…
RBS hires Mazzocchi as head of structured derivatives products
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has hired Matteo Mazzocchi as head of its structured derivatives products group, within its investment banking arm RBS Global Banking and Markets. He joins RBS in May and was previously global head of credit, rates and…
CIMB to introduce Islamic private banking in Malaysia
CIMB Group is to launch the Malaysia’s first fully fledged private banking service based on sharia principles this year.
Dow Jones and DFM launch sharia-compliant indexes
Dow Jones Indexes and the Dubai Financial Market (DFM), UAE’s stock exchange, have launched the Dow Jones DFM Index and Dow Jones DFM Titans 10 Index. The new indexes are part of the Dow Jones Islamic Market Index series, and follow the methodology of…
New website for status of Mifid transposition in Europe
The Europa site has a new webpage containing information about the status of transposition of Mifid in the various EU Member States.
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