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Icap launches A$/NZ$ electronic trading
Interdealer broker Icap launched electronic trading in the Australian dollar-New Zealand dollar currency pair on April 30 on its global EBS foreign exchange trading platform.
Bank of Montreal reports heavy commodity trading losses
BMO Financial Group, formerly the Bank of Montreal, said today that it has incurred second-quarter mark-to-market commodity trading losses estimated at between C$350 million ($313 million) and C$450 million ($403 million), pre-tax.
RBS hires in structured credit for Nordics
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has hired Soren Hyldgaard as head of debt markets financial institutions sales for the Nordic region. Soren will report to Al Sinsheimer, head of debt markets financial institutions sales.
Credit Suisse hires in equity derivatives
Credit Suisse has announced a number of hires in its equity derivatives business.
JP Morgan and Diapason launch new commodities index
JP Morgan and commodity asset management firm Diapason Commodities Management have launched the Diapason Commodity Rotator. The index is available as either an excess return or a total cash return index, allowing investors to take advantage of…
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…
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.