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Editorial comment: SG revamps Americas business
January is traditonally the month of abstinence following over indulgence during the holiday season. Plugging into the public's new found desire to lead a healthy lifetsyle celebrities, at least in UK and US, are quick to launch keep fit videos. French…
Lyxor launches ETF on DJ Buy Write Index
Lyxor has launched an exchange traded fund (ETF) linked to the Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 Buy Write Index. The Lyxor ETF Euro Stoxx 50 Buy Write, which has commenced trading on the Paris Stock Exchange, is the first ETF based on the Dow Jones index.
Sentry Select to target UK market
Sentry Select, the Canadian income trust firm and distributor of structured products and mutual funds, is planning to launch structured products for the UK market.
A view on 2007: By NDF's Jim Goddard-Jones
What does 2007 hold for UK-based structured products professionals? Jim Goddard-Jones director of UK distributor NDF provides his thoughts below.
Hwang-DBS launches structured fund in Malaysia
Malaysian investment manager Hwang-DBS Investment Management Berhad (HDBSIM) has launched the Hwang-DBS Global Banks Structured Fund (GBSF). The two-year unit trust structured product is a closed-ended, capital protected investment linked to the…
DIB launches global diverisified note
Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) has launched its sharia compliant three-year Capital Protected Global Diversified Note.
LLB and ABN Amro launch sharia certificate
Swiss asset manager Liechtensteinische Landesbank (LLB) and Dutch investment bank ABN Amro have partnered to launch a Middle East index tracker certificate. The sharia-compliant Middle East index tracker is linked to the performance of the LLB Top 20…
New listings on Amex decreases year on year
The number of new structured products listed on the American Stock (Amex) decreased from 136 during 2005 to 114 during 2006. In 2004 115 new products were listed on the exchange.
China topples Hong Kong as largest warrants market
Warrant turnover on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges in China was the largest in the world during 2006, reporting $US13.4 billion more turnover than Hong Kong for the first 11 months of 2006.
SuperDerivatives launches new version of SD-IR
SuperDerivatives, the London-based risk technology company, has released a new version of its interest rate options and structured products platform. The enhancements to SD-IR were based on feedback from several hundreds of clients all over the world in…
New Year offerings from Barclays
UK banking group Barclays has continued its retail market push, launching five new structured products at the start of the year. The new range includes four fully capital protected products and one capital at risk product.
Leverage opportunities in alpha generation with exchange-traded funds
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