Book contributions by Risk Staff
Portfolio Construction and Management
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Articles by Risk Staff
Jim Kauffmann
The head of fixed income at ING Investment Management explains to Dalia Fahmy why it sometimes pays to play it safe. He should know: he is in charge of $65bn of investors' cash
The woman and Man with a pension plan
Ros Altmann says it's only a matter of time until a large UK company is pulled under by its troubled pension plan. Is that a bird? A plane? No, it's Super Man (Investments) with a plan for the plans, writes David Walker
PROFILE - Credit Suisse Private Bank on HNWs
Credit Suisse Private Bank is increasingly deploying structured products in its high-net-worth clients’ portfolios. In fact, the bank believes that its clients’ portfolios could one day be largely made up of derivatives-based investments, as Daniel…
ABN Amro lists five commodity-linked certificates in Italy
Dutch Investment bank ABN Amro has launched five certificates in Italy tied to the new Club Commodity Index (Commin Index). Thanks to an exclusivity deal with the index provider, ABN Amro is the only bank to offer exposure to the index.
RBS launches structured retail product in Germany
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has announced the launch of its first public structured retail product in Germany. The RBS Dividenden Outperformance Zertifikat is a three-year capital-guaranteed certificate that offers growth linked to the out…
Goldman Sachs hires co-head from JP Morgan in New York
Bill Shelton, formerly co-head of JPMorgan’s third-party structured products distribution efforts in New York, has joined Goldman Sachs to develop a similar business, according to the Structured Products Association.
Nomura launches protected property fund
Nomura International has launched its Global Property 80% Protected Fund. The fund combines a globally diversified property investment with a quarterly regional overlay and capital protection.
SPA to tackle marketing conventions
The New York-based Structured Products Association (SPA) is recruiting up to five US structured products firms to participate in a 90 day pilot programme to test a new classification initiative. The objective is to demystify structured products for…
S&P gets responsible
Standard & Poor’s and its Indian affiliate CRISIL are to head a consortium that will develop the first index of emerging market companies based on their environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) performance.
VIDEO PRESENTATION - Ferdinando Samaria on the evolution of European markets
Structured Products Extra , the online news service of Structured Products magazine, is delighted to provide its valued subscribers with access to this video presentation by Dr. Ferdinando Samaria, Unicredit's global co-head of markets.
HSBC hires Boscherel from Calyon
HSBC Corporate, Investment Banking and Markets has hired Laurent Boscherel as Paris-based global head of exotics within its global structured equity business.
Calyon poaches Raphael Blot from SG
Calyon Corporate and Investment Bank has hired Raphael Blot as regional head of equity and fund derivatives marketing and sales for Asia-Pacific, including Japan.
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft promotes structured products lawyers
Law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has promoted 24 attorneys to the position of special counsel. And a number of these lawyers have been promoted thanks to their work in structured products.
Robeco to list Clean Tech certificates on Euronext Amsterdam
Robeco, the asset management arm of Rabobank, has launched a certificate linked to a fund of private equity funds that invest in unlisted companies active in the field of clean technology. An application has been made for listing on Eurolist by Euronext…
Merrill Lynch debuts credit-linked note for Singapore
Merrill Lynch has launched the Jubilee Link Gain Notes for Singapore's retail investment market, allowing investors to participate in the credit markets in a principal protected and transparent manner. Jubilee Link Gain Notes have a high potential return…
S&P and Global Real Analytics launch commercial real estate indexes
Standard & Poor’s, has joined with Global Real Analytics (GRA) to develop and publish the S&P/GRA Commercial Real Estate Indexes (SPCREX Indices).
LBBW signs up to Quantifi
Germany's Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW) has selected Quantifi XL as its front-office tool for pricing and analysing structured products.
CEBS Chair speaks at European Parliament hearing
Daniele Nouy speaks about the Committee's latest work on the Basel Accord
Monetary Authority of Singapore announce proposals for next stage of Basel II implementation
MAS set out their fourth consultation on Basel II and its requirements