Structured products
Incapital acquires Blue Sky Asset Management
US investment bank and structured products specialist Incapital will takeover UK distributor Blue Sky Asset Management. Blue Sky's book of plans will be subsumed into Incapital Europe
Swiss structured products and ETF volumes see sharp decline in June
Trading and turnover volumes in the Swiss structured products and ETF markets fall in June after seeing gains during the start of the year
S&P launches quality ranking indexes and licenses to PowerShares
Standard and Poor's has extended its index range to include quality rankings indexes, one of which has been licensed to Invesco PowerShares, and has added sector indexes in its CDS Index family
FTSE strengthens global business with executive hires
FTSE Group has added to its London office with the recruitment of five senior executives
Credit Suisse bolsters ETF team in Germany and Austria
Credit Suisse has continued the recruitment to its ETF team with the appointment of Levente Kulcsar and Annabelle Wegner in Germany and Austria
South Korea implements product pre-approval regulation
South Korea launched its new derivatives product approval system in June but issues remain
More ETFs face SEC trade curbs
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) will fall under new circuit breaker rules.
McLaughlin joins law firm Fried Frank in New York
US law firm Fried Frank has hired Robert McLaughlin, co-founder of the structured products practice at Katten Muchin Rosenman
Volatility helps German structurers offer attractive returns
The problems in the eurozone are unleashing volatility across the continent's indexes, thereby making it easier for bankers in Germany to offer good coupons on autocallables
Vanguard creates ETFs on equities, fixed income and property
Vanguard has increased its US ETF offering with the addition of a host of new products based on the benchmark S&P 500 and Russell 2000, and including equities, fixed income and property
RDR 'to fuel ETF boom'
The FSA's plans to overhaul regulations governing investment advice will spark a boom in the use of ETFs in the UK, according to BlackRock.
