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Arc launches latest Fixed Income Plan with higher and cautious options
Arc Capital and Income has released its five-year Fixed Income Plan 10, based on the FTSE 100 and S&P 500 indexes. The higher income option delivers 0.65% a month, equal to 8.08% annually, while the cautious income option provides 0.57% a month,…
Lyxor AM launches two new ETFs in Amsterdam
Lyxor Asset Management has listed two new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on Euronext Amsterdam. The funds have been built on versions of the reference index for the exchange: the Amsterdam Exchange Index (AEX), which tracks 23 of the stocks that trade on…
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Société Générale offers UK and US recovery products
Société Générale has issued two new UK-listed structured products based on UK and US equity market volatility "and any potential nearside recovery in the UK equity market", says the French bank.
Class action filed on Lehman principal protected notes
A class action has been filed on UBS Financial Services and the officers and directors of Lehman Brothers on losses from investments in principal protected notes issued by the defunct US bank.
Jubilee offers averaging-in to smooth peaks and troughs
Jubilee Financial Products has released two new plans for the UK market, a FTSE 100 index linked Regular Income Plan offering a quarterly coupon of 2.5% for a three-year, 2.25% for a five-year and 2.1875% for a seven-year, with capital is at risk; and a…
Casam unveils 10 ETFs on Euronext Paris
Crédit Agricole Structured Asset Management (Casam) has launched 10 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on Euronext Paris, bringing its total number of ETFs launched this year to 21. The latest series of 10 ETFs tracks the main European industry sectors and…
Meteor emits latest kickout growth and monthly income plans
Meteor Asset Management has unveiled its new monthly income plan, linked to the FTSE 100 and S&P 500 indexes, offering 0.65% a month over 60 months. The plan, which has a term of five years and fourteen days, repays capital in full at maturity, providing…
Walker Crips bags second issue of Fixed Income Plan
Walker Crips Structured Investments (WCSI) has launched the second issue of its five-year Fixed Income Plan, offering an annual income of 7.6% or a quarterly income of 1.85%. The plan repays capital in full, providing that the FTSE 100 index does not…
Add risk from spring 2009, Barclays Wealth
Investors should stay defensive in the short term, but add risk from spring onwards, says Barclays Wealth Signpost Annual Outlook, entitled 'A long, hard slog'. "We are looking to build overweights in investment-grade credit in Q2, and in equities from…
UniCredit offers US strategy to Germany, Austria and Luxembourg
UniCredit subsidiary HypoVereinsbank has presented investors in Germany, Austria and Luxembourg with the 4Keys Macro Strategy SI US Fund, which offers profits from both rising and falling markets. Issued by Structured Invest SA in Luxembourg, the…
Keydata provides tax efficient income options with Extra Income Plan
Keydata Investment Services has released the latest version of its Extra Income Plan, offering tax benefits to investors. The underlying assets are held in preference shares, reducing the tax payment for basic rate payers to 0% on income delivered by the…
UK pensions fell further into deficit in November
UK defined-benefit pension schemes are now £136 billion in deficit as of the end of last month, significantly worse than the £97.3 billion deficit at the end of October.
China set to provide funding to foreign banks
Chinese authorities may introduce their own version of the Federal Reserve's term auction facility (TAF) to help foreign banks get through their toughest test yet in dealing with China's still-developing interbank market.
BIS: exchange-traded derivatives volumes decline
Trading volumes at international derivatives exchanges dropped in the third quarter, according to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
Auction sets 52.5% recovery on Masonite LCDSs
A final settlement value of 52.5% was set for loan credit default swap (LCDS) trades referencing first-lien loans to Ontario-based door manufacturer Masonite, during a cash-settlement auction held today.
Blue Sky delivers defensive auto-call plan offering 8%
Blue Sky Asset Management (Bsam) has unveiled its six-year Capital Accumulator Auto-Call Plan - Defensive Series, offering 8% potential annual growth and an early kick-out. The plan has a defensive auto-call feature which closes the plan early, providing…
NYSE Euronext launches online screener for exchange-traded products
NYSE Euronext has unveiled an online screener for exchange-traded products (ETPs) listed on its US and European markets. The screener helps users to search for exchange-traded funds, notes, warrants and certificates, by classification, key words, symbols…
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EEX and Powernext's agreement to share their electricity spot and derivatives markets represents groundbreaking Franco-German energy market co-operation. The CEOs of both exchanges talk to Roderick Bruce about the challenges involved and what the merged…