Structured products
Richardson's rich pickings
After partnering with Credit Suisse earlier this year to sell structured notes, Richardson Partners Financial has found news ways to adapt its offering to high-net-worth clients amid an exceptionally tough financial climate in Canada - and its business…
The ideal copy
A series of hedge fund redemptions in the third quarter of 2008 have alerted investors to just how illiquid these investments can be. Add in the restrictions that some of funds have placed on withdrawing cash, and it is easy to see why structured…
Hot and gold
Two gold-linked products are on offer, one by Quantum Asset Management in the UK, and another by Morgan Stanley in the US. Both are attractive propositions, though the US product has more obvious advantages
Fuelling an emissions market
The carbon emissions credits market is heating up as investors are increasingly able to tap into the theme via structured products and exchange-traded funds. But how viable is the carbon theme as an underlying and what challenges do structured products…
Lehman restructured
The collapse of Lehman Brothers left billions of dollars of structured notes with unhedged exposures, prompting issuers to scramble for new counterparties to restructure trades. Meanwhile, some structured product providers have offered hope to investors…
The transparency tide
The issue of counterparty risk and how best to convey it to retail investors dominated the agenda at the Structured Products Europe conference. Delegates explored ways of identifying and mitigating risk, while the rise in structured funds and regulation…
Compliant commodities
Product reviews
Stepping stones
Risk-averse retail investors are shying away from fully regulated sales products that are capital at risk in favour of deposits. But structured products provide a natural stepping stone for Yorkshire Building Society to bridge this gap while delivering…
JP Morgan launches commodity fund
JP Morgan today launched its Commodity Curve Index Energy Light Fund.The open-ended fund has been designed to replicate the performance of the JP Morgan Commodity Curve Index Energy Light Total Return, the most recent index to be added to the JP Morgan…
Out of the comfort zone
Operational stress
Seeking security
Cover story
Open to question
Private banking
Defaults domino
Synthetic credit
Taming nature with models
Catastrophe risk
Risk returns
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