Structured products
Maybank launches Islamic commodity structured deposit
Malaysian bank Maybank has launched the Al-Sayf (MAS-i) structured Islamic deposit which is a sharia-compliant Mudharabah investment which is designed to provide exposure to the commodity-based Maybank Al-Sayf index.
DB x-trackers delivers first credit ETFs
DB x-trackers, the exchange-traded fund (ETF) arm of Deutsche Bank, has unveiled the first ETFs on the long and short Markit iTraxx Europe Financials indexes, enabling investors to buy and sell credit protection on senior and subordinated financial debt…
Trades on the rise but volumes suffer in Switzerland
The number of structured product and warrant trades on the Swiss structured product exchange, Scoach broke all previous records in October, despite a 13% fall in the volume of Swiss franc issuance. Exchange-traded funds (ETFs), a separate category from…
Mammoth NYSE product transfer following Amex acquisition
NYSE Arca is set to acquire 662 new exchange-traded products by the end of the year, following the completion of its acquisition of the American Stock Exchange (Amex) in October. The move will increase the platform’s number of products on offer to 1037.
BP withdraws from CCS competition, exits UK wind power
BP Alternative Energy has just announced that it is withdrawing from the UK competition for funding for a Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) demonstration plant, leaving just three contenders.
Russian stocks dragged down by plummeting oil price
Trading volumes on Russia’s two main stock exchanges, Russian Trading System (RTS) and the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (Micex), were significantly down in October, following plunging commodity prices and a worsened global financial outlook.
End of the boom?
Canadian oil sands production has grown rapidly in recent years, but are rising project costs and falling oil prices now jeopardising projects? Pauline McCallion investigates
GMAC may seek government aid after losses
US consumer finance giant GMAC may tap the US government's Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) after announcing a third quarter net loss of $2.52 billion.
Quant Congress Europe: Regulatory focus to switch to leverage
At the keynote address at the European Quant Congress in London today, Peter Praet, executive director in charge of financial stability at the National Bank of Belgium, said that the Basel II regulatory framework will be revised to look more closely at…
Renewables call for transmission build
Many US states have ambitious renewable energy targets, but billions need to be spent on transmission infrastructure if this new power is to come on line. Susan Arterian Chang looks at the challenges involved in creating the interstate transmission…
CFTC petitioned to allow clearing of OTC agricultural contracts
Agora-X an electronic trading and negotiation platform for commodities, has petitioned the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to allow the clearing of over-the-counter (OTC) contracts in major agricultural commodities.
Arc unveils latest range of core products
Arc Capital and Income has launched the latest offering of its three core products, comprising the Bricks and Mortar Plan two, the Bull and Bear Enhanced Investment Plan five and the Fixed Income Plan nine.
PowerShares to release actively managed US Real Estate ETF
Invesco PowerShares has announced its plan to launch an actively managed US Real Estate exchange-traded fund (ETF) on NYSE Arca in November.