Structured products
CDS clearing house tops regulators' to-do list in drive to tackle counterparty risk
The New York Fed is keen to establish a central clearing house for CDS, with CCorp poised to launch such a service. But will the recently merged Creditex-ICE throw its hat into the ring?
Fund managers bought products they didn't understand, survey finds
A recent survey by auditing firm KPMG reveals a chasm in the level of derivatives and risk management knowledge at global fund and investment managers.
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McGinn Smith - Safety lessons
After building its business financing home security companies, McGinn Smith gradually moved into distributing structured products to a risk averse client base. It is now planning how best to capture the opportunities provided by tattered financial…
Buying commercial property - Product review
Morgan Stanley has released UK Commercial Property Growth 1, a capital-protected product linked to the IPD UK Annual Growth Index, for which gains will be subject to capital gains tax. Participation is deemed a healthy 100% of the index performance
In search of flexible friends
The onshore Brazilian retail structured products market could embrace a new structured instrument next year, which would bring much-needed flexibility to a highly restrictive environment. Recent regulations for mutual funds have also given foreign banks…
Special Report Americas
If structured products can really do what they say they can, then it is no surprise that anyone producing mutual funds is trying to strangle structured products so soon after birth
Tapping grey power
Capturing the 'retiree dollar' is a potentially huge opportunity for structured products in the US, tailor-made as they are for the baby-boomer generation entering retirement. Addressing this market could be what tips structured products into the…
Sovereign and state bank links - Product review
Societe Generale is offering investors a link to the sovereign debt of China, Malaysia, South Korea and Thailand and the banking debt of the State Bank of India. Capital is protected and coupons are fixed at 3.3%, although the issuer has the right to…