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Dawnay Day Quantum launches China investments
Dawnay Day Quantum has launched its China Investment Series, which comprises two structured products offering exposure to the growth in China’s economy.
Daiwa Launches Singapore’s first sharia-compliant ETF
Daiwa Asset Management (Singapore) has launched Singapore’s debut sharia-compliant exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) (see Structured Products magazine, August 2007). The Daiwa FTSE Sharia Japan 100 (Daiwa ETF) offers exposure to…
Arc closes Fixed Income Plan 5 early and opens Fixed Income Plan 6
Arc Capital & Income has closed its Fixed Income Plan 5 two weeks early due to a high level of demand. Consequently, Arc has opened its next issue, the Fixed Income Plan 6. The five-year plan offers two income options linked to the FTSE 100 and the S&P…
ABN Amro combines Bric, infrastructure and commodities in Australia
ABN Amro in Australia has launched the Altera Securities investment which provides exposure to Bric emerging economies, the food and energy sectors and global infrastructure.
S&P proffers Asia property
Index provider Standard & Poor’s has launched the S&P Asia Property 40 Index which offers exposure to listed companies in the Asian property and real estate markets. The index is designed to underlie investment instruments such as structured products and…
Bradford & Bingley sells 23% stake after suffering losses
UK mortgage lender Bradford & Bingley has agreed to sell a 23% stake of the company to US private equity firm TPG Capital following announcements of losses for the first four months of the year.
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Credit funds seek flexibility and sustainability from IT solutions
Innovative software solutions for credit strategies are a challenge. IT companies offer a plethora of solutions for an environment that lacks standardisation and needs a high degree of automation. Jamie Wynn-Williams reports
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Hedges are growing greener
Opportunities for hedge funds in traditional energy markets are not as common as a few years ago. As a result, some hedge funds are turning to green energy markets in search of price anomalies and arbitrage opportunities, William Rhode discovers…