Structured products
The Retail Distribution Review: how will it affect structured products?
Braced for impact
Improving the European Commission's Prips proposals
The probability problem
How index providers are enhancing exposure to emerging markets
Breaking new ground
Providers place product platforms on a pedestal
Platforms for success
The outlook for 2013: Regulation and rates rule
Navigating 2013
BNP Paribas loses global and European sales heads
Eric le Brusq and Amaury des Deserts are leaving BNP Paribas to pursue other opportunities
Simon Klein and Nizam Hamid exit Lyxor Asset Management; Klein rejoins Deutsche Bank
Head of ETF strategy at French ETF provider exits as Arnaud Llinas is named global head of ETFs & Indexing in Paris
Impact-adjusted valuation and the criticality of leverage
Impact-adjusted valuation and the criticality of leverage
Small reinsurers ‘shortening bond durations’ to protect against interest rate volatility
Companies prepared to take ALM mismatch to access higher yields on reinvestment
Banks plan to relaunch off-balance-sheet derivatives units
At least six banks are talking to lawyers and rating agencies about reviving derivatives product companies, although AAA ratings may now be off the table
Sponsored webinar: BNP Paribas
The evolution of commodity indices
Corporate statement: UniCredit
Clear tendencies in the German derivatives market
Total return swaps on iBoxx touted as alternative to corporate bond index ETFs
Exchange-traded funds that give exposure to corporate bond indexes could face competition from total return swaps on the indexes, say market participants
Photo gallery: Structured Products Europe Awards 2012
A photo gallery of the winners of this year's Structured Products awards for Europe
Deutsche Bank makes switch to physical ETFs as investors shun synthetics
Deutsche Bank joins the trend for ETFs backed by real assets
Non-financial corporate bonds: the future for structured products?
Using non-financial corporate bonds instead of bank bonds to underpin structured products could encourage more investors to consider them, as it would help diversify the counterparty risk within a portfolio, say industry participants
Structured Products Europe: Vanguard's emerging markets switch highlights the need to scrutinise index constituents, say speakers
Vanguard's replacement of an MSCI index with a FTSE index as the underlying for emerging markets exchange-traded fund should remind investors to look carefully at underlying constituents, hears conference
Structured products market in Greece stabilises ahead of debt sustainability talks
Investors in Greece appear calmer than in May and June, when fears of currency redenomination saw structured product sales surge
Best in Belgium
Best in Belgium
Best in Central and Eastern Europe
Best in Central and Eastern Europe
Best in Germany
Best in Germany
Structured Products Europe Awards 2012: the winners
Structured Products Europe Awards 2012
Best in Switzerland
Best in Switzerland