Structured products
Certain high-yield bonds offer opportunity amid turmoil, says SWIP's Logan
Scottish Widows Investment Partnership's Steven Logan picks out certain high-yield debt, looks to launch new fund
Deborah Fuhr to join BAML in October
Deborah Fuhr is to join Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London as head of global delta one strategy
The new ‘Eurobond’ – the eurozone’s last hope?
As Europe’s sovereign debt woes deepen, markets are increasingly speculating over the need for a new ‘Eurobond’, guaranteed by all euro member states. Tanuj Khosla from 3 Degrees Asset Management looks at how such a bond might work
Bond markets rally as ECB moves on Italian and Spanish debt
Yields on Italian and Spanish debt fall as European Central Bank signals it will implement its bond purchase programme
Barclays provides Japan with first listed ETNs
Barclays provides Japan with first listed ETNs
Index and ETF providers look to alternative weighting to avoid the 'concentrations and trend following bias' of market-cap weighted indexes
Index and ETF providers look to alternative weighting to avoid the 'concentrations and trend following bias' of market-cap weighted indexes
Hung Tran: 21% NPV reduction was a "reasonable assumption"
Everyone has a shared interest in the success of the Greek bailout because "the alternative is so much worse for everyone", says IIF deputy managing director
Barroso calls on eurozone to speed up completion of EFSF legislation
EC president calls for urgent action on bailout mechanism, but analyst says it could be months before the EFSF is legally allowed to purchase government bonds on the secondary market
People: Eisenhauer to exit Standard & Poor's
Tim Eisenhauer to leave S&P; Ferdinando Samaria named head of global commodities at UniCredit; Andy Sparks joins MSCI as managing director and head of product management in New York
Gross: US has failed to make a dent in the deficit
US deficit estimates rely on over-optimistic growth forecasts, says Pimco managing director
Last-minute US debt ceiling rise leaves world reeling
Debt ceiling deal will not restore investor confidence immediately; China still looking to diversify reserves away from dollar; credit rating agencies cautiously affirm top ratings
Risk Australia Spring 2011
Playing the reverse swing
Updated: GLG plans to close bond funds after Isaac's departure
Top-performing asset manager's move to Schroders precipitates changes
Italian investors drawn to commodity baskets to hedge and diversify from bond exposure
Italian investors drawn to commodity baskets to hedge and diversify from bond exposure
Dow Jones Global Shipping Index to serve as the basis for Guggenheim Shipping ETF
Index provider Dow Jones has launched a global shipping index that will form the basis for the Guggenheim Shipping ETF
Photo gallery: Risk India explores the role of complex products and regulation
A selection of pictures from the Risk India event held in June, hosted by Asia Risk magazine
Update: SEC reveals fraud and abuse after Finra warns 'greedy' investors
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has published the results of its latest investigation into the selling of structured products, two days after Finra warned 'greedy' investors to take care
Sean Corrigan talks emerging market risks
Diapason Commodities's Sean Corrigan discusses Chinese hard landings, Mena unrest, the role of Opec, quantitative easing and the likely market reactions to a Greek default
Listed warrants return to the Polish market
Raiffeisen Centrobank has broadened its structured products range in Poland with the launch of more than a hundred products based on domestic underlyings on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, including the first listed warrants since 2005
Pension funds urge US Congress to act fast on debt-ceiling deal
Pension funds and investment firms highlight inflation, interest rate and currency risks of US default in open letters to President Obama
Esma consults on ETFs and Ucits structured products
Esma consults on ETFs and Ucits structured products
Deborah Fuhr leaves BlackRock for another role within the industry
Research formerly conducted by Deborah Fuhr will now be undertaken by BlackRock's Investment Institute
BBVA is to add volatility sub-index to its Jim Rogers’ resources index to create structured products
BBVA is to add volatility sub-index to its Jim Rogers’ resources index to create structured products
Merrill Lynch Wealth calls in Police to head EMEA
Amilcare Police has reappeared at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, a little more than a year after parting company with HSBC, where he was head of equity derivatives sales and third-party distribution