Structured products
State Street warns of continued political dangers for Europe investors
From big picture to particular focus: Kevin Anderson profile
Glendevon King strategy aims to separate company risk from country risk
Investor profile: Glendevon King Asset Management
Leading Asia economist warns against overestimating the region’s investment potential
Don’t believe the hype – Jim Walker profile
Sponsored feature: Deutsche Bank X-trackers ETFs
Asian ETFs uncovered
Bond investors look to convertibles to enhance portfolio returns
The change to convertibles
Enter the quant regulator
Enter the quant regulator
Stoxx indexes offer investors enhanced access to infrastructure sector
Stoxx has launched an index that provides investors with enhanced exposure to infrastructure, the alternative asset class that has increased in popularity among investors with its stable returns in the medium to long term
Dealers fight back amid ETF regulatory scrutiny
Holding back the regulatory tide
Nomura launches South Korea Government Bond Index featuring liquidity screening
The South Korea Government Bond Index aims to offer investors increased tradability through the use of a liquidity enhancement mechanism
First-quarter dip in gold ETFs, World Gold Council
Exchange-traded funds and similar products that track the price of gold saw net outflows of 56 tonnes ($2.5bn) during the first quarter of the year, according to a World Gold Council report
ETF players plan association to counter regulatory concerns
Lyxor and Deutsche Bank invite other European ETF providers to join a conference call next week to discuss the setting up of a new industry body
FTSE launches sharia index that is physically backed by industrial metals
Providing the security and reassurance of physical asset ownership, FTSE's Physical Industrial Metals index series allows investors to hedge against future supply constraints
Investors more pessimistic on global growth, according to BAML fund manager survey
Investors' expectations of global growth have dipped, according to a Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey of fund managers
Standard & Poor's to create head of structured products role in bid to woo distributors
The index provider says it plans to name a structured products head to take charge of aggressive outreach efforts to the distributor community
FRN issuance on the rise, as investors go on defensive
An increase in floating rate issuance may be the start of a prolonged trend, as investors look for protection against possible interest rate hikes
Bank of Cyprus CoCoCo exchange offer arouses curiosity
The second-largest bank in Cyprus is in the market with an offer to convert shares into convertible contingent capital securities, but is it a curiosity piece or the genuine article?
Asia-Pacific insurance sector leans further towards structured products
Asia-Pacific insurance sector leans further towards structured products
Bondholder haircuts back on the agenda as Greece nears default
Despite previous announcements by European authorities that haircuts would not be imposed on investors in restructurings involving Eurozone sovereigns and banks before 2013, with each passing month that promise seems unlikely to be kept
Downturn in markets leaves Swiss investors hungry for leveraged structured products, says Scoach
The structured products industry in Switzerland is flourishing as investors seek hedging strategies in the wake of the Japanese tsunami, says trading platform Scoach
No-go for CoCoCos
No-go for CoCoCos
European financials weather sovereign instability
Trading talk: May 2011
Investor jitters over Spain affect performance of BBVA five-year bond
Deals in Focus: BBVA
Loan spread tightening squeezes CLO arbitrage for managers
Searching for an equilibrium
Credit investors circle CRE loan market as refinancings loom
A foot on the property ladder