Structured products
Canada pressed to develop inflation market
Current issuance of inflation-linked bonds is too meagre to meet demand from domestic and international investors, say market participants
Société Générale lists first actively managed ETN
Société Générale has partnered with asset manager Parkstone to develop an ETN based on an actively managed strategy, the first in a planned suite of ETNs from the bank.
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ETF Securities provides access to infrastructure sector
ETF Securities has launched two ETFs based on the growing infrastructure sector, which will require $2 trillion of investment every year until 2030, according to OECD estimates.
BAML and ETF Securities launch first ETF to track European equity volatility
Bank of America Merrill Lynch and ETF Securities have partnered to list an ETF based on the volatility of the European market.
State Street Global Advisors to expand ETF operations in Europe
The ETF provider is planning to grow its SPDR exchange-traded funds business in Europe this year as the market "comes of age".
iShares launches two sustainable ETFs on LSE
iShares launches two sustainable ETFs on LSE
Islamic finance
Faith and finance
Malaysia’s commodity murabaha push still has a way to go
Faith in funding
Islamic structured products gain credibility in Asia
Sharia surety
Long road for standardised Islamic derivatives documentation
A bespoke route
RBS gold exchange-traded note aims to mitigate volatility
The third US-listed ETN from Royal Bank of Scotland tracks either gold or US Treasuries, giving investors access to a commodity while mitigating some of its volatility.
Lyxor to launch five sectoral ETFs in Singapore
Lyxor will cross-list five Asian equity sector-based ETFs in Singapore from February 28. These are believed to be the first Asian sectoral ETFs in the region
China leads the way as UK structured product providers try new underlyings
China leads the way as UK structured product providers try new underlyings
UK assets in retail ETFs more than double that of a year ago, says iShares
The number of retail investors using ETFs is rising fast, boosted by regulatory initiatives such as the Retail Distribution Review and greater product knowledge among financial advisers.
Muted demand in Hong Kong for renminbi-denominated structured notes
Muted demand in Hong Kong for renminbi-denominated structured notes
World's first leveraged loan ETF will launch on New York Stock Exchange
Powershares expects leveraged loan ETF to appeal to mutual funds, hedge funds and individual investors.
Powershares list 39 ETFs on Bolsa Mexicana
Invesco PowerShares aims to tap potential in Mexico's institutional and high-net-worth markets.
S&P index takes Vix methodology to Hong Kong
S&P index takes Vix methodology to Hong Kong
South African investors turn to Australian dollar in search for yields
South African investors bank on Australian dollar
Emerging market corporates ripe for investment, says Amundi’s Crosnier
Laurent Crosnier, chief investment officer at asset manager Amundi in London, looks to emerging market corporates for returns.
DBS to debut CNH structured notes in Singapore; close-out settlement backstop in place to deal with China policy u-turn
DBS is set to become the first financial institution to offer renminbi structured notes and unit trust to private banking clients in Singapore on February 28. The bank has also drawn up contingency plans to address the policy risk of Beijing changing its…
BAML report on structured products explodes the myth of poor returns
BAML report on structured products explodes the myth of poor returns