ABN Amro

Agriculture in a basket

ABN Amro has provided a sharia-compliant two-year capital-protected income product linked to a basket of international agricultural stocks. There is an 8% cap on individual stock growth

Agencies rethink market risk rating methods

The three largest global rating agencies are reconsidering their approach to rating structures exposed to fluctuations in market value, with potentially unpalatable results for holders and arrangers of various structured credit products.

Brazil looks to controls

New legislation in Brazil on banking systems and controls has triggered a flood of sales from large accountancy firms and specialist service providers. John Rumsey looks at the new rules and how Brazilian banks are responding

Cross-border confusion

Europe's internationally active banks have until the end of this year to be fully compliant with the new Basel capital Accord, but a lack of clarity on cross-border implementation continues to cause major problems

LiquidityHub expecting launch in Q3

London-based electronic trading consortium LiquidityHub plans to start distributing the liquidity of 15 banks in interest rate swaps by the third quarter of this year.

DBRS strengthens EMEA structured finance group

Toronto-based ratings agency DBRS has appointed Niclas Sandstrom to its structured finance quantitative group in London. His appointment continues the growth of DBRS’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) team.

Working group to set up diamond derivatives

After a meeting with the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, UK-based cut diamond market data provider Polished Prices is putting together a working group aimed at creating a market in diamond derivatives.

Bumf and bumf-ability

Each time a directive is altered in the run-up to implementation, the resulting rewording and reprinting of documentation can prove almost as challenging as getting the changes accepted by the industry. When that directive is as large as Mifid, a whole…

ABN Amro - Product review

Dutch bank ABN Amro is making a real name for itself in the socially responsible investment arena. Here we review its Sustainability Protected Plus Note - a CPPI product linked to a sustainability basket

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