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Dealers bet on onshore commodities units in China
The local touch
Morgan Stanley bolsters China commodities business
Morgan Stanley has made a senior appointment in mainland China and received permission to trade agricultural products onshore in the country as part of the US investment bank’s efforts to grow its commodity business in the world’s second largest economy.
Market snapshot
Market Snapshot
Retrospective: Morgan Stanley's Jump Securities
More upside, please
Risk Forum: client clearing - a clear market move
A clear market move
Regulation to be ‘primary driver’ for reference data investment in 2011
Financial services firms say client data is a critical area for development, driven by US Office of Financial Research
UK products offer access to commodities, emerging markets and overseas indexes
Despite a near-impossible pricing environment, issuers continue to offer investors returns on FTSE 100-based products, with a few surprise exotics.
Nomura appoints Asia-Pacific head of equity derivatives trading
Japanese firm names El Khoury for Hong Kong-based equity derivatives role
Nomura appoints Benson as vice-chairman, risk and regulatory affairs
Japanese firm names David Benson for London-based role.
Fadel to lead structured DCM at Jefferies
Fadel to lead structured DCM at Jefferies
The rise and fall of commodities
The rise and fall of commodities
Patrimonios Can's pick 'n mix
Patrimonios pick ‘n mix
People: Philippe El-Asmar takes over Asian distribution at Barclays Capital
People: BarCap's El-Asmar takes over Asian distribution
Mergers and acquisitions: hitching a ride on the recovery
Tapping M&A targets
Real estate emerges as a theme for US structured products
Real estate is gaining popularity as an underlying, with a handful of products tracking iShares Dow Jones Real Estate Index fund in recent issuances.
Ex-Morgan Stanley team create systematic trading investment boutique
Investment focus said to be on highly liquid, transparent instruments, and strategy will use a quantitative approach
Olcott joins Citi as head of US retail structured products sales
Gage Olcott has joined Citi in the US to help build up its third-party distribution efforts
Risk USA: Pay bigger than politics, says former Treasury adviser
Risk managers need to look closely at compensation, declares former US Treasury adviser
Morgan Stanley adds SG’s Mehrez to EQD team
Morgan Stanley has continued its recent spate of equity derivatives hires and appointed Selim Mehrez as global head of financial engineering.
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Structured Products Europe Awards 2010
Low volatility favours accelerated plans
UK investors have recently been offered emerging markets as an underlying, a commodity fund and no capital protection as providers have been able to structure some attractive payoffs
US wrap: Bank of Montreal joins issuance as single emerging markets remain popular
Bank of Montreal has made its first appearance in the FVC listings with a reverse convertible on a financial stock.