NatWest Group
Risk Annual Summit: Loan and bond markets will suffer under Basel III, say panellists
Supervisors should embrace new form of securitisation to encourage bank lending, argues Ernst & Young’s Patricia Jackson
UBS offers lion's share of latest structured products registered in the US
Thirty-one structured products were registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, with UBS providing nine autocallables and reverse convertibles
Market snapshot
Market snapshot
Trade of the month: investment strategies
Trade of the month: investment strategies
RBS digital product caters to multiple outlooks
The rule of three
Six Swiss Exchange opens Cosi listings to UK banks
The exchange will allow UK banks to issue products using its collateral secured investments (Cosi) service from the UK. Germany is also expected to be on the list to receive the extended service
Market snapshot
Market snapshot
RBS retains structured products in restructure
Trimming the fat
Nomura names Ashley as global head of fixed income
Steve Ashley has been promoted to global head of fixed income at Nomura, with Georges Assi as his deputy
RBS cash equities exit could hike hedging costs
RBS will have to pay more to hedge vega from its equity derivatives business after losing offsets provided by cash, rivals say
Rolls-Royce longevity swap highlights growing cross-border appetite of reinsurers
Rolls-Royce longevity swap highlights growing cross-border appetite of reinsurers
RBS leaves structured products intact as restructuring revealed
Royal Bank of Scotland keeps investor products and equity derivatives in latest restructuring, but ditches cash equities, corporate broking, equity capital markets and M&A
Risk awards 2012
Survival lessons
Lifetime achievement award: Lance Uggla
Risk awards 2012
Inflation derivatives house of the year: Royal Bank of Scotland
Risk awards 2012
Banks face heavy burden from sanctions in the Middle East
Sanctions side-effects
Little seasonal cheer for bank CDS spreads
Europe's big banks have endured a rocky month of ratings downgrades, eurozone discord and funding stress
Market Snapshot
Market Snapshot
Sponsored statement: RBS
RBS launches ground-breaking ETF
Bonus certificates lose their shine
Bonus certificates lose their shine
Germany downgrade threat sees eurozone CDSs widen
Eurozone CDS spreads were back on the rise today after Standard & Poor's warned it could downgrade 15 eurozone member states, including Germany
Eurozone CDS spreads fall on French-German fiscal deal
Risk perceptions in the eurozone fell today as France and Germany agreed new treaty plans that will sanction fiscally irresponsible member states
Sectors and strategies gain market share as exchange-traded products thrive
The healthy exchange-traded products market is seeing increasing demand from investors for access to specific sectors, as well as for dynamic strategies that can adapt to prevailing market conditions