The Americas
Technology innovation: Numerix
Structured Products Americas Awards 2012
Update: UBS expands derivatives structuring and adds to ex-Deutsche roster
The Swiss bank has named the heads of its global equities structuring operations, increasing its collection of former Deutsche Bank executives in the process
Structured Products Americas: education still hampering market development
A little knowledge
Americas Special Report
Americas Special Report
Counterparty concerns: are they easing?
Credit where it's due
Americas house of the year
House of the year, Americas
Law firm of the year
Law firm of the year
US distributor of the year
US distributor of the year
Structured Products Americas Awards 2011: The Winners!
Structured Products Americas Awards 2011
Nomura hires new Americas debt chief
Jim Merli leaves Barclays to take up newly created position of head of debt origination and debt syndicate for the Americas.
Americas Report: Back from the breech
The structured products market in the US has been through some lows in the past year. The shock sometimes was so great that the lifeblood of the market, the reverse convertible, was withdrawn completely. It was pointless flogging a product that required…
Gazprom seals US LNG deal
The world’s largest natural gas company Gazprom has sealed a deal with US-based Sempra Energy that will allow Russia’s energy giant to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to another US receipt terminal and further broaden its client base and its reach in…
Special Report Americas
If structured products can really do what they say they can, then it is no surprise that anyone producing mutual funds is trying to strangle structured products so soon after birth
Tapping grey power
Capturing the 'retiree dollar' is a potentially huge opportunity for structured products in the US, tailor-made as they are for the baby-boomer generation entering retirement. Addressing this market could be what tips structured products into the…
Q&A: counterparty risk - Spot the differentiation
The credit quality of product issuers has become a prime concern following the downfall of US investment bank Bear Stearns. Sophia Morrell asks seven industry players - issuing banks, an index provider, a distributor, a risk analysis and pricing company…
BNP Paribas reorganises fixed-income business
BNP Paribas is set to reorganise its fixed-income business by splitting its marketing and trading activities. The new set-up replaces a structure where the division was split into three areas: foreign exchange, interest rates and credit.