United Kingdom
FVC custom indexes: May 2011
FVC Custom Indexes
Merchant Capital offers an agriculture basket
Buying into agriculture
Market snapshot: May 2011
Market snapshot
Inflation-linked structured products attract UK investors as risk appetite recovers
Inflation-linked structured products attracting UK investors
RBS to launch UK small-cap ETN and ETF
RBS will list a collateralised ETN based on small-cap indexes in Frankfurt and an uncollateralised version in London. An ETF on the same underlying is also planned
UK debt agency considering change to linkers: Robert Stheeman interview
Q&A: Robert Stheeman, DMO
UK fines increase as FSA ditches soft approach
No more Mr Nice Guy
The Lehman Brothers aftermath rolls on
The Lehman caseload
Safety and an early payout
Safety and an early payout
CDS spreads on Japanese financials stabilise after earthquake
Risk perceptions start to steady on banks and insurance companies as Japan counts economic cost of natural disaster
Portuguese CDS spreads climb after austerity measures voted down
The EU prepares itself for another sovereign bail-out after Portuguese parliament rejects tax rises and budget cuts
European parliament embraces Tobin tax
Lawmakers throw their weight behind Tobin tax on financial transactions; say global difference of opinion should not stop Europe implementing levy
The best of Highbreed
The best of Highbreed
Five-way collateralisation
Five-way collateralisation
Map of global banking network shows climb in contagion since late 1980s
Bank of England paper uses BIS banking stats to show potential for cross-border contagion has been rising for past two decades, reaching its apogee at the time of the Lehman Brothers’ collapse
iShares launches two sustainable ETFs on LSE
iShares launches two sustainable ETFs on LSE
Get back into risky assets this year, says BNP Paribas
Get back into risky assets this year, says BNP Paribas
UK structured products market grows 20% on back of increased risk appetite
UK structured products market grows 20% on back of increased risk appetite
Cut BoE’s vote on macroprudential body, say lawmakers
Influential parliamentary committee calls for Bank of England (BoE) executive directors’ votes to be transferred to external members, citing amount of power vested in central bank
London retains premier spot in FX, according to global volume figures
London remained the biggest financial centre for foreign exchange in 2010 according to semi-annual volume figures published in the UK and US on January 31, despite speculation it might be overtaken as a result of the UK government’s clampdown on bonuses.
BNP Paribas launches Russian stock dividend futures in London
BNP Paribas launches Russian stock dividend futures in London
FVC custom indexes
FVC custom indexes
Editor's letter: February 2011
Editor's letter: February 2011
BarCap launches UK retail structured fund
BarCap launches UK retail structured fund