United Kingdom
StartPoint links to four stocks and the FTSE 100
Fixed returns of up to 27.5% after 12 months on offer to UK investors
Focus Structured Solutions puts research to the fore
Distributor targets UK investors with four FTSE stocks
SG offers hedge fund strategies in new LSE-listed ETN
Hinde Capital long-short strategy at the heart of new LSE-listed ETN
Concerns over conflict of interest in large structured product hedges
Multi-million-pound hedges can move the market prior to strike date
Skandia combats low interest rates with credit-linked notes
Alistair Campbell talks about the outlook for the market
UK providers keep the faith with capital-at-risk products
FTSE stays favourite in UK but is used less often as single underlying
At the mercy of politicians
UK Budget highlights insurers' vulnerability to political risk
UK structured products complaints fall on improved education
Barclays structured product falls foul of financial ombudsman
UK power market licence changes ‘no silver bullet’
Ofgem hopes moves will boost liquidity for small suppliers
Spate of UK structured products deliver gross returns of 10%-plus
Positive equity performance provides bumper fourth quarter for maturing UK autocalls
Focus offers step-down triggers on Credit Suisse-issued defensive autocall
Defined return on six-year Credit Suisse structured product as long as European barrier not breached
Erik Penser sees demand for structures linked to US and UK equities
Erik Penser's sterling year
Market snapshot: BAML and UBS lead the US public market
Market snapshot
FCA calls a halt to ongoing commission on retail products
FCA guidance on inducements will put an end to ongoing commission paid by distributors to advisers in the UK
UK power special report
UK Electricity Market Reform will have major ramifications for power market participants. Stella Farrington explores the likely impact
UK power reforms set to make prices lower and more volatile
Market participants not doing enough to adjust to likely effects of EMR, say experts, including volatility and low prices
Closing the gap between structured products and funds
Rise of the chameleons
Gilliat offers three ways to play international markets
New internationalists
Concerns remain on plans to bolster UK renewables via CFDs
The UK government hopes to deliver a healthy boost to low-carbon generation through a market for contracts-for-difference. While electricity market participants are upbeat about the proposals, there are lingering concerns about how effective it will be…
Capacity market set to provide UK's back-up plan
An important part of UK Electricity Market Reform is the launch of a capacity market, with the first auction due to take place in December 2014. Despite initial opposition, market participants have gradually come around to the idea. Stella Farrington…
Morgan Stanley's 2013 maturity structured products deliver healthy returns
Six Morgan Stanley retail products maturing in 2013 produced annualised returns of 11–14%, while the bank's worst-performing growth products came in flat to the market
Structured deposits face uncertain future under UK ring-fence plans
Caught in the net