United Kingdom
Uncertainty stokes demand for rates 'tasting menu'
Interesting times
The effect of RDR on UK retail structured products
The RDR effect
Market snapshot
Market snapshot
Morgan Stanley capital-at-risk digital linked to the FTSE 100
Digital at risk
Barclays six-year defensive autocall linked to the FTSE 100
Returns on this defensive autocall are linked to the FTSE 100 subject to a trigger level lower than the strike. The product pays no commission, in line with the UK’s Retail Distribution Review, and offers returns of up to 7% a year
Mandate watch: BNY Mellon wins four mandates from Touchstone
Touchstone appoints BNY Mellon to four more funds as the year ends with a steady stream of securities services mandates
Market snapshot
Market snapshot
Interest rates house of the year
Interest rates house of the year
Merchant Capital offers the best of three mixed portfolios
Looking back at three
Market snapshot
Market snapshot
Fatca delay simply “smoke and mirrors”
Moves by US authorities to delay implementation of portions of Fatca provide little relief for institutions
Lookback
Lookback
Market snapshot
Market snapshot
The Structured Products IFA Survey 2012
The Structured Products IFA Survey 2012
Mandate watch: BNY Mellon and Citi lead the way in China
BNY Mellon and Citi pick up two key mandates in the important Chinese market
Ban on SPV-issued structured products will ‘prevent regulatory arbitrage'
A proposed ban on the promotion of Unregulated Collective Investment Schemes and ‘similar products', drafted by the UK's Financial Services Authority, will include some structured products issued by special purpose vehicles
Market snapshot
Market snapshot
Gilliat note provides choice of counterparty
A tale of two issuers
FVC custom indexes
FVC custom indexes
Capital-at-risk structured products receive highest proportion of successful complaints: UK
More complaints against structured capital-at-risk products were resolved in favour of UK consumers than for any other financial product investigated by the Financial Ombudsman Service last year
Fatca reciprocity agreement may cause delays, experts warn
US firms expected to push back on Fatca quid pro quo
Some clarity on UK’s EMR but questions remain
UK energy companies have received clarity on some sections of the government's Electricity Market Reform but questions remain for other areas.
US large exposures rule could stop banks trading with RBS
Federal Reserve proposals limiting counterparty risk could put RBS and the UK government in one pot – potentially forcing US banks to cut exposure to both