Structured Products - December 2014/January 2015
Articles in this issue
UKSPA launches structured product classification system
Four-digit codes allow investors to compare structures
Risk premium strategies favoured over beta commodity indexes
Dynamic strategies performing better in current environment
SEC gives green light to Eaton Vance’s active ETMFs
US SEC exempts exchange-traded managed funds from disclosure protocols
Koris platform brings transparency to European ETFs
Online platform tracking ETF replication quality launched by Koris
US straddle structure offers dual-directional returns
Morgan Stanley offers returns on the rise and the fall of the S&P 500
European regulators issue fresh Kid proposals
ESAs propose visual representations of risk in key information document
Fiera Capital to launch structured notes retail business
Head of retail predicts appeal to conservative Canadian investors
SG delivers accelerated growth on the FTSE 100
SG is the issuer but there is a link to four other UK institutions
Facebook finds friends as UBS autocallable pays out early
Two-year Facebook autocallable matures early
RCB reverse convertible offers safety at a cost
German investors get security with capped returns on Euro Stoxx 50
Planned SPA risk indicator is no panacea, say critics
Concerns over Structured Products Association's proposed risk rating
Investment Bridge chief takes aim at structured products' critics
Chief executive Chris Taylor talks tough on regulation
Uneven growth in European listed markets
Multi-issuer platforms a growing alternative to listed exchanges
Internal compliance inertia leads to SEC fines for HSBC
$12.5 million fine for cross border activities with US clients
Generating returns from put options in structured products
Tim Mortimer on the value of put options in structuring
Smart beta failing to capitalise on source of excess returns
Comparing smart beta and market capitalisation strategies
'Santa Claus' equity market rally given credence by S&P
December is roughly four times more profitable than the average month, finds research
Index roundup: new GICS real-estate sector created
Morocco reclassified from emerging market to frontier market country
ETF roundup: Amundi ETF adds to Japan equity range
Source launches European Nasdaq Biotech Ucits ETF
French regulator: Don't starve retail market of innovation
Intelligibility is the key, AMF regulatory chief tells conference
People: Seyer joins MSCI to head global client coverage
UBS promotes Shane Edwards to head of global equity derivatives
Backtesting is not the way forward for structured products
Projections represent the only way forward
Equities to drive structured product market in 2015
Outlook for 2015: regulatory pressures to ease, further flourish expected
Finra open to projections in structured products
Regulators and issuers at odds over backtesting versus projections
