Structured Products - July 2014
Articles in this issue
iShares’ Meijaard downplays ETF price war charges
Pan-European price quoting system also gaining support
Offshore distributors voice fears over UAE sales practices
Poor products and lack of adviser education among concerns raised
iShares offers shorter-duration ETFs as rate rise looms
Extracting interest rate sensitivity through bond-based ETFs
Institutional investors bond over fixed-income ETFs
Smart money favours high-yield and emerging markets debt
BNP Paribas takes over market-making reins from RBS
RBS Markets starts transfer of market-making to BNP Paribas
Raymond James serves up structured products à la carte
Likely outcomes of structured products more important than headline terms
SG launches six-year at-risk product based on FTSE 100
Societe Generale sets barrier at 60% in income product for UK retail
Morgan Stanley offers a cautious kickout in the UK
Defensive autocall on FTSE 100 and Euro Stoxx 50 includes European barrier
UBS offers two-year autocallable linked to Facebook
Quarterly coupon gives 10% annual return in the absence of kickout
Market snapshot: SG more than doubles UK issuance
Investec continues to lead UK issuance, but with smaller market share
Esma seeks helping hand on Mifid II rules
Structured products industry scrambling to respond before August deadline
Germany’s CFD providers look to boost market share
CFD activity on the increase but banks keep their distance
Single stocks versus indexes as an underlying asset
Allocation and better terms drive investors to single-stock underlyings
RBS structured products head joins BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas recruits von Gunten from RBS as head of client strategy
Structured products attract with risk/reward and protection
The lure of a customised risk/reward trade-off and downside protection
Thomson Reuters survey puts BBVA top for sales and research
BBVA's equity derivatives rebuild includes 'strong conviction' index
FCA verdict on Credit Suisse cliquet revives backtesting debate
Credit Suisse and Yorkshire fined for serious breach of duty
FCA could look to Consob for probability test
UK regulator adjudicates on Credit Suisse and Yorkshire Building Society
S&P Dow Jones goes equal weight on commodity index
Benchmark commodity index switched from market capitalisation
ETPs gathered $22.4bn of new assets in May, says ETFGI
Total ETP assets jump up to a record high of $2.55 trillion, ETFGI
Structured Products Europe Awards 2014: call for entries
Entry details for 10th anniversary Structured Products Europe Awards
Structured Products magazine's 10th anniversary timeline
The highs and the lows of structured products over the past decade
Structured Products magazine's 10th anniversary: introduction
Reflecting on a decade of highs, lows and changing focus within the industry
