Structured Products - March 2014
Articles in this issue
Regatta to launch US structured product ‘portfolio’
Ex-lawyer turned financial adviser, author and advocate for the industry, Regatta’s Eric Greschner talks to Yakob Peterseil about the inroads structured products have made in the US, the work he is doing and what remains to be done to boost the…
Prips proposals panned by leading industry group
A group of leading investment banks is inveighing against proposals by European authorities, including a plan to assign a single risk indicator to structured products
Market snapshot: BAML and UBS lead the US public market
Market snapshot
Volatility powers increased structured products trading in Germany
Advancement through volatility
Accessing offshore renminbi through synthetics and ETFs
Lurching towards liquidity
Barclays ETN follows Nobel strategy
Star attractions
Flourishing listed structured products market in Norway bucks OTC trend
Buoyant listed market in Norway reveals appetite for structured products, but financial watchdog says unlisted market is dead
Esma cautions on Mifid rules
European markets watchdog warns that complex products are being mis-sold
Brazil onshore structured note issuance expected to hit $500m per month
Brazil's onshore market for structured products opened with healthy issuance volumes in January, and bankers are hoping for turnover equivalent to $500 million every month
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
Numerix takes top spot in Structured Products Technology Rankings 2014
Structured Products Technology Rankings 2014
RBS portfolio sale to BNP Paribas awaits EC approval
BNP Paribas awaits competition clearance
High hopes for Brazil's onshore structured products market
Editor's letter
Erik Penser sees demand for structures linked to US and UK equities
Erik Penser's sterling year
Trade of the month: Adding complexity to a structure
Trade of the month: Adding complexity
Vix spikes as short volatility trade gets tougher
Volumes in Vix futures reached an all-time high on the back of January's volatile markets
People: Paquin replaces de Dinechin at Lyxor
Inès de Dinechin departs Lyxor
Index roundup: Morgan Stanley taps smart beta indexes
Index roundup
