Structured Products - Volume 6/No 7
Articles in this issue
OTC shake-up likely as regulators mull centralised clearing
US legislators are pressing for reforms that will lead to a big shake-up in how over-the-counter derivatives are bought and sold. The question is how this will affect the structured notes market. John Ferry reports
Solving the problem of inflation measures
With fears about future inflation still plaguing investors, inflation-linked products may seem like a sensible way of hedging against the rising cost of living. But the effect of substitution, interest rate rises and timing mean that returns on these…
Conference warns of rising complexity in leveraged ETFs
Investors searching for good value and transparency have flocked to exchange-traded funds. But this demand is now driving increasing complexity, and speakers at the first Art of Indexing Europe conference in Frankfurt warned of the pitfalls of messing…
Trade of the month: fees, profit and risk in structured products
The success of any structured product issued in the retail market is partly determined by the fee structure, in which fees are generally taken in three ways – first in the commission level paid to the broker or adviser, second in the the fee charged by…
Product review: A Goldman Sachs long player
Goldman Sachs is offering US investors a long play on the S&P 500 as well as some regular coupon income. The annual coupon and long product term provide a considerable buffer before capital is lost. Returns are uncapped, but the eight-year and seven…
Product review: Dunbar Bank's FTSE 100 basket
The unrated Dunbar Bank is offering UK investors a five-year, capital-protected growth product linked to 15 of the largest companies in the FTSE 100. A minimum return is on offer and growth can be locked in at each annual anniversaries
Latin America House of the Year
Structured Products Americas Awards 2010
Canada House of the Year
Structured Products Americas Awards 2010
US Distributor
Structured Products Americas Awards 2010
Index Innovation
Structured Products Americas Awards 2010
Exchange of the Year
Structured Products Americas Awards 2010
Technology innovation
Structured Products Americas Awards 2010
SIP Nordic takes dynamic strategies to UK IFAs
SIP Nordic’s UK arm and RBS are bringing structured products to independent financial advisers throughout the UK, with a focus on educating them about the products and the potential benefits they bring to a portfolio. Clare Dickinson talks to managing…
Americas House of the Year
Structured Products Americas Awards 2010
Lookback
An irreverent take on the latest developments in structured products
Corporate statement: Capital protection in structured products – what are the choices?
Sophie Barnett, vice-president at Morgan Stanley, looks at the different types of capital protection that investors can achieve through structured products
US Structurer
Structured Products Americas Awards 2010
Product review: Nordea taps Chinese growth
Nordea Bank in Finland is offering a structured product with exposure to a relatively unusual underlying. The capital-protected, potential growth product is linked to a basket of 10 Chinese companies
Product performance
Comparing the performance of principal-protected, accelerated growth and reverse convertible products, and analysing the pricing of the Dunbar Bank Zurich Triple Account
FVC Custom Indexes
The US accelerated strategy has consistently outperformed the S&P 500 index in the past six months, while the protected strategy has delivered only modest gains
Structurers plead with Hong Kong SFC to retain ‘safe harbour’ rules
Providers of structured products fear a collapse in private placement volumes and a shift of business to Singapore following a proposal from Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission to remove rules that ease offering requirements. Georgina Lee…
The benefits of art investing
Alternative investments are tipped to outperform conventional financial offerings this year, leading to a rapid rise in the number of indexes based on art, as well as increasing interest from fund managers. Randall Willette, managing director at Fine Art…
Law firm of the year
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Americas Awards
Structured Products Americas Awards 2010
