Structured Products - Volume 7/Issue 11
Articles in this issue
Market volatility sees potential payouts rise and interest in gold and volatility ETNs intensify
Market volatility sees potential payouts rise and interest in gold and volatility ETNs intensify
Leveraged return super trackers back
Demand for leveraged call spreads, commonly referred to as super trackers, with highly geared upside and soft protection, is slowly coming back. Investors are looking to diversify counterparty exposure away from high street banks and inflation growth…
Investors urged to adopt a financial risk-based approach to environmental, social and governance factors
The financial crisis has led to a greater awareness of the need for a much broader analysis of corporate performance and risk that encompasses environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, rather than merely focusing on quarterly returns, say…
Nordic region sees surge in securitised derivatives and structured product issuance
Market volatility and increased competition in Nordic markets drive trading spike in securitised derivatives and number of structured products
US structured product investors unwilling to abandon capital guarantees
Hanging on to protection
OTC flash crash: Dealers consider risks of HFT invasion
The OTC flash crash
Capital depends on three
Capital depends on three
Morgan Stanley offers inflation-linked income product
Inflation meets the FTSE
New horizons in Latin America: market overview
Local attractions
Disenchantment with equities boosts attractions of forex
Tapping the power of forex
Trade of the month: Correlation
Trade of the month: Correlation
Product performance
Product performance
New strategic ETNs seek to exploit volatility and mitigate risk
The latest exchange-traded notes from Barclays, Credit Suisse and RBS offer alternative strategies aimed at making the most of market volatility or hedging against tougher conditions
FVC custom indexes
FVC custom indexes
Market snapshot
Market snapshot
RBS note tracks FTSE dividends
Taking dividends
Vontobel on the right platform
On the right platform
Barclays launches volatility ETN in Japan
Barclays Bank has listed a volatility exchange-traded note linked to the S&P Vix Short-Term Futures Index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Gap Consultares overcomes Uruguay's capital market constraints
Capital constraints
Parala Capital’s macroeconomic recipe
Macro magician
Structurers seek ways to tap Chinese growth as equities suffer
Structurers seek ways to tap Chinese growth as equities suffer
Cool response to Esma proposal that strategy indexes comply with Ucits diversification rules
The European Securities and Markets Authority has asked whether diversification within strategy indexes should be judged within the confines of Ucits, while also requesting responses to a discussion paper on synthetic and physical ETFs
COE discussions herald onshore structured products market in Brazil
Stepping onshore
Structured Products Asia 2011: conference report
Complex agenda
Editorial: Volatility and complexity
Editorial: Volatility and complexity
Latin America special report: intro
Latin America special report: intro
Corporate statement: Barclays Capital
Liquid hedge fund strategy exposure in an index format
People: Citi unveils quant strategies group
Citi unveils quant strategies group
Index round-up
Index round-up
Structured Products Asia Awards Winners 2011
A photo gallery with pictures of the winners at this year's Structured Products Awards dinner in September
