Structured Products - Volume 8/Issue 10

Articles in this issue
The perfect position: Standard Bank Offshore
Shoring up in Jersey
Ban on SPV-issued structured products will ‘prevent regulatory arbitrage'
A proposed ban on the promotion of Unregulated Collective Investment Schemes and ‘similar products', drafted by the UK's Financial Services Authority, will include some structured products issued by special purpose vehicles
Retail structured products pose systemic risk, concludes report
Retail structured products pose systemic risk, concludes report
Stiff competition in US ETF market forces closure of 40 funds
The big three providers in the US ETF market are consolidating their market share, while smaller firms are struggling
Edhec-Risk Institute warns of alternative index drawdowns
Edhec is reminding investors that alternative indexes can have significant drawdowns
Banks tout secondary market for structured products to retail investors in Australia
Banks are overcoming obstacles in Australia's structured products market by giving investors the opportunity to buy products on the secondary market
Time running out to comply with the Prospectus Directive
Issuers of structured products may not have enough time to rewrite their programmes before the grandfathering provision of the Prospectus Directive runs out, say lawyers
Scoach and Euwax feel the pressure
Feeling the pressure
SG opens door to Singapore retail investors as new financial adviser regime implemented
New rules governing the sale and distribution of structured products in Singapore are set to be put to the test with the first product issued since the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy
Index sophistication on the rise in Latin America
Dance to a new rhythm
Dividend strategies deploy increasingly sophisticated screening methods
With exchange-traded funds linked to dividends seeing big inflows, providers are now offering more targeted exposure to the sector
Structured Products Asia: Short-term opportunities in the spotlight
Short-term saviours
The pricing paradox
The pricing paradox
The Structured Products IFA Survey 2012
The Structured Products IFA Survey 2012
People: Chan stays as Asia structured products head at Deutsche following cuts to equities
Chan stays in Deutsche's Asia shake-up
Market snapshot
Market snapshot
Trade of the month: Autocallables
Trade of the month: Autocallables
FVC custom indexes
FVC custom indexes
Editorial: Getting a grip in Singapore
Editorial: Getting a grip in Singapore
NBC delivering on yield
The yield hunters
Meteor's FTSE 100 hybrid
Hybrid with a sting in the tail
RBC offers short-term bear note on Russell 2000
Betting on the bear
Commission-free FTSE digital
Commission-free FTSE digital
Lookback
Lookback
Product performance
Product performance
Japan dividend futures in virtuous circle
Virtuous circle
Index roundup
Index roundup
ETF roundup
ETF roundup