Structured Products Volume 8/Issue 12

Structured products

RDR rules risk being seen as a product endorsement, say IFAs

IFAs question whether RDR will act as product endorsement

05 Nov 2012

Structured products

Structured products market in Greece stabilises ahead of debt sustainability talks

Investors in Greece appear calmer than in May and June, when fears of currency redenomination saw structured product sales surge

15 Nov 2012

Indexes

Structured Products Europe: Vanguard's emerging markets switch highlights the need to scrutinise index constituents, say speakers

Vanguard's replacement of an MSCI index with a FTSE index as the underlying for emerging markets exchange-traded fund should remind investors to look carefully at underlying constituents, hears conference

15 Nov 2012

Exchange-traded products

Deutsche Bank makes switch to physical ETFs as investors shun synthetics

Deutsche Bank joins the trend for ETFs backed by real assets

20 Nov 2012

Exchange-traded products

Total return swaps on iBoxx touted as alternative to corporate bond index ETFs

Exchange-traded funds that give exposure to corporate bond indexes could face competition from total return swaps on the indexes, say market participants

22 Nov 2012

Structured products

Corporate statement: UniCredit

Clear tendencies in the German derivatives market

29 Nov 2012

Structured products

Full capital protection for Cater Allen's structured products

Catering to the cautious

17 Dec 2012

Structured products

How index providers are enhancing exposure to emerging markets

Breaking new ground

17 Dec 2012

Structured products

Pricing and risk in changing markets

Getting the price right

17 Dec 2012

Structured products

Editorial: Delivering the message

After spending so much time creating new rules, shouldn't regulators spend a little more time investigating the best ways to get their message across?