Structured Products - Volume 8/Issue 7
Articles in this issue
Call for entries: The Structured Products Asia Awards 2012
Interviews for this year's Structured Products Asia Awards start in June and we need to receive your submissions by June 22
Sell VStoxx and buy Vix futures, says BarCap
The divergence between US and European volatility measures has grown in the first quarter of 2012, according to Barclays Capital
Structured Products Americas: SEC will turn up the heat on the market, says leading lawyer
The US SEC is highly sceptical of the structured products market and higher regulatory standards are on their way, says lawyer
Structured Products Americas: Finra happy with looser definition of complexity
A senior Finra official argues that structured product complexity does not always mean greater risk
Dynamic commodity strategies in demand as investors seek flexible exposure
Third-generation, dynamic commodity strategies are on the rise as increasingly sophisticated investors seek to capitalise on fast-changing trends in commodities
US equity ETFs draw big bucks as European ones lose them
While North American equity ETFs have had big inflows since the start of the year, those based on European equities have had huge outflows
Morgan Stanley offers deferred kickout on the FTSE 100
Kickout choice
JP Morgan launches capital-at-risk dual directional note linked to S&P 500
Two roads to no regret
iShares launches single-country eurozone debt ETFs
iShares is offering a play on uncertainty in the eurozone with the launch of eight ETFs that offer exposure to the sovereign debt of individual eurozone members
Five-year income linked to FTSE 100 and the Bank of England base rate
Benchmarks and base rates
Product performance
Product performance
Tempting Australian investors back into structured products
A tighter grip on yield
Velocityshares implosion puts leveraged ETNs in the frame
Terminal Velocity
FSA crackdown on Ucis to hit private wealth management hardest
The potential ban on the sale of unregulated collective investment schemes to retail will also reduce the range of investments in the private wealth sector, say industry participants
Short-term leveraged notes the new battleground in Germany
The trading products supermarket
European certificates and leverage products see Q1 trading surge
European exchanges record higher trading volumes in investment certificates and leverage products in the first quarter of the year
Taking the Retail Distribution Review to Europe
Replicating the RDR
Exchange-traded sliced and diced
ETNs and ETFs: going head to head
Actively managed ETFs in North America see dramatic inflows
Pimco and State Street launch new actively managed ETFs as US and Canadian markets see strong surge in assets under management
Swedbank keeps it simple
An eye for opportunity
Structured Products Americas: some welcome consistency in the complexity debate
Consistent about complexity
Facebook makes its debut as a structured product underlying
Investors in Europe have been buying structured products linked to Facebook since its stock market launch and now US investors will get a chance to do the same as the first product linked to the company's shares is registered with the SEC
Trade of the month: Defensive products
Trade of the month: Defensive products
Emerging markets debt is the 'beta of choice' for ETF investors
Exchange-traded funds that give investors exposure to emerging markets debt are increasingly popular and funds denominated in local currencies are also on the rise
People: Former SG execs launch multi-commodity discretionary hedge fund
Former SG execs launch multi-commodity discretionary hedge fund
Market snapshot
Market snapshot
FVC custom indexes
FVC custom indexes
Editorial: free the fee
Editor's letter
Special report: The Americas
Special report: The Americas
JVB shows its rates traits
The low-rates navigator
Wealthy Greeks turn to offshore securities to escape redenomination risk
The massive drop in deposits held in domestic banks in Greece is partly attributable to transfers of savings into overseas accounts or securities to mitigate fears of a Greek eurozone exit and a return to the drachma
Lookback
Lookback
Index roundup
Index roundup
ETF roundup
ETF roundup
Photo gallery: Structured Products Americas Awards 2012
Photo gallery: Structured Products Americas Awards 2012
BNP Paribas deploys Morningstar indexes for structured notes
BNP Paribas and Morningstar partner for index-linked notes
