Structured Products - Volume 8/Issue 8
Articles in this issue
Investec launches commission-free FTSE 100 plans
Commission-free kickout
Commodity ETP activity drops 24% in a week, driven by precious metal fund outflows
Activity in commodity exchange-traded products falls sharply amid poor performance of the asset class
Halifax links to FTSE 100 and Bank of England base rate
The base-rate booster
Garantum autocall linked to emerging markets
Taking Brics to Sweden
FSA requests responses on Ucis by June 27, leaving open the inclusion of delta 1 certificates
Banks must respond to the UK Financial Services Authority by Wednesday with feedback on new rules that will clamp down on the sale of unregulated collective investment schemes. Whether delta 1 products will be caught by the new rules is unclear
Commodities see biggest falls since Lehman Brothers collapse
Global commodity markets could be signalling a severe downturn as indexes tracking the sector show the sharpest falls since late 2008
Market snapshot
Market snapshot
Product performance
Product performance
Trade of the month: the impact of RDR on structured products
Trade of the month: the impact of RDR on structured products
Rethinking client-money protection
Segregation games
Dividend strategies get sophisticated as risk aversion and sustainability drives demand
Targeting high yields
Lyxor launches 'smart' risk-allocation ETFs
Lyxor has entered the risk-control exchange-traded funds market with the listing of two alternatively weighted funds on NYSE Euronext
FVC custom indexes
FVC custom indexes
UBS anticipates RDR and Esma regulations with mammoth ETF splurge
UBS lists 64 exchange-traded funds on the London Stock Exchange in a single day – the largest ever daily listing of these products in the UK
Editorial: Shifting the burden of proof
Editorial: Shifting the burden of proof
Bullish NRI investors drive search for higher yield
Non-residential Indian investors bullish on high-yield strategies and leverage plays in Hong Kong and Singapore as they seek alternatives that can enhance returns
Product providers in eurozone periphery face stiff challenge from bonds
Bonds beef up in southern Europe
New S&P Dow Jones venture to compete with banks not index providers
Merger of S&P Indices and Dow Jones Indexes will fuel more competition with banks than other index providers, say market participants
Asia private banking market spurs demand for bespoke structured products
An increasingly savvy investor base in Asia is paving the way towards a more customised and managed approach to structured products aimed at private banking investors
Companies selling Ucits given more time to apply to provide Kiid post transaction
Sellers of Ucits products in the UK now have until 2014 to apply for permission to provide the key investor information document after a transaction is completed rather than before
People: UBS poaches Edwards from RBS and Naylor from Deutsche
UBS bolsters equity derivatives team
Fixed income is the asset class of choice in Singapore, but issuer-risk concerns remain
Global uncertainty is driving investors in Asia into fixed-income assets and structured and credit-linked notes with exposure to credit, though they remain wary of issuer risk
Exceed and the appeal of fixed income in Sweden
Exceeding expectations
Assessing the European Commission's final Prips proposals
Mending the Prips patchwork
Lookback
Lookback
Index roundup
Index roundup
ETF roundup
ETF roundup
Absa Capital enjoys the boost from Barclays
Into the mainstream
Structured Products Europe Awards 2012: Enter now!
Structured Products Europe Awards 2012: Enter now!
UBI sells strategy-based products to retail in Italy for the first time
UBI sells strategy-based products to retail in Italy for the first time
