Dividends
FDIC’s Hoenig warns on relaxing bank capital requirements
In letter to Senate committee, regulator claims big banks are less well-capitalised
Data woes force dividend swaps out of Simm update
Dealers have different approaches to pricing dividend risk factors
Synth City: how synthetic dividends could save autocallables
New indexes promise higher coupons and lower dealer hedging costs
Equity derivatives house of the year: BNP Paribas
Innovative risk-offloading trades enable the bank to power ahead of its rivals
US dividend tax breaches international treaties, say lawyers
Section 871(m) rules “full of holes”, say dealers
Risk managers hold key to clarity on dividends
Absence of cash metric under Solvency II puts capital constraints in spotlight
Dealers vent frustration at Section 871(m) hold-up
US dividend-equivalent tax change will hit high-delta products with withholding tax
Questions over event driven activists adding value
But strategy among highest returns this year
Melanion bets on progress of dividend futures as an asset class
As the first pure-play dividend futures hedge fund, Melanion Capital believes it has an advantage in giving investors a solid return on investment by using this new asset class to generate pure alpha
Nigerian financial infrastructures increasing cooperation
If you build it, they will come
Nigerian CSD: derivatives, CCP and securities lending in 2014
At Nigeria's third Capital Market Committee retreat this week, the head of the country's central securities depository reports on progress liberalising the market - and dealing with unclaimed dividends
Single-stock futures alternative to section 871(m) withholding
Single stocks the future?
Uridashi knockouts push Japan dividend futures to outperform Nikkei
Inverted yield curve provides rich pickings for investors
Dividend-based ETPs stage a comeback
This year has seen a revival of interest in dividend-based exchange-traded products as investors continue their search for yield
Exchange-traded products expected to benefit from increased risk appetite
Exchange-traded products expected to benefit from increased risk appetite
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S&P Dow Jones Indices takes on high-dividend and low-volatility combination in industry first
S&P Dow Jones Indices has combined two of the year's biggest themes so far in its latest index, the S&P 500 Low Volatility High Dividend Index
Japan dividend futures in virtuous circle
Virtuous circle
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
Hedging drives demand for Japan dividend futures
Moves by Japan structured product dealers to hedge out their long vega risk have created opportunities in the dividend swap markets for investors. But is this strategy really a one-way bet?
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
Dividend strategies get sophisticated as risk aversion and sustainability drives demand
Targeting high yields
Dividend exposure in vogue with ETN providers
UBS and Société Générale are among several banks and index providers to tap demand for dividend exposure with new ETNs and benchmarks this year