Emerging markets
WisdomTree bears fruit
WisdomTree has made its name by offering alternatives to the standard ETF fare, with a suite focused on efficient weighting, access trades and active management. Now it is poised for yet more growth, and expects to start capturing assets previously…
Sponsored statement: Santander – investing in Latin American equities through derivatives
Santander is the largest financial franchise in Latin America, but that does not prevent it from acting with agility and foresight. Leveraging its expertise and capabilities in western Europe – with leadership positions in Spain and the UK – an…
Russian markets sponsored forum: Recovery positions
Russia was hit hard by the financial crisis, but market participants say there is plenty to be optimistic about in 2010. At a roundtable discussion hosted by Risk in December, industry experts discussed Russia’s economy, the development of market…
2010: what's in store?
With the direction of markets uncertain and no consensus on the future of interest rates, inflation and a multitude of other financial indicators, Structured Products talked to professionals in Asia, the US and Europe about their views on what 2010 may…
Beware the breaches
Credit Suisse has produced a two-year booster cert plus securities product that offers access to the full upside of the performance of the iShares Emerging Markets Index Fund. There is a 70% barrier, and a limit to uncapped returns if an upper barrier of
Emerging versus developed
Duggan Asset Management is offering a three-year-and-11-month simple growth product that plays emerging against developed markets equities. The product is 95% capital protected and incorporates final averaging
Brazil: Risk managers in demand for fast growing financial sector
Risk management is increasingly coming to the fore in Brazil’s newly booming banking sector. Operational risk managers with good experience are therefore suddenly in demand, with above-average remuneration available for those up to the task
Starting from scratch
Zahid Molla, head of risk management, Afghanistan International Bank, talks to Alexander Campbell
US Wrap: Closing the week in emerging markets and S&P 500
Three structures were on offer last Friday, reverse convertible, kick out and accelerated growth products, with the increasingly common emerging markets accompanying the usual flurry of S&P 500-linked notes.
US Wrap: Deutsche offers emerging markets funds play
Deutsche Bank has launched an emerging markets note which links to two exchange-traded funds based on Brazil and China, amid a busy start to the week for the US market. The structure gives investors 100% equally weighted participation in the iShares FTSE…
Feeling the strain
While Russia seemed relatively shielded from the impact of the financial crisis during the first half of the year, the turbulent events of September and October suggest that is no longer the case. Alastair Marsh reports