Leverage
Impact-adjusted valuation and the criticality of leverage
Impact-adjusted valuation and the criticality of leverage
Leveraged products see steep declines in Europe
Structured products and exchange-traded products that use leverage see outflows in Europe
BIS calls for European banking union and urgent fiscal reform in developed nations
Urgent fiscal reform and genuine efforts to create a banking union in Europe are vital to breaking the viscous linkage between banking and sovereign stress, says BIS
Europe gets long and short ETFs on US and UK sovereign debt, with leverage
The first exchange-traded funds to offer daily leveraged exposure to US and UK sovereign debt have been listed in Europe
Insurance Sifis face bank-style supervisory regime
A suitable ploy?
Product performance
Product performance
The lure of leveraged funds in China
Lof out loud
Leveraged return super trackers back
Demand for leveraged call spreads, commonly referred to as super trackers, with highly geared upside and soft protection, is slowly coming back. Investors are looking to diversify counterparty exposure away from high street banks and inflation growth…
Japan’s new leverage limit will hurt carry trade, says Glenn Stevens
Japan FSA's 25:1 leverage limit implemented on August 1 could kill the popularity of the carry trade for retail investors, says Gain Capital's chief executive
Structured credit landscape revives the basics
Credit goes back to basics
Looking for true leverage
Looking for true leverage
Invesco Powershares launches low-volatility and high-beta S&P 500 ETFs
Invesco PowerShares has responded to investor requests for a different take on equity-based investments with low-volatility and high-beta index-based ETFs
Leverage: friend or foe?
Leverage: friend or foe?
US structurer of the year
US structurer of the year
FSA considers increased regulation for exchange-traded products
The UK's financial regulator is considering strengthening its regulation of all kinds of exchange-traded products because of their increasing complexity
ETFs and Indexing Report
Complexity for all
Equity markets in constant state of extreme event expectation, says expert
Models of US and UK equity markets show players expect fresh outbreak of crisis
Swiss structured products turnover down in 2010
While November was a good month for structured products in Switzerland, volumes fell 4.39% during the period from January to October 2010.
What Basel III means to us
What Basel III means to us
Market maturity keeps German structured products on track
A mature performance
German investors use ETF products as "short-term investment tools"
German investors use ETF products as "short-term investment tools"
Geneva Association: "stabilising" insurers should be better repesented in systemic risk supervision
Insurance think tank bemoans underrepresentation of the "firefighting" insurance sector in Financial Stability Board and confusion over its role in the financial crisis
‘Deleveraging is a brutal process – but it is necessary’: William Cunningham profile
Profile: William Cunningham