Structured products
WHAT IS THIS? Structured products are investments that have multiple components. For retail investors, the most common form is a bond plus an option – these tend to be standardised, sold in small tickets and large volumes. Managing the risks of large structured products portfolios is one of the biggest challenges dealers face.
AIFMD confusion threatens banks issuing offshore SPV structured products
The Financial Conduct Authority has exempted structured products from the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive in the UK, but products issued by offshore special purpose vehicles could still be caught under the new rules
Structured Products Bank Platform Technology Guide 2013
Structured Products Bank Platform Technology Guide 2013
Trade of the month: European and American barriers compared
Trade of the month: Barriers
Market snapshot: L&G joins top three issuers in the UK
Market snapshot: L&G joins top three in the UK
HQX offers two-year structured product with European barrier
European in the UK
StartPoint lures UK investors with FTSE and UK stock autocallable
A starting point
Technology Special Report
Technology Special Report
Structured products platforms face capture in the RDR net
Sins of commission
EQ Investor: putting automation in the service of efficiency
Magnifying efficiency
Prosiris Global Opportunities Fund: Prosiris Capital Management
Independent thinker
Hybrid smiles made fast
Hybrid smiles made fast
Structured Products Advances in Technology Guide & Directory 2013
Structured Products Advances in Technology Guide & Directory 2013
Morgan Stanley global head of retail structured products Copplestone leaves the bank
Frank Copplestone, global head of retail structured products at Morgan Stanley in London, has parted company with the bank
FCA narrows AIF definition for SPVs
The UK regulator calms reclassification fears by exempting SPVs that issue debt securities from being classed as alternative investment funds
Coupon income in Barclays regular income bond makes up for capital loss
Coupon and capital
CSOB Asset Management keeps up the structured supply
When third works
Trade of the month: Proprietary indexes in structured products
Trade of the month
Missold Investments helps Lehman Brothers victims get their money back
Missold's mercy mission
Proprietary indexes under scrutiny as banks keep their insights secret
Indexing in the dark
Investors await action on Reyker plan management charges
Investors in the dark about action on Reyker plan management charges