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.
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
Morgan Stanley offers Brazil with a 60% barrier
Bonds from Brazil
Société Générale offers UK investors uncapped returns based on a diversified index
Uncapped and diversified
Citi Private Bank: bespoke solutions for billionaires
Bright lights, big Citi
Adapting to survive: new structured product distribution models in the UK
Take your partners
Debut retail structured product from HQX pays 9% and issued by SG
UK distributor launches first public offering: an income plan with Société Générale as the counterparty
Bernard Rogier joins UBS as head of structured pricing
Rogier joins UBS to head structured pricing
RBS job cuts: the beginning of the end for retail structured products?
With RBS pulling out of the retail structured products market, some in the industry are speculating about whether other investment banks will follow
Structured Products Nordics: Sweden's regulator demands greater transparency
Preparing for the burst
Market snapshot: Barclays returns to the US top three
Market snapshot