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.
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
Nikkei 225 falls victim to American barrier in Meteor's Prima Growth Plan
Breaching the Nikkei barrier
BNP Paribas launches three autocalls through new UK partnership with Sip Nordic
Sip Nordic is shaking up the UK retail market by adding BNP Paribas to its shortlist of 'preferred providers'. The partnership has just launched its first three products
Regulation, tax and technicalities recast European turnover, as French volumes plummet and Italian activity recovers
Tax, legal and practical reforms to the way structured products are transacted in France have slimmed the market to a slither, while similar changes have proved a spur to the Italian structured products revival
Insurers turn to structured credit in search for yield in Asia
Yielding results
SEC estimated value guidance causing concern among investors
Banks providing the estimated value of structured notes in accordance with SEC rules are facing questions from investors about the level of their estimates
Prop index growth sparks legal fears
Frying pan to fire?