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.
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?
Market snapshot: A new order
The new order being established in the US structured products public issuance market has Bank of America Merrill Lynch, RBC and JP Morgan hogging the top spots
CaixaBank revels in the end of the deposit wars
To Euribor and back
Trade of the month: Reverse convertibles
Trade of the month: Reverse convertibles
Structured Products Asia Awards 2013: Enter now!
Structured Products Asia Awards 2013: call for entries
Structured Products Americas: Mis-selling a bigger issue than regulation, says panel
Protecting 'Aunt Millie'
Unicredit offers a low barrier and a 4.75% coupon on Deutsche Bank stock
Fixed coupon for the cautious
UBS reverse convertible short on tenor but high on volatility
Short and very sweet
Wells Fargo offers seven-year note linked to funds basket
More term, more credit risk
Structured Products Nordics: Sweden working to eradicate ‘rotten apples’
Though most distributors play by the rules, some firms may still be selling the wrong products to the wrong investors, says panellist at Structured Products magazine's Nordic conference
Structured Products Nordics: Swedish state secretary calls for greater transparency in retail sales
Conference hears that investors should not have been sold some structured products because they are too expensive and opaque, while Finansinspektionen announces paper detailing what it expects of distributors
Iosco offers general and specific principles to deal with equity and benchmark indexes
Iosco has confronted the 'one size fits all' debate in its draft Principles on Financial Benchmarks, the responses for which are due today (May 16)
People: Credit Suisse names Brian Chan head of equity derivatives sales in Asia
Credit Suisse adds Chan in Asia
Legal & General links up with Barclays and adds Cofunds to the mix
A partnership with Barclays and a move to buy the Cofunds electronic platform is helping to put Legal & General on the UK map for structured products. L&G's James Harrington talks to Vita Millers about the challenges of distributing products in the…
New FCA platform rules could mean more product sales via platforms
Electronic platforms that charge fees instead of taking provider commission could, from April 2014, sell more products, as investors try to make the most of the charges they have to pay