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.
Taking the Retail Distribution Review to Europe
Replicating the RDR
Dividend exposure in vogue with ETN providers
UBS and Société Générale are among several banks and index providers to tap demand for dividend exposure with new ETNs and benchmarks this year
Structured Products Nordic Region: Sweden ‘most diverse market for underlyings’
Swedish investors are the best in Europe at taking global views when buying structured products, according to a panel at the Structured Products Nordic Region conference in Stockholm
Structured Products Nordic Region: Swedish regulator warns of information overload
Sweden's financial supervisory authority warns about standards of information, sales practices and conflicts of interest ahead of Mifid II implementation
Wealthy Greeks turn to offshore securities to escape redenomination risk
The massive drop in deposits held in domestic banks in Greece is partly attributable to transfers of savings into overseas accounts or securities to mitigate fears of a Greek eurozone exit and a return to the drachma
Fears that IFAs will focus on the 'super-rich' post-RDR
As the regulatory environment gets tougher for UK retail banks, some industry figures warn of an exodus of IFAs from the retail market in order to target high-net-worth investors
Facebook makes its debut as a structured product underlying
Investors in Europe have been buying structured products linked to Facebook since its stock market launch and now US investors will get a chance to do the same as the first product linked to the company's shares is registered with the SEC
Structured Products Advances in Technology Guide & Directory 2012
Structured Products Advances in Technology Guide & Directory 2012
Parala Capital launches 'index of indexes' in conjunction with Dow Jones Indexes
Macro strategy boutique Parala Capital has signed its first index deal with Dow Jones Indexes
Readiness of IFAs for Retail Distribution Review called into question
Most independent financial advisers are still unprepared for the implementation of the FSA's Retail Distribution Review, according to market participants
S&P licenses new Italy LargeMidCap index to JP Morgan for bespoke products
JP Morgan is to use S&P Indices' new Italy LargeMidCap Index as the basis for bespoke structured products
FSA crackdown on Ucis to hit private wealth management hardest
The potential ban on the sale of unregulated collective investment schemes to retail will also reduce the range of investments in the private wealth sector, say industry participants
European certificates and leverage products see Q1 trading surge
European exchanges record higher trading volumes in investment certificates and leverage products in the first quarter of the year
Why structured products might benefit from the FSA's Retail Distribution Review
Market participants in the UK are optimistic that the removal of commission in favour of fees for financial advice as part of the Financial Services Authority's Retail Distribution Review will help sales of structured products
MSCI and Barclays partner to launch ESG fixed-income indexes
Link-up will allow institutional fixed-income investors to apply ESG investment strategies to their bond portfolios
SEC calls for greater pricing transparency for structured products
The US regulator's latest letter on structured products adds a new twist to the debate, calling for pricing disclosure
Structured Products Americas: Finra happy with looser definition of complexity
A senior Finra official argues that structured product complexity does not always mean greater risk
House of the Year, Americas: Citi
Structured Products Americas Awards 2012
US distributor: Incapital
Structured Products Americas Awards 2012
Best law firm: Morrison & Foerster
Structured Products Americas Awards 2012
Index innovation: S&P Indices
Structured Products Americas Awards 2012
Best Marketing campaign: BNP Paribas
Structured Products Americas Awards 2012
Structured Products Americas: SEC will turn up the heat on the market, says leading lawyer
The US SEC is highly sceptical of the structured products market and higher regulatory standards are on their way, says lawyer
Fixed-income investors face greater risks from inflation than deflation, warns iShares
The evaporation of fixed-income yield is set to look even more pronounced when account is taken of inflation expectations, according to an iShares report