Analysis
UBS launches constant maturity commodities ETF
ETF roundup
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
Japan dealers pitch volatility swap trade to keep up with demand for Topix options
Institutions are creating demand for Topix options, outweighing supply
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
Trade of the month: Reverse convertibles
Trade of the month: Reverse convertibles
S&P Dow Jones Indices launches Mila indexes
S&P tracks Andean equities; Bank of China Hong Kong and FTSE track offshore renminbi; ATX Global Players index lands in Vienna; FTSE launches environmental tech index
People: RBS loses global head of FIG
William Fall leaves FIG role at RBS; Deutsche hires London Whale quant; two new directors join Isda board; new clearing role for Wilson at Newedge; Byres to take top job at Apra
Trade of the month: choosing products when volatility is high
Trade of the month: when volatility is high
Market snapshot: making the most of volatility
Market snapshot
Mandate Watch: BNY Mellon leads the pack
Mandates trend to alternatives
Frontier hedge fund investors eye Iraq
A slate of telecoms IPOs and efforts to modernise banking regulations have some frontier market hedge funds enthused about prospects for Iraqi equities as institutional investors sit on the sidelines
Hedge fund investors divided on SAC probe
SAC hopes to put an insider trading probe by the US Securities and Exchange Commission behind it after agreeing to pay a record fine, but hurdles still remain
Trade of the month: the best structures for low volatility and low interest rates
Trade of the month: the best structures for low volatility and low interest rates
Apple reverse convertible losses mitigated by European barrier
Taking a bite of sour Apple
Market snapshot: US investors pile into leveraged return notes
Tim Mortimer analyses the latest monthly trends in the US and UK structured product markets
Mandate Watch: Citi, SGSS and BNY Mellon win mandates
Outsourcing drives mandate growth
No kickout for UBS autocallable note but returns beat direct investment in the underlying
UBS sold an optimised autocallable structured note to US investors in February 2012 that has so far not kicked out but has paid back better than a direct investment in the underlying, the stock of Haliburton
Index roundup: Nomura launches momentum index
Index roundup
Trade of the month: Emerging markets underlyings
Trade of the month: Emerging markets underlyings
Market snapshot: Reverse convertibles back on top in the US
Market snapshot