Indexes
Driven to distraction
Pension funds
Bulking up
Annuities
Universities Superannuation Scheme
Practitioner profile
Building commercial opportunities
Commercial property
Slowed down by the watchdog
US exchanges
SPAnewswire
North America
Canada tightens the loopholes
Cover Story
European reflections
European Roundtable
After the storm
Cover story: Hedge funds
Barclays launches new offshore deposit range
Barclays has launched two new structured deposits offering exposure to three equity and two property indexes. The Guaranteed Minimum Return Equity Account has a three-year term and the Guaranteed Equity Deposit Account has a five-year term.
FTSE and JSE launch dividend index
FTSE and the Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE) have launched a tradable index. The FTSE/JSE Dividend Index takes companies from the FTSE/JSE Top 40 Index and FTSE/JSE Mid Cap Index, excluding real estate companies, and ranks them by their one-year…
FTSE and DIFX to launch sharia-compliant GCC indexes
Index provider FTSE and the Dubai International Financial Exchange (DIFX) have jointly created two sharia-compliant Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) country equity indexes for domestic, GCC, and international investors.
Premier Asset Management offers protected growth plan
Premier Asset Management in the UK has launched a new guaranteed structured product to capitalise on investor anxiety after the market correction in May. The Premier Protected Growth Plan offers exposure to any growth in the FTSE 100 Index and the…
Bank of Ireland offers Silver Anniversary bond
Bank of Ireland, in conjunction with its Guernsey-based subsidiary Bristol & West International, has launched the Silver Anniversary Bond to mark the bank's 25th anniversary on the Isle of Man.
All for the better
Spread bet hedging