Equity markets
Risk Australia Rankings 2008: A roller-coaster year
Market participants in Australia have faced a year of ups and downs in all asset classes. But a number of dealers - some facing problems of their own - have stood up to the task, with Deutsche Bank defending its position at the top of the pile
NDFA offers income with tax incentives
NDFA has launched two structured products which offer tax efficiencies by allowing the investor to buy preference shares in an offshore wrapper. Consequently, basic rate taxpayers receive non-UK dividends tax-free, while higher-rate tax payers have had…
BNP Paribas AM launches ETFs/Dow Jones offers South Korea
BNP Paribas Asset Management (AM) has launched four ETFs on the Dow Jones Stoxx Asia/Pacific 600 ex-Japan, South Korea Titans 30, Case Egypt Titans 20 and Turkey Titans 20 indexes. The ETFs will begin trading on Euronext Paris today.
Hedge fund ponder choices and challenges of pre-trade analytics
IT pre-trade analytics
The profits of carry
Carry trade
Crisis of faith
Regulatory News
An auspicious debut
Risk Korea conference
How to turn risks into opportunities in today's derivatives markets
Sponsored Statement
MSCI Barra produces global currency indexes
MSCI Barra has launched global currency indexes that can be licensed for portfolio management and benchmarking purposes, as well as to serve as the basis of structured products and other index-linked investment vehicles such as ETFs.
Keydata offers income or growth
Keydata Investment Services has launched the Extra Income Plan, which offers either an income or growth. The income option pays a quarterly coupon of 2.075% pa while the growth option returns 58.5% at maturity.
Cloudy skies prompt launch of new rainbow product
London and Capital has launched a capital guaranteed multi-asset rainbow plan which offers exposure to equities, commodities and property. It uses a lookback feature which will weight the classes differently according to their performance, offering…
Blue Sky unveils third tranche of Accelerated Growth Plan
Blue Sky Asset Management (BSAM) has launched the third issue of its Asset Allocation Accelerated Growth Plan. The six-year plan is designed to outperform a stock market in the US, UK, Europe or Japan, as selected by the investor, while providing 100%…
Barclays Wealth enhances rates on investment range
Barclays Wealth is launching a range of capital protected investments with improved terms on growth and income products, which are designed to maximise returns in volatile markets. The Protected FTSE Plan offers 1.5 times the rise in the FTSE 100 index…
Special situations strategy benefits from volatile economic conditions
Special Situations
Eighth European Performance Awards 2008
European Performance Awards 2008
Capital foundations
The overriding characteristic of today's structured products space in France is risk aversion, but that is not stifling innovation in a market where issuance volumes continue to rise. Regulatory compliance may instead prove to be 2008's main obstacle…
Chinese banks seek global standards
Risk management
Capital protected
Structured products
An emerging reality
Exchange-traded funds
Scenarios for all seasons
Technology
Sunk by correlation
Equity derivatives dealers faced a grim picture across global markets earlier this year, with steep rises in correlation and volatility together with a slump in dividend expectations decimating exotic books. How have dealers responded? By Mark Pengelly