Equity markets
Entering calmer waters
Equity
Integrated data management for commodities
Asset Control
Collateral thinking
Allustra
The plight of permanent capital
Permanent capital vehicles have been touted as a solution for alternative asset managers seeking stable long-term financing. However, the market has all but closed to new business, prompting deal sponsors to rethink the way these vehicles are structured…
Editor's Letter
Comment
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…
HSBC first on the scene with QDII products in China
HSBC has become the first foreign bank to provide Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor (QDII) products in mainland China. The bank received approval from China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) for a quota of US$500 million for its…
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.
Managers feel the derivatives pinch
european long/short equity
A word on the side (pockets)
tete à tete: side pockets
Core and satellite for hedge funds, part III
academic paper
Family fortunes, spanning the globe
family office investment club
All for the better
Spread bet hedging
Vexed by variance
Variance swaps
Food and drink makers past their use-by
uk long/short
The traders' tool box
traders' corner
Credit Spreads: the new horizon
Despite recent volatility in global markets and the prospect of a rising default rate, spreads in corporate debt - particularly high yield - remain tight. Credit talks to four market participants to find out where they see performance for the rest of 2006