Structured products
FVC review: Citi’s leveraged product could outpace underlying ETF
Principal at risk if 10% capital protection buffer is breached
Q&A: Italy's structured products body on complexity crackdown
Acepi chair Dario Savoia talks Consob, Priips and complex products
SEC targets ‘switching’ of structured products
Frequent early redemptions used to boost broker commissions
SEC probing more proprietary index cost disclosures
US official says regulator is examining "a case or two"
Tech vendors court law firms for KID market
Fintech companies seek partners to prepare new Priips disclosure documents
Spain to launch structured product risk ratings
Critics say rule will “collide” with Priips requirements
Korean crunch: how HSCEI fall hammered exotics desks
Dealers lose over $300 million in scramble to hedge autocallables
Hartmoor eyes UK structured deposits market
Start-up to challenge Investec and Societe Generale for share of growing retirement market
Dealers trash Section 871(m) reforms
Controversial tax reforms would foist “unworkable” compliance burdens on firms
FVC review: HSBC offers exposure to S&P 500 smart beta strategy
Product aims to improve on PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility Portfolio ETF using risk reduction
FVC review: SocGen income plan balances FTSE 100 and Euro Stoxx 50
Conditional income product offers steady income and could offset potential bear market losses
FVC review: Investec launches capital-protected FTSE 100 note
Product offers 17% maximum return but investors’ capital is protected
Index providers clash over evolution of multi-factor products
Battle of ideas on how best to offer new wave of smart beta exposures heats up
US tax rules attacked by equity derivatives dealers
Testing criteria for equity-linked products branded a “joke”
Italian swaps scrap grips Europe
Dexia Crediop wins right to appeal against Italian city of Prato over €6.5 million swap claim
EU regulators lean towards RIY cost disclosure for Priips
Reduction in yield “superior” to total cost ratio, says ESA joint committee chair
Macquarie wrestles with warrant valuation
Australian bank in negotiations on settlement of Hanergy TFP warrants
Multi-issuer platforms clash over MIPs’ purpose
Information hubs or one-stop-shop for structured products?
Asian insurers recoil from structured products
Institutional and regulatory barriers blamed for poor take-up of derivatives by life companies
Equity derivatives house of the year: UBS
Pooling equity derivatives and wealth management skills enabled bank to recycle risk to meet client demand
Commodities house of the year: Societe Generale
An innovative approach in tough market conditions has allowed Societe Generale’s clients to increase commodity exposure when many were pulling back
Malaysia house of the year: CIMB
CIMB boosts market share in Malaysia with nimble strategy
Structured Products Asia Awards 2015: The winners
HSBC takes crown with strong showing in a turbulent period for Asian issuers