Structured products
Market braced for upheaval as SEC signals ETF crackdown
Providers fear new data requirements may herald future enforcement actions and regulation
Q&A: Belgian watchdog on Mifid, Priips, war on complexity
Belgian markets watchdog defends its curbs on one of world’s structured products capitals
EU regulators clash over structured products risk ratings
Months-long delay to discussion paper said to owe to squabbles between national regulators
FTSE Russell: a match made in multi-factor heaven
Combined firm believes it can corner nascent multi-asset index market
Belgian regulator defends structured products moratorium
Watchdog claims complex products sale ban winning plaudits as soft-hands approach
FVC review: Morgan Stanley launches leveraged crude note
Product offers capped growth in S&P GSCI crude index
Dealers vent frustration at Section 871(m) hold-up
US dividend-equivalent tax change will hit high-delta products with withholding tax
FVC review: SIP Nordic's UK blue-chip income plan
Six-year product offers bullish exposure to Anglo American, BP, HSBC and Vodafone
Providers set to spar amid multi-asset index boom
Major index houses set to bet big on new product class
FVC review: Investec’s low-vol equity growth product
Issuer's Even 30 index pitched as low-volatility alternative to FTSE 100
Photo gallery: Structured Products Americas Awards 2015
A selection of free-to-view photos from this year's event
Horizon Software: coping with the compliance burden
Firm’s head of electronic trading says EU regulation choking options market liquidity
People: BAML and Citi step up equity derivatives hiring
Roos to head equity sales and prime finance at Citi, and other moves
Smart beta versus structured products: the investor’s conundrum
Many investors favour one approach over the other, belying their similar aims
Taiwan insurers take Formosa bonds over structured credit
Growth of renminbi assets ends Taiwan insurers' love affair with structured credit
US regulators crack down on complex annuities sales
State watchdogs issue warnings as insurers turn to proprietary index products
Dealers fear reporting clash under SFT regulation
Securities Financing Transactions Regulation could conflict with Emir reporting rules
European structured product issuers fear TLAC funding hit
Banks face loss of attractive source of dollar funding
SEC warns structured note issuers over proprietary indexes
Head of Office of Capital Markets Trends calls on issuers to examine sales practices
Flood of oil ETF investors reshaping market, analysts say
'Massive' inflows cushioned oil price drop in early 2015, but could easily reverse
Currency-hedged ETF surge prompts hedging concerns
Eurozone QE programme prompts wave of investor interest
Currency-hedged ETF inflows boom
Investor interest sparks race to construct new products