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ANZ launches China-centric commodity index
Australian bank unveils commodity index in bid to better reflect China market influence
Srikant Dash joins Bloomberg to create index business
Days after leaving S&P Indices, Srikant Dash has joined Bloomberg to lead and create a new index business
Growth replaces income in UK products as providers apply RDR principles
The Retail Distribution Review is already having an impact on structured products in the UK if new products launched this month are anything to go by
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BNP Paribas deploys Morningstar indexes for structured notes
BNP Paribas and Morningstar partner for index-linked notes
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IFAs will abandon fee-based actively managed structured funds for ETFs as RDR bites
The Retail Distribution Review will encourage financial advisers to switch from selling structured funds to exchange-traded funds, say market participants
Dividend exposure in vogue with ETN providers
UBS and Société Générale are among several banks and index providers to tap demand for dividend exposure with new ETNs and benchmarks this year
Fears that IFAs will focus on the 'super-rich' post-RDR
As the regulatory environment gets tougher for UK retail banks, some industry figures warn of an exodus of IFAs from the retail market in order to target high-net-worth investors
Parala Capital launches 'index of indexes' in conjunction with Dow Jones Indexes
Macro strategy boutique Parala Capital has signed its first index deal with Dow Jones Indexes
MSCI reintroduces Saudi Arabia indexes
The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) has allowed MSCI to create and issue Saudi Arabian domestic equity market indexes
Sell VStoxx and buy Vix futures, says BarCap
The divergence between US and European volatility measures has grown in the first quarter of 2012, according to Barclays Capital
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Are alpha commodity index products sustainable?
The third generation
FTSE, S&P Indices and MSCI form trade association
The index providers have joined forces to launch an independent global trade body, the Index Industry Association
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Institutional investors to favour more active, smart beta approach to commodities
Seeking performance while at the same time increasingly needing to control risk makes smart beta thematic index approaches such as low volatility, minimum variance and risk-weighted strategies increasingly appealing to institutional investors allocating…