Indexes

Skipton offers property and FTSE linked bonds

Skipton, the seventh largest building society in the UK, has launched two guaranteed index-linked bonds. The five-and-a-half year 100% capital guaranteed products offer exposure to the FTSE 100 Index and the Halifax House Price Index (HPI) while…

Abbey to launch FTSE-linked commercial property products

Abbey Financial Markets (AFM), subsidiary of Abbey National, has provided the seed capital for the new FTSEpx fund launched by MSS Capital, an asset manager in the UK. This fund was launched with the FTSE UK Commercial Property Index Series on 26 June…

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

Burnt by contango

Investors have poured tens of billions of dollars into commodity index products, but some claim the flood of capital has caused structural changes in commodity markets. And as spot prices fall, it could lead to an exodus of cash from these investments…

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