Structured Products - Volume 6/No 10
Articles in this issue
UBS offers access to MLPs through fast-growing ETN market
UBS has launched a new exchange-traded note in the US, offering leveraged exposure to the Alerian MLP Infrastructure Index.
Deutsche Bank issues leveraged fixed-income ETNs
Deutsche Bank joins forces with Invesco PowerShares to offer fixed-income ETNs for US investors
German recovery faces constraints
A constrained recovery
Vontobel comes back in fashion
The continued success of its luxury goods certificates has inspired Vontobel to come out with version four
Trade of the month: Non-domestic underlyings
When investors are seeking diversification that includes foreign currencies, there is a choice of methods for approaching currency risk
Aviva to launch mutual fund-structured product hybrid
Aviva is launching a fund in the US that operates as a cross between a mutual fund and a structured product, combining liquidity and capital protection
Barclays offers choice of barriers
Barrier picking
US investors turn to sectors and themes amid growing sophistication
Investors in the US are becoming more educated about the financial markets, which is leading to greater interest in sector-specific investing
Volatility, correlation and skew too
Surviving skew
HSBC bolsters ETF range with emerging markets offering
HSBC has listed a Brazil ETF in London as it builds its fledgling ETF operations and expands into European markets
BAML tinkers with tradable volatility index for tail risk hedging
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has developed a liquid volatility index for institutions which are seeking a systematic tail risk hedge.
Partially protected: Dodd-Frank Act spares structured products
Registered advantages
Kempen's property sector play
Access to property
Citi Eurostoxx 50 product courts currency risk
Currency risk included
FTSE and CNBC launch Asia-Pacific blue-chip stock index
Index provider FTSE and news group CNBC have partnered in a venture to bring a blue-chip regional benchmark index that includes Japan to the Asia-Pacific market
BNP Paribas tempts investors with forex basket
BNP Paribas has launched a commodity currency basket designed to promote foreign exchange and persuade investors of the benefits that come with the asset class
Credit Suisse launches AES velocity in Singapore allowing trades under one millisecond
Credit Suisse has launched an ultra-low latency direct market access speed that will give investors to trade Singapore-listed equities in under one millisecond.
The FSA's Retail Distribution Review: What price retail advice?
What price advice?
Troika Dialog lists blue-chip ETF on RTS stock exchange
Investment bank and asset manager Troika Dialog has listed the first ETF on the Russian Trading System stock exchange
Private placement structured products boosted by retail mandates
The use of structured products by discretionaries who are managing money on behalf of retail advisers has helped the private placement market continue growing.
Dynamic retail offerings
Dynamic retail offerings
ETF Provider Deutsche Bank
Structured Products Asia Awards 2010
FVC Custom Indexes
US and UK benchmark indexes declined sharply in June but recovered their losses in July, while the FVC’s global protected index recorded a rise in June
Raiffeisen joins growing Romanian structured products market
Raiffeisen lists its first certificates on the Bucharest Stock Exchange
Market snapshot
The sale of structured products in the US has increased by around 36% in June and July. In the UK, the market in the same two months was characterised by the continuing dominance of capital-at-risk products.
Product performance
The products reviewed this month include full principal protection and an accelerated growth product that has no downside risk, alongside a three and a six-month reverse convertible
Index innovation of the year
Structured Products Asia Awards 2010
Technology provider of the year, Asia – Numerix
For its continued expansion in China and South Korea as well as its established business in Japan, Numerix is the Structured Products Technology Provider of the Year for Asia
Equity Derivatives House of the Year, Asia
Credit Suisse
House of the Year, Asia
Structured Products Asia Awards 2010
Deutsche Bank adds Joshi to buildout
After resigning Barclays Capital on July 9, Dixit Joshi, formerly head of equities for Emea and Asia-Pacific at the UK bank has joined Deutsche Bank in a similar role
Lyxor Asset Management: Meeting change head-on
Meeting change head-on
Best in Australia
Structured Products Asia Awards 2010
Best in South Korea
Structured Products Asia Awards 2010
Best in India
Structured Products Asia Awards 2010
Best in Hong Kong
Structured Products Asia Awards 2010
Bloomberg launches derivatives valuation service
Bloomberg has launched a derivatives valuation service that aims to increase transparency and flexibility in the market
Best in China
Structured Products Asia Awards 2010
Regulator interview: Consob in the spotlight
Rousing the regulator
Asian Awards 2010
Asian Awards 2010