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Straddles in vogue as Goldman and JP Morgan dominate
Both JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs filed three new products with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on March 21, offering a selection of autocallable, straddle, reverse convertible and leveraged return notes
Tenors get tastier as Bank of Montreal launches Abercrombie & Fitch reverse convertible
Fifty-two structured products were registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on March 7, maintaining the boost in issuance that began the previous day
Not all hedges are created equal
Not all hedges are created equal
Show me the money: banks explore DVA hedging
Show me the money
Available to trade: row over scope of Dodd-Frank execution rules
Available to trade?
Fuhr creates ETF advisory firm
Deborah Fuhr, Shane Kelly and Matthew Murray have formed ETF Global Insight, a consultancy that will offer independent advice to the global ETF community
HSBC voted best for retail structured products in Greenwich Associates survey
HSBC leads the Greenwich Associates survey rankings for retail structured product quality, while Barclays Capital has the best-known franchise among distributors and BNP Paribas retains top spot in Europe
Risk & Energy Risk – 2012 Commodity Rankings – energy
Hitting the top in turbulent times
Trade of the month: Autocallables
Trade of the month: Autocallables
Retrospective: Morgan Stanley leverages the downside
Follow the bear
Morgan Stanley's six-year kickout linked to the FTSE 100
Kickout by FTSE
Risk and Energy Risk commodity rankings 2012: energy
Finding value in energy volatility
JVB Financial hires Tessar to help drive distribution expansion
John Tessar will add his 15 years' structured products experience to JVB Financial's expansion drive in North America
Indexed to inflation, linked to the FTSE 100
Indexed to inflation
People: Luc Francois leaves Morgan Stanley
People: Luc Francois leaves Morgan Stanley
What does 2012 hold for structured products?
What's on the horizon?
No Fuhr for BAML as global delta one role axed
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has done away with the global delta one strategy role that was due to be filled by leading ETF specialist Deborah Fuhr, formerly of Blackrock
Exchange of the year: NYSE Liffe US
Risk awards 2012
Commodity indexes rebalance in favour of Brent but WTI seen outperforming in 2012
Brent crude's representation in commodity indexes is set to increase as a result of the annual rebalancing of contracts that takes place during this week
People: Luc François leaves Morgan Stanley
Luc François leaves Morgan Stanley
Basel 2.5 prompts flurry of asset sales and risk transfer deals
The profits of imbalance
Little seasonal cheer for bank CDS spreads
Europe's big banks have endured a rocky month of ratings downgrades, eurozone discord and funding stress
Morgan Stanley sees opportunities for prime brokerage in move to exchange clearing of OTC derivatives
Service provider rankings 2011