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Structured Products Europe: Is volatility too complex for retail?
Bridging the knowledge gap
US investors target low-volatility stocks to mitigate risks of investing in volatility
US market sees large inflows into strategies that seek to offset risks of investing in volatility
European Insurers face downgrades amid continuing sovereign debt crisis
Generali subsidiaries and Groupama receive downgrades; Aviva placed under review
Indexes round-up
Indexes round-up
Lookback
Lookback
Germany downgrade threat sees eurozone CDSs widen
Eurozone CDS spreads were back on the rise today after Standard & Poor's warned it could downgrade 15 eurozone member states, including Germany
Video: Schroders HK chief bullish on development of offshore RMB bond market
Lieven Debruyne, chief executive of Schroder Investment Management (Hong Kong), is eyeing up opportunities in the dim sum bond market
S&P joint venture with Dow Jones will command $380bn of index-linked ETFs
Link-up will speed growth of S&P’s international index business as it gains access to some of the world’s largest derivatives exchanges
Index roundup
Index roundup
Parala Capital’s macroeconomic recipe
Macro magician
Index round-up
Index round-up
Demand for active strategies and sector cherry-picking set to remain strong in commodities
Volatile commodity markets are boosting the use of dynamic and active strategies to access the asset class, with a greater emphasis on direct exposure to particular sectors and underlying selection
SEC could sue Standard & Poor's over faulty CDO rating
The SEC may charge Standard & Poor's with breaking federal security laws in its rating of a 2007 CDO.
Deutsche Bank tops Risk interdealer rankings
Deutsche claims top spot for third year running, with JP Morgan a close second
Cat bonds poised for recovery after depressed year
Disaster recovery
People: UBS expands derivatives structuring
People: UBS expands derivatives structuring
Index round-up
Index round-up
Rumours drive Société Générale CDS wider for second straight day
CDS spreads on SocGen continue to rise - with no obvious driving force - while share prices of the three major French banks fall
European debt twilight zone claims Société Générale
Markets turn against French banks in general - and SG in particular - on a day short on solid news and long on rumours
US bank CDS spreads spike following US downgrade
Spreads on Bank of America spike following US debt downgrade and news of AIG lawsuit; other US names also widen
People: Eisenhauer to exit Standard & Poor's
Tim Eisenhauer to leave S&P; Ferdinando Samaria named head of global commodities at UniCredit; Andy Sparks joins MSCI as managing director and head of product management in New York
Europe in a ratings wonderland
Europe in wonderland
Risk.net poll: Orderly restructuring most likely scenario for Greece
Almost half of poll respondents believe Greece will undergo an orderly restructuring in the short term, perhaps leading to a selective default
Asian ETF market lurches forward
A great leap forward