Structured Products Association
Priips risk indicators under fire from industry
Regulators ignored expert recommendations, lobbyists say
UKSPA contests EU stance on liquidity risk ratings
Structured products trade body declines to include liquidity risk metric in ratings
The introduction and advent of structured products in the US
Sponsored interview: Morrison & Foerster
Structured product liquidity could lead to speculative trading, says former UK SPA chairman
A liquid structured products market would be great news for investors but the industry needs to consider the consequences, say market participants
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
Cost pressures making online distribution attractive to UK structurers
Retail Distribution Review forcing structurers and distributors to consider greater use of online platforms for trading structured products
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
Structured Products Americas: some welcome consistency in the complexity debate
Consistent about complexity
Why structured products might benefit from the FSA's Retail Distribution Review
Market participants in the UK are optimistic that the removal of commission in favour of fees for financial advice as part of the Financial Services Authority's Retail Distribution Review will help sales of structured products
S&P Indices partners with Isda to assess credit quality of US and European banks
S&P Indices launches equally weighted proxies that measure the quality of US and European banks in conjunction with Isda, the trade body for the global OTC derivatives industry
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
High sales prompt Finra to investigate certificates of deposit
After mass investor flight to the perceived safety of certificates of deposit, US regulator Finra plans to investigate quite how safe the investments are, especially those that include a derivative component
People: Moritz Seibert leaves RBS Americas
Moritz Seibert leaves RBS Americas
UK Structured Products Association joins the JAC
The SPA is the latest addition to the Joint Associations Committee, which has been bolstering its membership in recent months following the release of its core structured products principles
JAC reaffirms retail structured products principles with bigger committee
JAC reaffirms retail structured products principles with bigger committee
Investors turn to hybrid equity strategies as volatilities descend to three-year lows
Investors turn to hybrid equity strategies as volatilities descend to three-year lows
RBS offers German investors exposure to Japanese construction sector
RBS offers German investors exposure to Japanese construction sector
Structured products industry wary of fiduciary standards proposals
Fiduciary foreboding
'Media misinformation' is harming US structured products industry
A torrent of misinformation printed by the media and calls from plaintiff law firms for investors to bring claims is damaging the industry, according to structured product bankers and lawyers
Structured products face a battle of perception in the US
Forbidding landscape