United Kingdom (UK)
Gilliat Financial Services presents FTSE 100 range accrual to UK investors
Gilliat offers a step down
US insurers expect less benefit from Orsa than European firms
European life insurers are particularly challenged by Orsa implementation, finds survey
Market snapshot: US investors pile into leveraged return notes
Tim Mortimer analyses the latest monthly trends in the US and UK structured product markets
Nordea rules out AMA
Another institution rejects AMA because of lack of clarity in requirements
Market snapshot: Reverse convertibles back on top in the US
Market snapshot
Uncertainty stokes demand for rates 'tasting menu'
Interesting times
The effect of RDR on UK retail structured products
The RDR effect
Market snapshot
Market snapshot
Morgan Stanley capital-at-risk digital linked to the FTSE 100
Digital at risk
Barclays six-year defensive autocall linked to the FTSE 100
Returns on this defensive autocall are linked to the FTSE 100 subject to a trigger level lower than the strike. The product pays no commission, in line with the UK’s Retail Distribution Review, and offers returns of up to 7% a year
Mandate watch: BNY Mellon wins four mandates from Touchstone
Touchstone appoints BNY Mellon to four more funds as the year ends with a steady stream of securities services mandates
Market snapshot
Market snapshot
Interest rates house of the year
Interest rates house of the year
Merchant Capital offers the best of three mixed portfolios
Looking back at three
Market snapshot
Market snapshot
Fatca delay simply “smoke and mirrors”
Moves by US authorities to delay implementation of portions of Fatca provide little relief for institutions
Lookback
Lookback
Market snapshot
Market snapshot
The Structured Products IFA Survey 2012
The Structured Products IFA Survey 2012
Mandate watch: BNY Mellon and Citi lead the way in China
BNY Mellon and Citi pick up two key mandates in the important Chinese market
Ban on SPV-issued structured products will ‘prevent regulatory arbitrage'
A proposed ban on the promotion of Unregulated Collective Investment Schemes and ‘similar products', drafted by the UK's Financial Services Authority, will include some structured products issued by special purpose vehicles
Market snapshot
Market snapshot
Gilliat note provides choice of counterparty
A tale of two issuers