Convertible bonds
Nomura names Adair and Dolan to replace Bouzouba as heads of equities for Asia
Nomura has named John Adair and Paul Dolan as co-head of equities for Asia to replace Rachid Bouzouba, who has left the Japanese securities dealer.
Credit Suisse CoCo oversubscription dispels concerns over investor demand
Deals in Focus: Credit Suisse CoCo
BarCap launches Asia-Pacific convertible bonds index
BarCap launches Asia-Pacific convertible bonds index
Going loco for CoCos: Gary Jenkins column
Going loco for CoCos
Debate swirls over merits of CoCos and bail-in debt
Banks are anxious to find cost-effective capital structures that will be attractive to investors and acceptable to regulators.
Nomura hires convertible bond head
New convertible bond specialist for Nomura
Talking triggers: Rob Davies column
Regulators have given governments the freedom to decide at what point triggers should cause debt to be written off, giving investors a headache
Haitong debuts RMB mutual fund in Hong Kong
The head of Hai Tong Asset Management in Hong Kong, which debuted the financial centre’s first renminbi mutual fund, says he expects an offshore renminbi convertible bond to emerge in Hong Kong and believes Beijing will approve a ‘mini-QFII’.
Joshi joins Deutsche Bank as head of Emea Equities
After leaving Barclays Capital last Friday, Dixit Joshi, formerly head of equities for Emea and Asia-Pacific at the UK bank has joined Deutsche Bank in a similar role
Daiwa snaps up KBC's Asian equity derivatives and global converts business
Acquisition of warrants and ETF businesses is viewed as fast-tracking Daiwa's expansion in equity derivatives in Asia
Aviva Investors recruits new convertibles fund manager
Convertible bond fund manager Justin Craib-Cox joins Aviva Investors from M&G Investments.
CQS Convertible and Quantitative Strategies Feeder Fund: CQS
Tenth European Performance Awards 2010
Product performance
We compare principal-protected, accelerated growth and reverse convertible products with April 2009 strike dates
Convertible bonds issuance set to grow in second-half 2009
Investment rally in equities and credit keeps up momentum as investors benefit
Editor's letter
This issue marks the fifth anniversary of Structured Products magazine. To commemorate this landmark, we have looked back over every issue since our launch and constructed a timeline featuring some of the most interesting stories and events, as well as…
Offshore lenders face Chinese property developer debt headache
Creditors of property companies worried over repayments
A perfect storm
Hedge fund investors have pulled billions of dollars out of convertible arbitrage strategies over the past year, but some managers now reckon the market has bottomed out. Is the strategy turning the corner? By Duncan Wood
Cross-market valuation
This article takes the guesswork out of what credit margin to use when valuing credit-risky derivatives, and also sheds light on how relative value trading and capital structure arbitrage may be analysed quantitatively.
SunGard upgrades Monis Convertibles with new credit hedging tools
SunGard Trading and Risk Systems, an operating unit of SunGard, has added a credit hedging module to version 5.0 of Monis' Convertibles XL 5.0, the latest version of its spreadsheet-based pricing, analysis and hedging software for convertible bonds and…