Exchange-traded funds (ETFs)
Deutsche Bank makes switch to physical ETFs as investors shun synthetics
Deutsche Bank joins the trend for ETFs backed by real assets
Structured Products Europe: Vanguard's emerging markets switch highlights the need to scrutinise index constituents, say speakers
Vanguard's replacement of an MSCI index with a FTSE index as the underlying for emerging markets exchange-traded fund should remind investors to look carefully at underlying constituents, hears conference
House of the year
House of the year
Exchange-traded funds provider of the year
Exchange-traded funds provider of the year
Index innovation
Index innovation
S&P Smit 40 Index tracks 'Next 11' emerging markets as investors look beyond Brics
S&P Dow Jones Indices index tracks the four largest economies in the Next 11 in a reflection of growing demand for broader emerging markets exposure
S&P Dow Jones Indices takes on high-dividend and low-volatility combination in industry first
S&P Dow Jones Indices has combined two of the year's biggest themes so far in its latest index, the S&P 500 Low Volatility High Dividend Index
Leveraged products see steep declines in Europe
Structured products and exchange-traded products that use leverage see outflows in Europe
Covered call ETFs bridging the gap between ETFs and structured strategies
Exchange-traded funds that buy call options on the underlying stocks are attracting big inflows in North America
Lookback
Lookback
Index sophistication on the rise in Latin America
Dance to a new rhythm
Scoach and Euwax feel the pressure
Feeling the pressure
NBC delivering on yield
The yield hunters
Structured Products Asia: Short-term opportunities in the spotlight
Short-term saviours
FTSE and NSE announce first independent Kenyan sovereign debt index
FTSE Group and the Nairobi Securities Exchange have launched the first independently calculated Kenyan sovereign debt index, underscoring increasing investor interest in Africa
Dividend strategies deploy increasingly sophisticated screening methods
With exchange-traded funds linked to dividends seeing big inflows, providers are now offering more targeted exposure to the sector
Demand for commodity-linked structured products ‘almost dead’
Panellists at the Structured Products Asia conference were downbeat over the prospects for commodity-linked structures
Best in China: Standard Chartered
Structured Products Asia Awards 2012
Tapping demand for ex-financials exposure
Financials disallowed
Esma levels ETF playing field
Levelling the field for synthetic ETFs
Stiff competition in US ETF market forces closure of 40 funds
The big three providers in the US ETF market are consolidating their market share, while smaller firms are struggling
New Esma ETF guidelines change the rules on securities lending in favour of synthetics
The latest European Securities and Markets Authority guidelines for Ucits ETFs will make life more difficult for physically backed ETFs and point to a growing acceptance of synthetic funds
Mirae Asset Global Investments loses head of ETF business
Korean asset manager undecided on whether to replace Roger Liu
Dividend strategies get sophisticated as risk aversion and sustainability drives demand
Targeting high yields