Interest rates
SG profits boosted by interest rate and forex structured solutions
Société Générale's latest results highlight contribution of interest rate and foreign exchange structured products.
Emerging markets: braced for the end of the party?
Emerging markets: braced for the end of the party?
Rising US rates are boosting the structured products market
Falling interest rates hit structured products hard last year, and as they start to rise they are providing a much-needed boost to the market, says a US distributor.
JP Morgan creates actively managed index with Permal
JP Morgan creates actively managed index with Permal
Product performance
Product performance
Interest rates pose problems for structurers
Lacking direction
In-house system of the year: Advanced Repo Curves, Barclays Capital
Risk awards 2011
The CMS triangle arbitrage
The CMS triangle arbitrage
UK products offer access to commodities, emerging markets and overseas indexes
Despite a near-impossible pricing environment, issuers continue to offer investors returns on FTSE 100-based products, with a few surprise exotics.
Rising interest rates expose continental insurers to lapse risk
Rising interest rates expose continental insurers to lapse risk
Asia Risk Congress 2010: ING risk head admits mispricing variable annuities
Industry has underpriced variable annuities, conference hears
Best in Italy
Structured Products Europe Awards 2010
Capital preservation the key in the Middle East, says Ahli United Bank
Keeping a lid on risk
Index round-up: Barclays offers mean reversion
Index round-up: Barclays offers mean reversion
The consequence of government debt reduction strategies: Toby Nangle column
Debt reduction: a double-edged sword
Fears of rising interest rates spurs switch and floored note issuance
As investors seek protection against interest rate rises, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley are among the banks responding with rates products offering minimum returns.
US wrap: Structurers deploy longer maturities to tackle low interest rates
Longer tenors are proving attractive to investors hunting for yield as low interest rates prevail in the US
Technology provider of the year, Asia – Numerix
For its continued expansion in China and South Korea as well as its established business in Japan, Numerix is the Structured Products Technology Provider of the Year for Asia
Dynamic retail offerings
Dynamic retail offerings
FOMC faces tricky task in avoiding another bubble
FOMC officials’ pessimism about conditions highlights challenge central bank faces in fulfilling its dual mandate
RBS appoints new director of US credit
Gary Davis takes senior role in credit and rates group.
Robert W Baird: succeeding through caution
Setting up a business just before a global financial crisis hits is not ideal, but Robert W Baird’s structured products business, set up in 2007, has survived the turmoil by sticking to conservative products and avoiding the more complex deals offered by…