Interest rates
‘US monetary policy is abnormal and deviant’: Steve Hanke profile
Steve Hanke profile
Structured hybrid products prove popular in Korea
Reinforcing structures
Technology innovation of the year
Technology innovation of the year
Sponsored roundtable: Rate of change
Life & Pension Risk and roundtable sponsor Royal Bank of Scotland convened with industry leaders to discuss the future of the German life insurance sector as it faces low interest rates and a new regulatory regime
Inflation-linked structured products attract UK investors as risk appetite recovers
Inflation-linked structured products attracting UK investors
Inflation will pressure domestic-focused corporates, says BNP Paribas’ McAdie
Profile: Robert McAdie
Netherlands: Slow rebirth of the Dutch market
Netherlands: Slow rebirth of the Dutch market
BAML bumps up rates with Reynolds
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has hired Craig Reynolds as head of North American rates and made internal moves to beef up its rates business in Europe
Investors should be wary of two-speed economy, says BNP Paribas's Robert McAdie
Inflation could make developed market corporates vulnerable in the coming months, especially those with purely domestic revenues.
BarCap index captures systematic alpha from monetary policy
A new index that extracts value from the US dollar and euro yield curves by capturing the momentum in cross-market rate spreads has been launched by Barclays Capital.
German finance ministry to lower guarantee rates below actuaries’ projections
German finance ministry to lower guarantee rates below actuaries’ projections
Risk of prolonged rise in inflation spurs rate tightening talk
Inflated expectations
Inflation “momentum building”, warns AllianceBernstein's Husain
Q&A: Arif Husain, AllianceBernstein
Credit Suisse offers Swiss investors a very comfortable investment
Credit Suisse offers Swiss investors a very comfortable investment
Get back into risky assets this year, says BNP Paribas
Get back into risky assets this year, says BNP Paribas
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.