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Equity markets in constant state of extreme event expectation, says expert
Models of US and UK equity markets show players expect fresh outbreak of crisis
Swiss structured products turnover down in 2010
While November was a good month for structured products in Switzerland, volumes fell 4.39% during the period from January to October 2010.
What Basel III means to us
What Basel III means to us
Market maturity keeps German structured products on track
A mature performance
German investors use ETF products as "short-term investment tools"
German investors use ETF products as "short-term investment tools"
Geneva Association: "stabilising" insurers should be better repesented in systemic risk supervision
Insurance think tank bemoans underrepresentation of the "firefighting" insurance sector in Financial Stability Board and confusion over its role in the financial crisis
‘Deleveraging is a brutal process – but it is necessary’: William Cunningham profile
Profile: William Cunningham
Expect double-dip, not inflation, says CreditSights' Purtle
Chief strategist at CreditSights Louise Purtle warns that global deleveraging makes double-dip recession more likely than inflation.
Swiss issuance paints a mixed picture
Highs and lows recorded for structured products, according to SVSP and Scoach figures.
CFTC retail FX rules fail to curb offshore trading
New US Commodity and Futures Trading Commission rules will hasten flow of retail foreign exchange business abroad
Cesr reveals European financial markets risks, including double-dip recession worry
The Committee of European Securities Regulators (Cesr) has made public for the first time its analysis of trends, risks and vulnerabilities in financial markets
ETFs: simple, or simply confusing?
Exchange-traded funds first appeared 20 years ago as transparent, easy to understand alternatives to actively managed funds. But as they have developed some of this transparency and simplicity has been lost. The first Structured Products ETF survey asks…
Erste lists first turbos on Romanian exchange
Erste Group Bank AG issued nine individual certificates on to the Bucharest Stock Exchange as it joins the Romanian market.
Lloyds TSB hires leveraged credit director
Bank hires Paul Osment from Evolution Securities.
A dynamic model for leveraged funds
Guido Giese derives a model for the performance and Sharpe ratio of leveraged and inverse index funds that follow a dynamic leveraged trading strategy, that is, they are rebalanced on a daily basis to ensure a constant degree of leverage with respect to…
AIFM texts adopted by EU parliament and council
Hedge fund managers based outside the European Union (EU) may have to comply with the alternative investment fund managers (AIFM) directive in order to market products to EU member states, under proposals approved last night (May 17).
Regulation consternation
Firm proposals for regulating South African hedge funds are due by mid-2010. But some managers question the need for more regulation.
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