Principal protected notes
The encroachment of Solvency II
The encroachment of Solvency II
Product performance
Product performance
Product performance
Product performance
Preparing for Solvency II
Solvency II: insuring for change
Principal-protected products could benefit from Solvency II
New risk-based capital rules for insurers could help demand for products with principal protection, say bankers
Product performance
Product performance
FVC custom indexes
FVC custom indexes
Product performance
Product performance
Playing with four currencies
Playing with four currencies
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Testing the water
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.
Product performance
Product performance
Real estate emerges as a theme for US structured products
Real estate is gaining popularity as an underlying, with a handful of products tracking iShares Dow Jones Real Estate Index fund in recent issuances.
Tenors stretched as banks struggle to structure products in current environment
While volumes have been healthy in the US market this week, maturity dates are being extended, but there is still innovation to be seen
Product performance
Product performance
FVC custom indexes
FVC custom indexes
Market snapshot
Market snapshot
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
Product performance
The products reviewed this month include full principal protection and an accelerated growth product that has no downside risk, alongside a three and a six-month reverse convertible
Dynamic retail offerings
Dynamic retail offerings
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…
Market snapshot
A dramatic increase in the notional issuance of accelerated growth products in the US has catapulted Bank of America to the top of the issuance charts