S&P 500
Simple payoffs and short terms remain popular as investors play it safe
Incapital, Barclays and Gilliat all launched three products each in the past two weeks, most of which focused on the FTSE 100 index as investors continue shy away from risky investments
Volatility, correlation and skew too
Surviving skew
Trade of the month: Non-domestic underlyings
When investors are seeking diversification that includes foreign currencies, there is a choice of methods for approaching currency risk
Lookback: The Which way
An irreverent take on events of the last month, including the Which confusion over structured products, ETF trading, S&P's benchmarks, a Swiss preference for capital protection and more capital gains tax in the UK
FVC custom indexes
The three FVC indexes fell between April and May 2010, mirroring the falls in the market’s benchmark indexes
UK investors swap FTSE 100 ETFs for emerging markets
Investors withdraw from ETFs based on the FTSE 100 in the first quarter of the year, preferring investments based on emerging markets and the US and European becnhmarks.
Vanguard expands ETF offering with products on equities, fixed income and property
US ETF company Vanguard has increased its business with products on US equity benchmarks, real estate and bonds
UK Wrap: Vanilla repeats rule the roost
Among the few products launched in the UK during the past two weeks, the popularity of the FTSE 100 is continuing as investors remain nervous
S&P launches quality ranking indexes and licenses to PowerShares
Standard and Poor's has extended its index range to include quality rankings indexes, one of which has been licensed to Invesco PowerShares, and has added sector indexes in its CDS Index family
More ETFs face SEC trade curbs
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) will fall under new circuit breaker rules.
Volatility helps German structurers offer attractive returns
The problems in the eurozone are unleashing volatility across the continent's indexes, thereby making it easier for bankers in Germany to offer good coupons on autocallables
Vanguard creates ETFs on equities, fixed income and property
Vanguard has increased its US ETF offering with the addition of a host of new products based on the benchmark S&P 500 and Russell 2000, and including equities, fixed income and property
UK ETF investors abandoning FTSE 100 in favour of global indexes
The balance of UK investments in ETFs has shifted from the FTSE 100 index towards ETFs based on the S&P 500, MSCI Emerging Markets and Japan in the first quarter of 2010.
