Structured products
WHAT IS THIS? Structured products are investments that have multiple components. For retail investors, the most common form is a bond plus an option – these tend to be standardised, sold in small tickets and large volumes. Managing the risks of large structured products portfolios is one of the biggest challenges dealers face.
Finra open to projections in structured products
Regulators and issuers at odds over backtesting versus projections
Equities to drive structured product market in 2015
Outlook for 2015: regulatory pressures to ease, further flourish expected
Smart beta failing to capitalise on source of excess returns
Comparing smart beta and market capitalisation strategies
Planned SPA risk indicator is no panacea, say critics
Concerns over Structured Products Association's proposed risk rating
Investment Bridge chief takes aim at structured products' critics
Chief executive Chris Taylor talks tough on regulation
Index roundup: new GICS real-estate sector created
Morocco reclassified from emerging market to frontier market country
Facebook finds friends as UBS autocallable pays out early
Two-year Facebook autocallable matures early
We all suffer if derivatives are treated like drugs
Regulators are clamping down on complexity, but risk harming innovation
European regulators issue fresh Kid proposals
ESAs propose visual representations of risk in key information document
Koris platform brings transparency to European ETFs
Online platform tracking ETF replication quality launched by Koris
SEC gives green light to Eaton Vance’s active ETMFs
US SEC exempts exchange-traded managed funds from disclosure protocols
First private banks to join Asia structured product platform
Credit Suisse and one other private bank to sign to Melbury platform
Rise of the retail structured products app
New apps deliver market information and basic execution functionality
UKSPA launches structured product classification system
Four-digit codes allow investors to compare structures
Green credentials and RBS deal work in BNPP's favour
BNP Paribas takes top award on RBS buy, green note and IT solutions
UBS offers bankruptcy remoteness and white-labelling twist
UBS wins equity derivatives award with the support of research and pricing
BNP Paribas harmonises forex and equities pricing
Unified risk system helps BNP Paribas win forex award
BAML increases inflation market share
Bank of America wins inflation house of the year award
UBS stays firm despite commodities downturn
UBS wins the commodities house of the year award
Stoxx leads the way with value-focused smart-beta service
Index provider wins the 2014 award for index innovation in Europe
Structured Products awards 2014: The winners
The outstanding achievers in structured products in 2014
Strategic solutions play into Credit Suisse's strengths
Credit Suisse wins structured funds house award
The best way to manage individual CPPI, from Deutsche AWM
Deutsche AWM wins the bank technology innovation award
Modelity adds cheaper, more accessible cloud computing test facility
Modelity wins vendor technology innovation award