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.
Offshore distributors voice fears over UAE sales practices
Poor products and lack of adviser education among concerns raised
SG launches six-year at-risk product based on FTSE 100
Societe Generale sets barrier at 60% in income product for UK retail
BNP Paribas takes over market-making reins from RBS
RBS Markets starts transfer of market-making to BNP Paribas
Munari and Mendelsohn exit Morgan Stanley
Global retail structured products head departs US investment bank
Cube offers platform options and bespoke volatility analysis
Supertracker and autocallable structured notes sold as equity replacement
Structured Products House of the Year: Deutsche Bank
Bank comes up with innovative products despite directionless markets
Precious Metals House of the Year: Credit Suisse
Bank benefits from strong relationship with private bank and forex
Baml hires Hines for Emea flow equity derivatives sales role
Paul Baron moves to the US as head of US flow equity derivatives sales
Indian exporters to increase hedge ratios on rising rupee
Rupee appreciation threatens Indian IT sector with its high USD revenues
More 'adult supervision' needed, SEC's Muoio tells conference
Regulation the main topic at Structured Products Americas
Risk Espana rankings 2014
Funding spreads halve, growth slows in non-performing loans
SEC reveals ‘two-pronged’ approach to policing notes
Big data and industry experts help unit bring enforcement actions
Lookback: UK pension funds slow the switch from equities
Pension fund equities pullout at slowest pace since financial crisis
Structured product providers eye pension-specific investments
Hopes structured products will soon find a place in pensions
StartPoint links to four stocks and the FTSE 100
Fixed returns of up to 27.5% after 12 months on offer to UK investors
Focus Structured Solutions puts research to the fore
Distributor targets UK investors with four FTSE stocks
Europe set to be key battleground for index providers
Index providers chase new strategies and compete on fees
Barclays structured note gives digital payout on the DJIA
Fixed returns can rise if the index goes above the fixed-return level
Trade of the month: leveraged return notes
Capped upside in leveraged return notes works in gently rising markets
Morgan Stanley offers two ways to profit on FTSE 100
Index-based product structured to limit upside and protect downside
Market snapshot: Investec leads UK product issuance in May
FTSE regains ground as appetite for multiple underlyings falls
Credit Suisse notes help adviser bet big on gold miners
Commodities poised for rebound as easy money contines to flow
Senior joins Source as MD and head of investment content
Source adds Senior and Mautone as managing directors in London
German banks add estimated values to PIBs
HSBC Trinkaus goes it alone with the provision of daily estimates