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.
SG offers hedge fund strategies in new LSE-listed ETN
Hinde Capital long-short strategy at the heart of new LSE-listed ETN
Finra rejects ‘more than half’ of structured product adverts
‘Blast emails’ to retail investors a major offender under Rule 2210
Concerns over conflict of interest in large structured product hedges
Multi-million-pound hedges can move the market prior to strike date
Rising interest rates pose challenge for Asia insurers
ALM benefits potentially outweighed by rise in lapses
EU retail investment regulation extended to cover insurance
Esma opinion may dilute Priips upon implementation, say observers
Structured products house of the year, Americas
Structured Products Americas house of the year, JP Morgan
Index innovation of the year
Index innovation of the year, S&P Dow Jones Indices
Retail deal of the year
Retail deal of the year, Raymond James
Technology innovation of the year
Technology innovation of the year awarded to Numerix
House of the year, Canada
National Bank of Canada relies on formidable new platform to win House award
Skandia combats low interest rates with credit-linked notes
Alistair Campbell talks about the outlook for the market
No barrier for capped Barclays social media product
Barclays offers three times leverage and a cap on social media stocks
Reyker offers Goldman Sachs income product on two indexes
UK investors can get annual return of up to 8% plus initial capital from Reyker
UBS leveraged return note matures and rewards risk-takers
Handsome uncapped rewards for US investor despite leveraged downside
UK providers keep the faith with capital-at-risk products
FTSE stays favourite in UK but is used less often as single underlying
Trade of the month: income-paying autocalls
Phoenix structures offer fixed coupons all the way to the autocall
UK structured products complaints fall on improved education
Barclays structured product falls foul of financial ombudsman
Morgan Stanley Asia growth plan returns principal only
Indexes fail to recover in time to trigger kickout and additional returns
Taiwan OBU reform to ramp up demand for CNH products
Onshore banks also tipped to benefit from new approach
IFAs unwilling to advise on structured products, says FCA
Lack of knowledge affecting sales in the UK
Green indexes: a sustainable future?
Differing selection criteria mean some ethical indexes are purer than others
Trade of the month: the Iosco structured products toolkit
Toolkit contains 15 items aimed at regulators of retail products
HVB taps proprietary strategy as underlying in Germany
Capital-protected eight-year note tracks multi-manager strategy with volatility control
US investors offered enhanced returns on Euro Stoxx 50
Credit Suisse launches five-year note on European benchmark