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.
Repacks revisited: Asia investors turn to structured credit
Repacks revisited
Closing the gap between structured products and funds
Rise of the chameleons
HVB note offers annual income on Deutsche Bank stock
HVB offers annual income
S&P Dow Jones Indices launches Total China series
Total China BMI series provides complete picture of China's equity market; MSCI licenses hedged indexes to UBS; FTSE launches UK digital sector benchmark
RBC reverse convertible taps 3D printing revolution
The next dimension
Gilliat offers three ways to play international markets
New internationalists
Trade of the month: Risk assessment
Trade of the month: Risk assessment
L&G blames low interest rates as it quits UK retail structured products
Legal & General exits the market following a reported decline in sales, putting an end to its distribution of Barclays-backed plans
Morgan Stanley's 2013 maturity structured products deliver healthy returns
Six Morgan Stanley retail products maturing in 2013 produced annualised returns of 11–14%, while the bank's worst-performing growth products came in flat to the market
Structured products house of the year: Société Générale
Structured products house of the year: Société Générale
Equity derivatives house of the year: Morgan Stanley
Equity derivatives house of the year: Morgan Stanley
Structured deposits face uncertain future under UK ring-fence plans
Caught in the net
Vote now in the Structured Products technology provider rankings
Vote now in the Structured Products technology provider rankings
Riskier structured products with 60% barriers could be 'shockers' of the future, says insider
Capital-at-risk products with a 60% barrier have crept into the retail market and are becoming increasingly ubiquitous. But is the extra risk they pose appropriate for retail investors?
Video views: SP Europe award winners favour hybrids, but stay cautious on regulation
Winners from the Structured Products Europe 2013 talk about the challenges of regulation and the increasing appetite for hybrid products
UK's Tier One Capital seeks secondary structured products
Listed products are secondary nature at Tier One Capital
Biggest burden from Camp’s comprehensive tax review could fall on retail investors
After thinking they would be ignored in a broad reform of the US tax system led by David Camp, retail investors could find themselves in the firing line for phantom income tax, say bankers
Japan and Korea investors regain appetite for European equity-linked structures
European underlyings make up 70% of non-Japan uridashi issuance in 2013
Focus Structured Solutions makes debut in UK structured products
Credit Suisse distributor launches three UK structured products with 60% European barriers
SEC's Amy Starr: we are scrutinising ETNs
ETNs pose many of the same disclosure risks as structured notes and may be the subject of future guidance, suggested the SEC’s top structured products regulator and author of last year’s letter to US banks
SEC targets ‘protected’ and ‘guaranteed’ fund names
After criticising the use of the term “principal protected” in structured notes, the SEC turns to ETFs and mutual funds that promise protection from loss in their names