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.
S&P Indices partners with Isda to assess credit quality of US and European banks
S&P Indices launches equally weighted proxies that measure the quality of US and European banks in conjunction with Isda, the trade body for the global OTC derivatives industry
Belgian private banks shy away from structured products
Extracting value from high-net-worth investors became a priority for Belgian banks in response to the Financial Services and Markets Authority's moratorium, but as mounting regulatory pressure spooks investors, private banks are bringing their structured…
Eusipa: European retail structured product volumes fell sharply at end of 2011
The European umbrella structured products trade association has reported that structured product volumes on stock exchanges in Europe fell 26% in the final quarter of 2011
Bank of Montreal offers plethora of reverse convertibles in the US
Thirty-five new structured products were listed with the US SEC yesterday, led by a glut of supply from Bank of Montreal
Credit Suisse steps in with straddles, leveraged returns and a bonus
Supply in the US public market remains healthy, with a further 21 products listed with the SEC on March 14. The structures on offer were varied, as was the spread of issuers
FSA more sanguine on structured deposits as Lord Turner scorns innovation
The UK Financial Services Authority has issued another massive document containing its thoughts on structured products and, notably, stating that its concerns about structured deposits are no longer critical
FTSE, S&P Indices and MSCI form trade association
The index providers have joined forces to launch an independent global trade body, the Index Industry Association
Reverse convertibles dominate as US supply slows
Seven structured products were registered with the SEC on March 12, with reverse convertibles from UBS leading the way
UBS offers lion's share of latest structured products registered in the US
Thirty-one structured products were registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, with UBS providing nine autocallables and reverse convertibles
Wells Fargo issues correlation structures and keeps up with longer tenors
Two of the latest structured products Wells Fargo has registered in the US public market are based on multiple underlyings, making a play on correlation. The supply registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on March 8 includes 88 new…
Goldman Sachs extends tenors in the US with five-year principal-protected note on the DJIA
A mass of new structured products registered in the US public market are dominated by HSBC and UBS, though Goldman Sachs stands out in terms of tenor with its five-year capital-protected note
Bank of Montreal offers glimpse of sunny returns
Bank of Montreal and Goldman Sachs revive somnabulant US public issuance market with racy reverse convertible and leveraged return note
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The challenge of standardising sharia compliance
Seeking harmony
Theam puts the stress on customisation
The next step
Structured Products Espana: Grappling with regulation
The hunt for silver linings
Product performance
Product performance
FVC custom indexes
FVC Custom Indexes
Unicredit note offers capped returns on Euribor
At a sprint
HSBC goes for digital growth on the DJIA
Buffered performance
Institutional investors to favour more active, smart beta approach to commodities
Seeking performance while at the same time increasingly needing to control risk makes smart beta thematic index approaches such as low volatility, minimum variance and risk-weighted strategies increasingly appealing to institutional investors allocating…
Structured Products Technology Rankings 2012
Shuffling the pack