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.
Structured Products Europe: volatility-based products come out of the shadows
Volatility was at the heart of the conversation at the Structured Products Europe conference in Frankfurt on November 21. Though whether volatility-based structured products will ever be sold in large volumes to retail investors in Europe continues to be…
Photogallery: Structured Products Europe Awards 2011 - the winners
A free-to-view gallery of photographs from the Structured Products Europe 2011 Awards Dinner held in The Royal Horseguards in London on November 3, 2011
Scoach brings after-hours trading to Hong Kong investors
Market participants in Hong Kong can now trade after hours on the Scoach platform in Germany, where issuers can also list Hong Kong dollar-denominated products
First structured product listed on Canadian National Stock Exchange heralds advance of US banks
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has guaranteed the first structured product to be listed on the Canadian National Stock Exchange, which expects more US banks to follow suit
S&P joint venture with Dow Jones will command $380bn of index-linked ETFs
Link-up will speed growth of S&P’s international index business as it gains access to some of the world’s largest derivatives exchanges
Best in Ireland
Best in Ireland
The Structured Products Europe Awards 2011 - The winners
Structured Products Europe Awards 2011
Equity derivatives house of the year
Equity derivatives house of the year
House of the year
House of the year
Best in Switzerland
Best in Switzerland
Index innovation
Index innovation
Best marketing campaign
Best marketing campaign
Best in the UK
Best in the UK
Best in Italy
Best in Italy
Best in Benelux
Best in Benelux
Best in Spain
Best in Spain
Central Bank of Ireland to reveal on soft fees for structured products in January
Structurers will need to reveal soft fees and provide more disclosure on conflicts of interest, says Central Bank of Ireland
The Structured Products Independent Financial Adviser survey
IFAs fight the flak
Investors at risk of being misled as alpha strategies gain in popularity
What's it all about, alpha?
“Soft protection” is both deceptive and unnecessary, warn Irish distributors
Irish investors are approaching "soft protected" structures with a degree of scepticism, according to market participants
Denmark’s new retail risk labels 'too broad and inflexible'
Danish regulations that divide investments into three categories of risk are too broad and will stunt structured products activity, say market participants
Structured Products House of the Year: Nomura
Asia Risk Awards 2011