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 industry wary of fiduciary standards proposals
Fiduciary foreboding
House price index product launched in the UK
House price index product launched in the UK
Enter the quant regulator
Enter the quant regulator
Risk Espana rankings 2011
No fiesta
Stoxx indexes offer investors enhanced access to infrastructure sector
Stoxx has launched an index that provides investors with enhanced exposure to infrastructure, the alternative asset class that has increased in popularity among investors with its stable returns in the medium to long term
Nomura launches South Korea Government Bond Index featuring liquidity screening
The South Korea Government Bond Index aims to offer investors increased tradability through the use of a liquidity enhancement mechanism
FTSE launches sharia index that is physically backed by industrial metals
Providing the security and reassurance of physical asset ownership, FTSE's Physical Industrial Metals index series allows investors to hedge against future supply constraints
Standard & Poor's to create head of structured products role in bid to woo distributors
The index provider says it plans to name a structured products head to take charge of aggressive outreach efforts to the distributor community
Downturn in markets leaves Swiss investors hungry for leveraged structured products, says Scoach
The structured products industry in Switzerland is flourishing as investors seek hedging strategies in the wake of the Japanese tsunami, says trading platform Scoach
Structured hybrid products prove popular in Korea
Reinforcing structures
Americas house of the year
House of the year, Americas
Law firm of the year
Law firm of the year
Marketing campaign of the year
Marketing campaign of the year
US structurer of the year
US structurer of the year
Canada house of the year
House of the year, Canada
US distributor of the year
US distributor of the year
Standard & Poor’s Civets index looks for growth beyond the Brics
Standard & Poor’s has launched the S&P Civets 60 index, designed to track stocks in non-Bric emerging markets
Mifid’s tough line on investor protection worries dealers
A sense of propriety
Barclays ETNs access the 'pure beta' of commodity returns
Barclays ETNs access the 'pure beta' of commodity returns
Deutsche offers currency-hedged ETCs in London
Deutsche Bank has listed sterling-hedged versions of its gold, silver, oil and agricultural exchange-traded commodities
Editorial: define complex
Editorial: define complex
Product performance: May 2011
Product performance
Structured Products Americas Awards 2011: The Winners!
Structured Products Americas Awards 2011
ETF Securities capitalises on commodities
Capitalising on commodities