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.
Lehman releases inaugural issue of Dual Income Plan
Lehman Brothers has launched the first issue of its Dual Income Plan, offering investors a choice of 8.8% annual fixed income or 0.71% monthly fixed income. The five-year plan, linked to the FTSE 100 index, provides full return of capital at maturity…
A structure out of all proportion?
Volatile markets have reignited the debate about the validity of constant proportion portfolio insurance, leaving investors cashed-out and locked in. Structurers are coming up with new ways to tackle the structure's weaknesses, but could bond and option…
Hearing aids
The European Union opened its investigation on retail investment products to the public on July 15, at an open hearing held in the EU buildings in Brussels. The hearing attracted more lobbies than had been expected, 80 of which had submitted their views…
Stuck on structures
Editor's letter
Industry releases draft principles for structured products
Daily news headlines
Index invasion
Commodity Indexes
Room for skew
Skew
Taxing times for ETNs
Exchange-traded Notes
Death by association
CFXOS
Absolute return strategies
Sponsored Statement
RICI© – Enhanced SM Index
Sponsored Statement
FSF calls for rating agency changes to aid market
Banks, investors and rating agencies are bracing themselves for a barrage of new regulatory guidance, consultation papers and capital charges in the wake of a report by the Financial Stability Forum (FSF) on April 12, which made a series of…
Margin of error
Prime Brokers
Paying for dividends
Dividend risk
Whither originate and distribute?
Some argue the crisis in structured credit markets signals the demise of the originate-and-distribute model of banking, but this fails to take into account the pattern of all revolutions, argues David Rowe
A matter of trust
CDO Ratings
Going the wrong way
Counterparty Credit Risk