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Tim Mortimer of Future Value Consultants looks at the pricing issues for structured products in different markets and provides his trade of the month
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HVB rolls out capital guaranteed structured fund
HypoVereinsbank (HVB) in Germany has launched a new open-ended structured fund with a capital guarantee. The fund is linked to the performance of the DJ Eurostoxx 50 and offers investors up to 45-55% returns over the first five years.
Unicredit launches first Polish product as secondary market swells
Unicredit group is introducing its first listed certificate in Poland. The launch comes as The Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) announces record trading figures for structured products throughout January, up 174% from the previous all-time high in November…
French finance ministry releases SG post mortem
The French finance ministry called for better risk management and oversight at Société Générale (SG), and heavier fines for non-compliant banks, in a preliminary report issued today.
The Iong and short of it
Short Extension
Far-sighted foresight
Stenham has got key decisions right, at the right time in the past, about the future, so David Walker asked Harry Wulfsohn about what the future now holds for the FoHF group
The right tools: equities vs CFDs vs spreads
Synthetic Prime Brokerage
Herd mentality
The unbridled success of the credit derivatives market over the past few years - until last summer, that is - had led large numbers of investors to adopt similar positions in the sector. Such risk concentration was always likely to cause problems if the…
John Prestbo, Dow Jones Index Oversight Committee
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