Structured products
Small reinsurers ‘shortening bond durations’ to protect against interest rate volatility
Companies prepared to take ALM mismatch to access higher yields on reinvestment
Banks plan to relaunch off-balance-sheet derivatives units
At least six banks are talking to lawyers and rating agencies about reviving derivatives product companies, although AAA ratings may now be off the table
Sponsored webinar: BNP Paribas
The evolution of commodity indices
Corporate statement: UniCredit
Clear tendencies in the German derivatives market
Total return swaps on iBoxx touted as alternative to corporate bond index ETFs
Exchange-traded funds that give exposure to corporate bond indexes could face competition from total return swaps on the indexes, say market participants
Photo gallery: Structured Products Europe Awards 2012
A photo gallery of the winners of this year's Structured Products awards for Europe
Deutsche Bank makes switch to physical ETFs as investors shun synthetics
Deutsche Bank joins the trend for ETFs backed by real assets
Non-financial corporate bonds: the future for structured products?
Using non-financial corporate bonds instead of bank bonds to underpin structured products could encourage more investors to consider them, as it would help diversify the counterparty risk within a portfolio, say industry participants
Structured Products Europe: Vanguard's emerging markets switch highlights the need to scrutinise index constituents, say speakers
Vanguard's replacement of an MSCI index with a FTSE index as the underlying for emerging markets exchange-traded fund should remind investors to look carefully at underlying constituents, hears conference
Structured products market in Greece stabilises ahead of debt sustainability talks
Investors in Greece appear calmer than in May and June, when fears of currency redenomination saw structured product sales surge
Best in Belgium
Best in Belgium
Best in Central and Eastern Europe
Best in Central and Eastern Europe
Best in Germany
Best in Germany
Structured Products Europe Awards 2012: the winners
Structured Products Europe Awards 2012
Best in Switzerland
Best in Switzerland
Hedge funds house of the year
Hedge funds house of the year
Structured funds house of the year
Structured funds house of the year
House of the year
House of the year
Best in Ireland
Best in Ireland
Best in the UK
Best in the UK
Exchange-traded funds provider of the year
Exchange-traded funds provider of the year
Interest rates house of the year
Interest rates house of the year
Equity derivatives house of the year
Equity derivatives house of the year