Structured products
ETFs under the microscope
Under the microscope
UBS poaches Edwards from RBS and Naylor from Deutsche to bolster equity derivatives
Shane Edwards is joining the UBS equity derivatives team in London. His appointment follows that of Roger Naylor, who was named global head of equity derivatives at the Swiss bank earlier this month
Esma: making time for ETFs
The July 2012 issue of ETF Risk covers regulation, liquidity risk and tracking error
Data: ETF top providers and products
Data on top providers and products by assets, and asset growth by replication method
ETF tracking error conundrum
Tracking error conundrum
Windhaven puts focus on ETFs
Betting on beta
The ETF liquidity mirage
Smoke and mirrors
Lyxor launches 'smart' risk-allocation ETFs
Lyxor has entered the risk-control exchange-traded funds market with the listing of two alternatively weighted funds on NYSE Euronext
China ETFs look offshore
Looking across borders
Sponsored survey: Deutsche Bank X-trackers ETFs
Investors more aware of ETFs
UBS files riskiest products in latest SEC registrations
Reverse convertibles from UBS linked to Chesapeake Energy shares have the highest riskmap scores in the latest filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
Commodities see biggest falls since Lehman Brothers collapse
Global commodity markets could be signalling a severe downturn as indexes tracking the sector show the sharpest falls since late 2008
FSA requests responses on Ucis by June 27, leaving open the inclusion of delta 1 certificates
Banks must respond to the UK Financial Services Authority by Wednesday with feedback on new rules that will clamp down on the sale of unregulated collective investment schemes. Whether delta 1 products will be caught by the new rules is unclear
Commodity ETP activity drops 24% in a week, driven by precious metal fund outflows
Activity in commodity exchange-traded products falls sharply amid poor performance of the asset class
Sponsored webinar: Regulation
ETF Risk: Industry anticipates Esma
Fund managers to increase ETP exposure, finds Lyxor survey
A survey from Lyxor finds that fund managers expect to increase their allocations to exchange-traded products over the next three years
May sees US fixed-income ETP record despite flight from high-yield bond products
High-yield ETPs in the US experienced their first outflows since November 2011, but inflows into government bond products propelled May to a record-breaking month for fixed-income ETPs
Banks offer more chances for leverage in latest SEC filings
Ten leveraged return structures from four different issuers in the latest SEC filings show that a degree of risk appetite has returned to the market
BNP Paribas gets ETFs under way in the US with dynamic roll commodities strategy
BNP Paribas has debuted its first ETF in the US, utilising the dynamic roll strategy to offer investors efficient commodity exposure
Update: EC Prips Regulation due for publication on July 3; latest draft shifts burden further towards structured product creators
Europe's laws on the key information document (Kid) and packaged retail investment products (Prips) are scheduled for implementation on July 3. The latest draft suggests more onerous responsibility for product providers