Structured products
Product retrospective: Hybrid income
Product retrospective: Hybrid income
Raffeisen Centrobank offers low-barrier reverse convertible
Low barrier to entry
Credit Suisse links to two US benchmark indexes
Betting on the worst
Lookback
Lookback
Index roundup
Index roundup
The Structured Products Independent Financial Adviser survey
IFAs fight the flak
ETF roundtable: Questioning complexity
Fair exchange
People: Moritz Seibert leaves RBS Americas
Moritz Seibert leaves RBS Americas
Investors at risk of being misled as alpha strategies gain in popularity
What's it all about, alpha?
FX Invest Middle East: Mena region dodges Arab Spring 'curveball'
HSBC's senior economist for the Middle East and North Africa tells delegates at FX Invest conference the region has dealt with two big challenges this year, but it stands in better shape than some developed economies
“Soft protection” is both deceptive and unnecessary, warn Irish distributors
Irish investors are approaching "soft protected" structures with a degree of scepticism, according to market participants
RBS launches multi-asset Maze note
Note links to equities, bonds, precious metals and commodities and aims to perform in a range of market conditions
FSA chairman wrong to say product complexity equals unsuitability, says industry
Structured product executives say Adair Turner is missing the point by focusing on product form rather than function in his recent Mansion House speech
Deleveraging gathers pace as Asian investors favour cash and liquid assets
Increased risk aversion and a more negative outlook have spurred offloading of risk and deleveraging among Asian investors, who are now opting for liquid assets such as cash bonds and shorter-dated products
Denmark’s new retail risk labels 'too broad and inflexible'
Danish regulations that divide investments into three categories of risk are too broad and will stunt structured products activity, say market participants
ETFS criticises iShares call to rename ETCs
ETF Securities has criticised iShares' proposals to rename some commodities products, but says that if ETPS are re-labelled, physically backed ETFs that lend securities should be in the same category as swap-backed products
Asia Risk Congress 2011: Offshore renminbi bonds held back by illiquidity in longer tenors
Investors and issuers remain concerned about China's capital account liberalisation programme, and their ability to hedge longer-term risk
Beware 'buy-and-hold' banking model limitations
A clash of ideologies
Fink: Billions could flow into preferreds as banks recapitalise
BlackRock chief calls for perpetual preferred shares to be counted towards Tier I capital at Europe's banks
Asian investors review structured products strategies after losses
Managing the falls
China gives boost to 'dim sum' bonds
A taste for dim sum