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JP Morgan is offering a three-year growth product linked to the S&P 500 index with principal protection in a CD wrapper. Participation goes up to a 145% knock-out level
The pause before paradise?
If you think markets are finally at the bottom, this could be the time to start making the switch from cash. You could also plump for credit products in 2009. All that is required is a return of stability, meaning no more horror stories. But how likely…
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Arc launches latest Fixed Income Plan with higher and cautious options
Arc Capital and Income has released its five-year Fixed Income Plan 10, based on the FTSE 100 and S&P 500 indexes. The higher income option delivers 0.65% a month, equal to 8.08% annually, while the cautious income option provides 0.57% a month,…
Société Générale offers UK and US recovery products
Société Générale has issued two new UK-listed structured products based on UK and US equity market volatility "and any potential nearside recovery in the UK equity market", says the French bank.
Jubilee offers averaging-in to smooth peaks and troughs
Jubilee Financial Products has released two new plans for the UK market, a FTSE 100 index linked Regular Income Plan offering a quarterly coupon of 2.5% for a three-year, 2.25% for a five-year and 2.1875% for a seven-year, with capital is at risk; and a…
Casam unveils 10 ETFs on Euronext Paris
Crédit Agricole Structured Asset Management (Casam) has launched 10 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on Euronext Paris, bringing its total number of ETFs launched this year to 21. The latest series of 10 ETFs tracks the main European industry sectors and…
Meteor emits latest kickout growth and monthly income plans
Meteor Asset Management has unveiled its new monthly income plan, linked to the FTSE 100 and S&P 500 indexes, offering 0.65% a month over 60 months. The plan, which has a term of five years and fourteen days, repays capital in full at maturity, providing…
Walker Crips bags second issue of Fixed Income Plan
Walker Crips Structured Investments (WCSI) has launched the second issue of its five-year Fixed Income Plan, offering an annual income of 7.6% or a quarterly income of 1.85%. The plan repays capital in full, providing that the FTSE 100 index does not…
Keydata provides tax efficient income options with Extra Income Plan
Keydata Investment Services has released the latest version of its Extra Income Plan, offering tax benefits to investors. The underlying assets are held in preference shares, reducing the tax payment for basic rate payers to 0% on income delivered by the…
Blue Sky delivers defensive auto-call plan offering 8%
Blue Sky Asset Management (Bsam) has unveiled its six-year Capital Accumulator Auto-Call Plan - Defensive Series, offering 8% potential annual growth and an early kick-out. The plan has a defensive auto-call feature which closes the plan early, providing…
Barclays Wealth launches more defined returns plans
Barclays Wealth has launched a new defined returns plan series, backed by Barclays Bank. DRP Capital Protection offers the benefit of full capital protection in three forms: a three-year at 18%, a four-year at 28%, and a five-year at 40%.
Precious metals ETFs listed in New York
Proshares has listed four new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the Arca platform of the New York Stock Exchange. The ETFs offer 200% long or short leveraged participation in gold and silver.
Société Générale unveils 143 covered warrants and 15 turbos in UK
Société Générale (SG) has released a range of 143 covered warrants tracking the FTSE indexes and major commodities, as well as 15 turbos based on UK equities. The newly-launched covered warrants boost the total number of issues to 194 in two weeks by SG…
JP Morgan launches Ucits funds exposure to commodities
JP Morgan has launched a Ucits III compliant fund offering exposure to the Energy Light version of its proprietary Commodity Curve Index (CCI.) The CCI Energy Light Fund is available to investors in Austria, France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands,…
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Catching the wave
Dealers are offering a swathe of volatility-linked products in Asia both as risk-reduction and investment tools, generally based on fear gauge, the Vix index. How are these products catching on in the region? Georgina Lee reports
Fuelling an emissions market
The carbon emissions credits market is heating up as investors are increasingly able to tap into the theme via structured products and exchange-traded funds. But how viable is the carbon theme as an underlying and what challenges do structured products…