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Investors turn to structured products for safety as stocks climb
Many investors see equities as fairly valued or even overvalued, boosting demand for structured products that offer protection or benefit from sideways markets
Risk warning on volatility and correlations
When volatility and correlations spike together, portfolio managers should simulate realistic stresses and be prepared to deal with the additional risks, warns Investor Analytics
Focus Structured Solutions makes debut in UK structured products
Credit Suisse distributor launches three UK structured products with 60% European barriers
Structured products can underperform a simple stock and bond portfolio, study finds
A group of PhDs churned through 18,000 structured products issued by 13 leading banks, including Barclays, Goldman Sachs and UBS, to find out what investors in the products earned. In November, they published their results. Yakob Peterseil talks to one…
Stoxx launches Euro Stoxx Futures Roll Index
Index roundup
Correlation suggests ‘return to normal’ for commodities
Commodities are being increasingly driven by market fundamentals, say analysts, forcing investors to search harder for returns
Gilliat targets UK expats with structured products
Ditching the safety belt
Mariana Capital makes its UK structured products debut
Mariana makes its UK debut
PrinceRidge sings the praises of structured products
PrinceRidge Group distributes structured products to a client base that includes leading broker-dealers across the US. Yakob Peterseil talks to managing director Joe Castelluccio about what he has learned in 35 years on Wall Street
Market snapshot: making the most of volatility
Market snapshot
Smart beta strategies: too clever by half?
The rise of smart beta
Goldman Sachs and Citi aim to keep up with retail demand as equities surge
The rally in equity markets is shifting demand to principal-at-risk structured products, say US banks
Market snapshot: Reverse convertibles back on top in the US
Market snapshot
Commodity correlation returning to pre-2008 levels, say analysts
The tight link between commodities and equities is easing as firms become less worried about macro shocks, say analysts
Interview: S&P Dow Jones Indices' Alex Matturri on bringing two big brands together
Doubling up for innovation
Multi-index underlyings: worth the extra risk?
Roughly 13% of the UK's retail structured products market consists of products based on more than one index. Many offer double-digit returns, but some providers say their higher risk levels are the opposite of what the structured products industry needs…
Market snapshot
Market snapshot
Equity derivatives house of the year
Equity derivatives house of the year
ETF roundup
ETF roundup
Structured Investment Group aims to make a splash in UK distribution
Counting on experience
S&P Dow Jones Indices takes on high-dividend and low-volatility combination in industry first
S&P Dow Jones Indices has combined two of the year's biggest themes so far in its latest index, the S&P 500 Low Volatility High Dividend Index
Debut growth plan from Structured Investment Group tracks basket of global indexes
Structured Investment Group's first product is a six-year growth plan based on a basket of four indexes with Morgan Stanley as counterparty
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