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Sales soaring high despite regulatory concerns
In spite of the authorities’ unease, private investors are continuing to buy structured products in ever greater numbers seeking less risk to capital and more predictable returns
Rebounding US market expected to shrink again
Sales of structured products hit record levels in the US last year but increasing regulation and loss of trust are expected by some to lead to future declines
Clients get wiser to gougers and stuffers
Increasingly clients are wise to badly behaved providers and their ‘fee-gouging’ and ‘stuffing’ practices and are looking for less complex structured products
Watchdogs eye exchange traded funds
High levels of innovation and complexity in the ETFs market are alarming regulators who fear ETFs may end up playing a similar role to the one played by structured products during the financial crisis
Hong Kong braced for structured product comeback
The numbers of protesters over the minibond fiasco in Asia are dwindling as settlements are reached and banks are making a tentative return to marketing structured products again
Structured vs long-only is hotting up
Amid concern over EC regulation, the debate over whether advisers and retail investors actually understand the risks in structured products is deeply polarised
