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  • Structured product providers need to offer plans that take on more risk if they want to expand their client base, according to Adrian Neave, a managing director of Gilliat Financial Solutions.
  • The sales of U.S. structured notes linked to the Standard & Poor’s 500 index totaled USD1.96 billion in the first quarter, the lowest level since the second quarter of 2011, as a decline in volatility sent investors looking for more volatile deals.
  • Martin Wheatley, ceo of the new U.K. Financial Conduct Authority, compared structured products to “spread bets on steroids.”
  • Distributors in South Korea and private banks in Asia Pacific are buying UCITS-compliant fund-linked structured products that mainly offer fixed coupons. The move comes as investors opt for UCITS funds over custom indices as they provide greater transparency and liquidity.
  • Barclays is pitching a hedge against a worsening of the eurozone crisis by buying a six-month single-look 5y-30y curve floor on the euro rate curve.
  • Bank of America Merrill Lynch is set to make two key hires to its equity derivatives team in Hong Kong, enlisting former-UBS sales chief Julien Bahurel and Morgan Stanley exotics trader Arnaud Droitcourt.