Derivs - Equity

Australians have been buying up self-funding installment warrants, seeking the returns generated through a highly leveraged position.

U.K. investment house Meteor Asset Management is marketing a kick-out plan which is linked to the FTSE100 and was structured by Lehman Brothers.

Barclays Capital, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley have made the shortlist for Global Derivatives House Of The Year in DW's fourth annual awards.

Russian derivative bankers are heading home, tempted by cash bonuses and a boom in the local markets.

Russian bankers based overseas are heading home, tempted by cash bonuses and a boom in local derivatives markets.

Andrew Crane, head of equity trading for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Citigroup, has left the firm.

Merrill Lynch has launched a new Taiwanese index—and is offering retail investors in Hong Kong participatory certificates for the index.

Senior equity derivatives sales staffer Henry McWatters is joining ABN AMRO’s London office from SG Corporate and Investment Bank.

U.K. investment shop Keydata Investment Services tapped Barclays Capital for its latest FTSE 100-linked structured note.

Australian dealers are concerned recent tax changes may hit structured product sales and lead to firms pushing different types of structures.

ABN AMRO has started pitching the concept of longevity risk to Asian institutional and private wealth investors.

Investors are searching out puts to hedge their exposures on the Japanese equity indexes.