What a year this has been for the markets. It was the fastest drop in the stock market—of over 30 percent—in the history of the modern stock market, even eclipsing the Great Depression. With rates at ...

Structured notes were beloved by Wells Fargo bankers. The SEC warns that they are incredibly risky for the average investor. Structured notes offer investors options that are otherwise unavailable, ...

The long and largely uneventful life of the XIV – the VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX Short-Term exchange-traded note (ETN) – and its sudden and fiery end at the start of February amid surging US ...

A STORM IS gathering in the US financial markets, and it could have serious implications for banks hoping to profit from the rapid uptake of structured note investments by American investors. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . With stock market volatility likely to remain high until the COVID-19 crisis ends, many investors have become ...

Structured notes are unrated debt instruments issued by large banks which make periodic payments that depend on the performance of an underlying asset or group of assets, such as a single stock, stock ...

Structured notes, long the preserve of banks’ equity derivatives desks, are getting a fixed-income makeover. Banks are investing heavily to overhaul their structured note operations to re-gear them ...

Over the years, debit valuation adjustment (DVA) has gone from being a garland to a millstone in the structured products community. DVA was initially applied to structured notes as a way to better ...

Cerulli Associates' recent report predicts substantial growth for structured notes, debt securities linked to underlying assets, in the upcoming year, prompting advisors to take heed of this emerging ...

Many clients continue to put yield and downside protection among their long-term investment goals. Structured notes can provide either opportunity. In fact, structured notes are suited for many types ...

ABN Amro, DBS, Maybank, DMG & Partners Securities and UOB Kay Hian received six-month bans; CIMB-GK Goh Securities, Kim Eng Securities, OCBC Securities and Phillip Securities got one-year bans; while ...