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| February 2, 2008 - Structured products flourish in today's 'choppy market' (Jeff Benjamin, Invesment News) |
| The structured-products industry has been relatively obscure among most U.S. investors and financial advisers, but lately, it is basking in the glow of a record-setting 78% increase in 2007 sales. The $114 billion in sales has surprised even some industry insiders, who have watched annual structured ... |
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| October 2, 2007 - Managing Globalization: Structured products have become a market force |
| Far removed from the market headlines, financial instruments known as structured products have gradually become an enormously powerful force. They are the complex securities - often bonds or other loans mixed with derivatives - that wealthy individuals, banks and investment funds use to manage their ... |
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| September 24, 2007 - Calif. Complaint on Range Accrual Note Seeks Class Action Status |
| According to Structured Products Magazine's Amanda Lee, "Investors in a Snowball Note Issue underwritten by Morgan Stanley have filed a lawsuit against the US bank on claims of overpricing and a failure to disclose fees and profits made on the structured product. The notes were issued by Bayerische ... |
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| Sept 6, 2007 - Video: The New CBOE/S&P PUT Index |
| Investing in an index that algorithmically sells puts against the S&P 500 Index? Ansbacher's Jason Ungar discusses the new strategy's methodology with TheStreet.com's Steve Smith. ... |
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| August 6, 2007 - ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS: Growth Seen in Alternative Markets (by Jeff Benjamin, Investment News) |
| Alternatives to traditional stock and bond investments have never been more plentiful — or more complex. For financial advisers, the fast-changing alternatives marketplace represents both challenges and opportunities. But what the alternatives market doesn’t offer advisers, according to some sources ... |
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| August 1, 2007 -- Ray Shirazi profile in Bloomberg Markets (September 2007 issue) |
| Cadwalader's Ray Shirazi -- profiled in the September 2007 issue of Bloomberg Markets -- says: "There’s a burgeoning market right now in structured prod ucts, which essentially are relatively sim ple derivatives packaged in notes which are offered by all the major investment banks," he says. Registe ... |
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| July 21, 2007 -- Exclusive SPA Tax Analysis: Cross-Border Derivative IDRs |
| In exclusive tax law commentary for SPA Members, Thomas A. Humphreys of Morrison & Foerster analyzes the July 19, 2007 Wall Street Journal article reporting that the Internal Revenue Service is seeking information from a couple of Wall Street banks about cross-border derivative transactions. What’s ... |
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| July 16 2007 - Get Ready to Structure Your Portfolio |
| Structured products are the fastest growing investment class in the U.S., according to their aptly named advocacy and trade group, the Structured Products Association. Although they're not available on-line as yet, they will before too long, and investors should be aware of their role in a portfolio ... |
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| July 11, 2007 - Massachusetts Press Release: Secretary Galvin Opens Inquiry Into Structured Products Sales |
| On July 11, 2007 Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts William F. Galvin began an inquiry into sales practices of Massachusetts broker-dealers who sell complex securities known as “structured products” to retail investors. Secretary Galvin stated, “It is in the public interest for the Secur ... |
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| July 11, 2007 - Structured Products Association Endorses New Principles |
| Structured Products Association Endorses New Principles Regarding The Marketing of Retail Structured Products The principles were created by five leading trade associations serving the global structured products industry New York (July 11, 2007) – The Structured Products Association, a New Yorkbased ... |
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