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       Posted on May 20th, 2012

SSPA Market Report Structured Products – Monthly report – April 2012

Contents:

1. Structured products at the Scoach exchange
1.1 Turnover in the last 12 months
1.2 Number of listed products in the last 12 months
1.3 New issues in the last 12 months
1.4 Market shares of the five largest issuers
2. Securities held in banks’ client deposits
2.1 Structured products since 2006
3. Appendix


       Posted on May 20th, 2012

SIFMA US Foreign Activity Report, 2012 Q1

A quarterly report and quarterly addendum that tracks purchases and sales of U.S. securities by foreign investors and U.S. purchases and sales of foreign securities. Both gross activity and net purchases are broken out by country and area for the following securities:

U.S. stocks;
U.S. corporate bonds;
U.S. treasuries;
U.S. agency bonds;
foreign stocks; and
foreign bonds.

The quarterly addendum [...]


       Posted on May 20th, 2012

OTC derivatives statistics at end-December 2011 – BIS statistical release:

Key developments in the second half of 2011:

Data at end-December 2011 are not fully comparable with previous periods because of an increase in the reporting population. Australia and Spain reported for the first time, expanding the reporting population to dealers headquartered in 13 countries.
Notwithstanding the increase in the reporting population, total notional amounts outstanding of [...]


       Posted on May 17th, 2012

When did the dollar overtake sterling as the leading international currency? Evidence from the bond markets

This paper offers new evidence on the emergence of the dollar as the leading international currency, focusing on its role as currency of denomination in global bond markets. It shows that the dollar overtook sterling much earlier than commonly supposed, as early as in 1929. Financial market development appears to have been the [...]


       Posted on May 17th, 2012

Beyond the Core: Preparing Portfolios for a Post-Treasury-Rally World

In the current low-growth environment, many investors are faced with the following concern: Where does the real value lie for fixed income? In this new white paper from Credit Suisse’s Asset Management division entitled, “Beyond the Core: Preparing Portfolios for a Post-Treasury-Rally World,” John Popp, Global Head and Chief Investment Officer of the [...]


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