Sentences with phrase «indexed equity products»

Academics interested in the debate, and buyers of indexed equity products should buy the book.

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The majority of Jim's 30 - year career has been spent brokering futures and options trades for large institutional clients in equity indexes, interest rate products, commodities and foreign exchange.

While the best interest contract exemption (the BIC, or BICE) would allow advisors to continue to sell traditionally commission - based products, such as variable and equity indexed annuities, it also exposes the insurance carrier to a heightened liability standard.

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co., a top seller of fixed indexed annuities (FIAs), broadened the appeal of a core product line with the announcement of a new guaranteed lifetime income - focused fixed indexed annuity (FIA) with fee options.

Through its exchanges, CME Group offers the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes, including futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural products and metals.

CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes, including futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities, metals, weather and real estate.

The product I'm talking about is called an Equity - Indexed Annuity, or EIA; or Fixed Index Annuity, or FIA.

Our exchanges - CME, CBOT, NYMEX and COMEX - offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes, including futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities, metals, weather and real estate.

Previous to his time at BlackRock, Alan spent 8 years at Citigroup as a Senior Delta One trader, responsible for the pricing, execution and risk management of a Global macro equity index book for the full range of delta one products.

That's how the equity - indexed annuity — a costly product with a woeful past — slipped out of the hands of a potentially strong regulator and into the cushioned lap of a weak one.

An ETF product based on the DR indexes would enable China - based investors to gain exposure to foreign - traded equities and to trade them in renminbi on the Shanghai exchange, Roath says.

Cboe Global Markets has announced plans to expand its suite of product offerings tied to S&P Dow Jones Indices with the planned launch of options on the ten S&P Select Sector Indices that comprise the S&P 500 Index, a key benchmark of the U.S. equities market.

All futures and options on futures trading - which includes such product areas as short - term interest rate and swap products, bonds, equity options, stock indexes, commodity and FX instruments - are transacted on a single electronic trading platform, LIFFE CONNECT, with central margining and clearing provided by ICE Clear Europe.

Our suite of over 900 equity and fixed income ESG Indexes designed to represent the performance of some of the most prevalent ESG strategies can be used to help institutional investors more effectively benchmark ESG investment performance, issue index - based investment products, as well as manage, measure and report on ESG mandates.

The most commonly cash - settled products are equity index and interest rate futures, although precious metals, foreign exchange, and some agricultural products may also be settled in cash.

An amount equal to 12.0 % of the product of (a) the equity market capitalization of the Managed REIT, and (b) the amount, expressed as a percentage, by which the Managed REIT's total return per share, exceeds the benchmark total return per share, of a specified REIT index.

The sad part about the current state of affairs concerning fixed - index annuities (aka: indexed annuities, hybrids, equity - indexed annuities) is that the product can be a very effective alternative to a CD.

It offers wide range of products across various asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities, metals, weather and real estate.

The Performance and Risk business provides investment decision support tools, including equity indices, real estate indices and benchmarks, portfolio risk and performance analytics, credit analytics and environmental, social and governance products.

The average returns on equity indexed annuities (or fixed indexed annuities) tend to be higher than fixed annuities or bank products due to the linking to index returns.

The index investment strategy team provides research and commentary on the entire S&P Dow Jones Indices» product set, including U.S. and global equities, commodities, fixed income, and economic iIndices» product set, including U.S. and global equities, commodities, fixed income, and economic indicesindices.

An equity indexed annuity is an insurance product offered by insurance companies that, for exchange of your money, will link the performance of your annuity to some type of underlying market index like the S&P 500, Dow Jones, Gold, etc..

CME's products hedge exposure to various markets including interest rates, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude and equity indices.

By using this popular index and the financial products tied to it, you can measure your portfolio's relative performance, invest in the equity market, hedge against risk, and even lever up your exposure.

Deborah Yang, Head of EMEA Index Product at MSCI says, «Global equity indexes traditionally concentrated on large and mid-cap stocks.

Lucas is responsible for research and product support within the Global Equity and Fixed Income Indices departments.

Once investors define their portfolio «bull's - eye,» it is relatively straightforward to determine which mix of smart beta index products and active products would lead to the desired equity holdings.

ETFs are now a global product category tracking the performance of broad - based equity indexes, sector specific equity indexes and are used to invest in other asset classes such as fixed income, currencies and commodities.

ETFs are now a global product tracking the performance of broad - based equity indices, sector specific indexes and other asset classes such as fixed income, metals and commodities.

Futures contracts are available for all sorts of financial products, from equity indexes to precious metals.

Our activism in the interest of shareholders was concretely demonstrated in 1992 with the introduction of the LongView Equity Index Fund, which provides union pension funds with investment products and actively advocates for enhanced shareholder value.

Comparing equity returns to the hybrid product of preferreds, which contain components of both equity and debt, the hybrids are returning 9.74 % year - to - date as measured by the S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index.

This has led to the widespread proliferation of low - cost index funds (ETFs), which follow specific stock and bond indices or provide an equity product equivalent to investing in a certain commodity or currency.

A CFD (contract for difference) is a popular type of derivative product that gives traders the ability to speculate on, or hedge on movements in the underlying equity indices and commodities without the need to physically own those assets.

CBOT brought a suite of interest rates, agricultural and equity index products to our existing offering.

In modern (financial) markets, «producers» of interest rate swaps or equity derivative products will use financial futures or equity index futures to reduce or remove the risk on the swap.

The HFRX Equity Hedge Index is being used under license from Hedge Fund Research, Inc., which does not approve of or endorse any of the products discussed on this site.

American Equity Investment Life Holding Company is engaged in the development and sale of index and fixed rate annuity products.

Comparing this hybrid bond / equity product to the S&P 500, the performance outshines the equity index which returned 2.35 % for May and 4.97 % year - to - date on a total rate of return basis.

We valued a set of 103 DD structured products representing all DDs issued with unique CUSIPs linked to equities or equities indexes.

One misconception surrounding index equity ETFs is that an ETF issuer launches an index ETF product to track a well - established index.

Previous to his time at BlackRock, Alan spent 8 years at Citigroup as a Senior Delta One trader, responsible for the pricing, execution and risk management of a Global macro equity index book for the full range of delta one products.

As the icing on the cake, the equity index products will charge you fees close to 2 % for their services.

Have you heard of this investment product called an index annuity (also called an equity indexed annuity)?

James has noted that investment banks are launching a lot of new investment insurance products such as Deustche Bank's long equity volatility index and Citi's crisis index.

The company's flagship product offerings are: the MSCI indices which include over 148,000 daily indices covering more than 70 countries; Barra portfolio risk and performance analytics covering global equity and fixed income markets; RiskMetrics market and credit risk analytics; ISS governance research and outsourced proxy voting and reporting services; FEA valuation models and risk management software for the energy and commodities markets; and CFRA forensic accounting risk research, legal / regulatory risk assessment, and due - diligence.

CTAs invest in a wide variety of product types: Commodities such as Corn or Sugar; Metals such as Gold or Copper; Fixed Income products such as US Treasury Bonds or UK Gilts; Equity Indices such as the S&P 500 or Nikkei 225, and Foreign Exchange contracts such as Australian Dollar / US Dollar or Euro / Japanese Yen.

CCFE's suite of environmental products provides market participants with the ability to hedge exposure to risk and make informed investment decisions in emissions markets, renewable energy certificate markets, sustainable equity index markets and insurance markets linked to catastrophic weather events.»

Tom follows new developments in regulatory issues, and guides his clients in matters affecting mutual funds, variable insurance products, fixed annuity contracts and equity index products.

But newer, more competitive products, such as an equity indexed universal life policy, may be able to produce much higher returns over time.