Structured Retail 

• Citi, SG Scoped Hook-Up To Go Retail 08/13/2010 09:32 AM GMT  

  Offshore firms looking to crack Taiwan’s lucrative structured retail market are hustling to clear high regulatory hurdles.

• Morgan Stanley Hires JPM Vet For New Securitization Spot 08/11/2010 07:41 PM GMT  

  Cecile Houlot, former northern European head of structured finance derivatives at JPMorgan, has joined Morgan Stanley in London as head of European securitization within the global structured solutions group, a new position.

• Julius Baer Offers Auto-Linked Structure 08/11/2010 04:44 PM GMT  

  Julius Baer is marketing one-year structured notes linked to a basket of 13 auto sector stocks. That’s despite a number of dealers expecting the sector to come under increasing pressure over the next year as the Chinese economic growth slows and demand weakens.

• Goldman Equity Bigwig Departs 08/10/2010 06:54 PM GMT  

  Greg Kuppenheimer, head of the equity strategies group focusing on structuring and marketing for institutional clients at Goldman Sachs in New York, left the firm in recent weeks.

• RBS Considers Deep Barrier Reverse Converts 08/05/2010 07:33 PM GMT  

  RBS is considering offering interest-rate linked deep barrier reverse convertible notes.

• SocGen Equity Revenues Take Derivatives Hit 08/04/2010 03:29 PM GMT  

  Société Générale blamed an adverse environment for equity derivatives for the 54.5% decline in revenue from equity activities from the first quarter of 2010.

• BarCap Eyes More Vol Structures 08/02/2010 08:38 PM GMT  

  Barclays Capital structurers are eyeing more structures on the S&P500 Dynamic VEQTOR (Volatility Equity Target Return) Total Return Index and other volatility offerings.

• Nomura Structured Product Bigwig Departs 08/02/2010 05:23 PM GMT  

  Rob Dale, head of structured product sales to the U.K. and Benelux at Nomura in London, left the firm last week.