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The article reports on the prediction of bankers that the next wave of products to hit private banking clients in Asia are structured products that chase absolute returns.

The article focuses on the preference of Asian investors for non-correlated assets, aimed at protecting themselves from market volatility.

The article focuses on the decision of Fitch Ratings to downgrade the credit ratings of notes from securities deals in Asia.

The article focuses on the decision of Louis Capital Management to recommend shorting strategies, including puts, on equity and commodities in China to maximize on adverse effects of the Olympics that may have been overlooked.

The article reports on the concern of Australian dealers about the impact of tax changes on structured investment product sales as of June 2008.

The article reports on the put buying efforts by investors in June 2008 in a bid to hedge their exposures on the Japanese equity indexes.

The article reports on the 917 million U.S. dollar structured product fund that Malaysian bank Permodalan Nasional Bhd is taking to Malaysian private banking clients and institutions in 2008.

The article focuses on the plan of Nomura to service its high-net-worth clients with the ability to write call options on Japanese stock they hold amid a joint agreement with Rampart Investment Management.

The article reports that a growing number of funds of hedge funds in Asia have been looking at sophisticated trading strategies amid a lack of volatility-focused funds in the region.

The article announces the dismissal of eight staffers from the Asian credit operation of Barclays Capital, including Eric Slighton, David Ling and Nick Lee.

The article reports that Asian bankers are pushing a new structure called the decumulator as a means for private banking clients to reduce equity holdings accumulated through another structured note, the accumulator.

The article reports that structured products linked to quantitative investment strategies are emerging in Asia on Asian structures in 2008.

The article deals with the anticipated decline of U.S. dollar denominated capital protection for Asian retail investments due to low interest rates and a growing awareness of U.S. dollar currency risk.

The article reports that equity exotics traders at Lehman Brothers will be relocated from Tokyo, Japan to Hong Kong, China, in line with the company's plan was to have all proprietary traders in the same place.

The article reports on the first onshore credit-default swap in China completed by Barclays Capital in January 2008, which references a U.S. dollar-denominated bank loan to a domestic Chinese corporation.

The article focuses on the preference of Asian private banks to purchase long-date, hybrid investment structures, which is questioned by dealers who believe that investors are still optimistic about short-dated equities despite the market turmoil.

The article focuses on the move of many financial institutions to cut their bonus payout in 2007 by encouraging derivatives staffers to accept stocks instead of cash.

This article reports on the concern over the impact of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law on derivative structures in Japan.

The article focuses on the onshore master agreement for interbank derivatives trades in China issued by the National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors that overlaps with the document issued by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, which left bankers wandering whether they are obliged to sign both.

The article reports on the proposals issued by the Securities and Exchange Board of India which could significantly limit the scope of offshore derivatives linked to Indian derivatives.

The article focuses on the plan of Barclays Capital to improve its equity presence in India, by hiring more people for the equity derivatives team that will complement the company's wealth management and corporate business units.

The article focuses on a new Asia credit index, launched on September 20, 2007, which may boost credit derivative trading volumes in the region.

The article reports that 20 derivatives staffers have been recruited by Deutsche Bank for a new sales and structuring support team based in Singapore dedicated to increasing business with mid-sized clients in Asia.

The article reports on high salary increases for derivatives sales and structuring staffers across Asia in 2007, driven by aggressive hiring for equity derivatives.

The article reports on the decision of the Bank of Thailand to allow banks to issue and invest in over-the-counter structured notes linked to a single share, as well as to permit options and forwards.

The article offers information on a socially responsible fund of hedge funds formed by the Asian fund-linked derivatives team at ABN AMRO in collaboration with Kenmar Group.

The article reports on the emergence of property derivatives traders in Asia due to the formation of many new indexes in the region and the efforts of firms to enter the new markets.

This article reports on the launch of the first inter-bank Vietnamese dong interest-rate swap by HSBC and Standard Chartered in 2007.

The article reports on the expected increases in the amount invested in offshore derivatives in line with actions in the Taiwanese congress.

The article announces the departure of several staffers of Calyon in Asia, including Dickson Cheung and Sylvain Mayrargue.

The article deals with the growing interest among bankers on the idea of structuring offshore synthetic collateralized debt obligations referencing purely Indian underlyings and relates the expectation of some bankers that a number of such deals might emerge in 2007.

The article reports on the increasing number of investors that prefer the structures for investing abroad that use constant proportion portfolio insurance to hedge against local currency appreciation in China and other parts of Asia.

The article announces the appointment of George Sun as head of structured credit for the Asian region, including Japan and Australia, at Bear Stearns.

The article announces several resignations at Merrill Lynch's Hong Kong, China desk including George Sun, managing director in global structured credit products, Sun Do Kim, vice president and Sehoon Park, director and vice president of Korea fixed-income sales.

The article reports on the 500 million euros collateralized bond obligation sold by the Royal Bank of Scotland to Taiwanese investors in a structure that allows them to gain greater exposure to foreign assets.

The article reports that some credit traders are hoping for a rapid increase in credit-default swap (CDS) flows in Australia amid the rise in CDS trading volumes on the back of the buyout of Qantas Airways.

The article focuses on a call by Indian government officials on financial regulators to further tighten rules regarding the use of derivative-backed structures called participatory notes in response to concerns that they are being sold to Indian investors and may be misused.

The article considers the plans of financial institutions to expand credit origination and sales in 2007 by 20 percent.

The article reports that Macquarie is considering expanding its structured investment business in the Americas.

The article reports on the effort of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria to build an Asian sales and trading presence for interest-rate and foreign-exchange swaps, structured investments and equity derivatives.