Ringing the changes

As befits the new year, January 2012 will bring changes to SRP’s offering. This is the last SRPMagazine of the year and the last in its current format. From late January 2012 features, profiles, market round-ups, pricing updates and product focuses will be available on www.StructuredRetailProducts. com’s new website. You will no longer need to wait until the publication of the next digital issue – all content will be available to view online as and when it is produced and, going forward, content will be fully searchable and accessible on mobile devices and tablets. Past editions of SRP Magazine will also be available via our online archive. 2011 has been very difficult for many markets, but there are some upbeat tales to tell, not least in the US and Germany, where demand has grown substantially. This last issue of the year accentuates the positive. Israel’s Bank Hapoalim tells how it is striving to make inroads into the US (p.28). UK providers talk about the upside of the regulator’s RDR review (p.18), and the Inside Views this month come from EFG’s Alex Robinson, who discusses counterparty risk (p.23), and MSCI’s executive director Ricardo Manrique talks about the increasing role of emerging markets in asset allocation (p.25). It remains only to thank you once again and on behalf of SRP’s editorial team to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a prosperous 2012.