Azad Mahavar, head of structured products for the UK market at BNP Paribas in London
A growing number of institutional investors are using structured products to generate extra yield, but they are demanding greater transparency and liquidity of structured products than ever before. Writer Michael Marray
As appetite for equity slowly returns to the world's markets, private banking clients remain shy of structured products. And if they are to be tempted back to this once-booming sector, there must be a shift towards more transparent and less complex products. Writer Silvia Pavoni
Jean-Eric Pacini, head of structured products sales for BNP Paribas in London
When the bear market left investors with structured products that were deeply out of the money, investment banks drafted rescue plans to win back client loyalty. Writer Philip Alexander
Dong Energy took an opportunistic approach with its first sterling issue and found a hungry market, starved of issuance in 2010. Writer Charlie Corbett
Nomura's retail investment banking team - effectively acquired from Lehman Brothers in 2008 - is taking advantage of a recovery in the UK's retail industry. Writer Edward Russell-Walling
JPMorgan is taking on HSBC and Citi in the corporate banking market. It hopes a joint venture between the investment bank and the transaction bank is the way to do it. Writer Geraldine Lambe
There are two clear leaders at the front of the investment banking pack, but a battle is being waged immediately behind them - and there is everything to play for. Geraldine Lambe reports.
Ongoing financial reform will not be held back by Thailand's political troubles, say Thailand's bankers. Neither portfolio nor direct investment inflows have been impacted, and the country's government is pressing on with two masterplans for the financial sector and capital markets. Writer Brian Caplen
Missing out: the Philippine Stock Exchange has lost major domestic listings to the Singapore Exchange
A move to fully integrate ASEAN capital markets by 2015 is proving a powerful driving force for pan-ASEAN economic integration. Writer Michelle Price
The long-term prospects for takaful Islamic insurance are good, given its focus on populations that are currently underinsured. But intense competition is squeezing profit margins in the short term. Writer James Gavin
