SPA MarketColor: Recent Headlines - September 2008

STRATEGIES AND INVESTMENTS:
· Business Week: Absolute Return Notes Rule As Bear Mkt Scares Off Optimists
· Credit Suisse on Using Hedge Fund Structured Products to Raise Capital
· IndexUniverse.com: Deutsche Bank's New ETNs Replicate Graham Strategies
· Wall Street Journal's FAQs on ETNs - What You Need to Know
· Happy Birthday, iPath ETNs (seekingalpha.com)
· Reg. Rep: Structured Products - Bright Future for Securitization?
· Financial Times: Downside protection gains popularity

MARKETS AND DISTRIBUTION:
· Bonds.com to Distribute Structured Products
· Derivatives Week: Ex-Countrywide Structured Pros Seek New Home
· DWS Scudder Doubles S-Notes Sales to $600 Million (Investment News)
· Financial Times: In the US, Structured Products Flying Into Harsher Climate
· Financial Times: High Structured Products Inflows Show US Playing Catch-Up
· Bloomberg: Bridgewater predicts $1.6 trillion in subprime losses

INTERNATIONAL:
· India: Structured Products 'Pick Up' In Tough Market
· India: Equity SPs - Best of both worlds (Business Times)
· China: Overseas Banks Grab Bigger Share of China's SP Market
· UK: 88% of Advisors Recommend SPs Over the Next 12 Months
· UK: Wealth advisers and private banks turn to structured products
· Australia: Choosing products that are structurally sound

REGULATORY:
· SPA Asks SEC to Distinguish Structured Products from Asset-Backed Securities
· NYSE Releases Informed Investor Guide to ETNs
· Lawyer: The Hapless Members of Citi’s ELKS Club (Seeking Alpha)
· Final Version of Structured Products Principles For Individual Investors Released


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