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Co-deputy Editor, FinanceAsia

Nick Ferguson is the co-deputy editor of FinanceAsia and covers structured products and derivatives, as well as market developments in the Philippines and Thailand. During his almost 15 years' experience as a journalist, he has written for several leading financial publications in London and Hong Kong. He has also worked for US law firm White & Case. Nick has a degree in politics from the University of Hull.



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Alternatives
Criticism of private equity "ridiculous", say practitioners
Asian private equity specialists defend their profession as Mitt Romney's presidential ambitions draw unwanted attention to the industry.
8 February 2012
People Moves
Nick Lord returns to Haymarket
Nick Lord has joined Haymarket in London to help FinanceAsia and AsianInvestor reach a bigger audience in Europe and the US.
21 November 2011
People Moves
Nomura targets sovereign wealth funds with new hire from RBS
Nomura poaches yet another RBS banker, Henrik Melph, to head sales to central banks and sovereign wealth funds.
11 August 2010
People Moves
UBS's Chris Lee joins Deutsche Bank's structured products team
The German bank has hired Chris Lee from UBS to replace Nitin Nath as head of private bank and retail sales.
24 June 2010
Distribution
The little index that beats the markets
Joel Greenblatt, the author of a best-selling investment book, has teamed up with RBS to launch an investable index based on his magic formula.
12 November 2009
People Moves
HSBC hires listed product sales head for Asia
Keith Chan joins from Macquarie to focus on building HSBC's warrant and CBBC businesses.
17 September 2009
People Moves
Citi hires Charles Leung from Nomura to head private banking sales
Leung will be in charge of structured product sales to Citi’s private bank clients.
20 August 2009
Distribution
The key to trading: don't lose, says Trader Vic
Victor Sperandeo and RBS team up to develop a managed futures index that helps investors to keep winning.
11 June 2009
Distribution
New structured fund to harvest commodities returns
Deutsche Bank launches a Singapore-listed structured fund that uses a long/short strategy to capture roll returns on 21 commodities.
14 May 2009
Distribution
Chinese investors turn to structured products
Bank of Ningbo is marketing its first ever equity structured product as investors seek elusive returns.
30 January 2009
Markets
Thank forex for liquidity
Record volumes in foreign exchange markets are creating investment opportunities that don't exist in other assets.
10 December 2008
Distribution
Risks were ignored, but crisis wasn't unexpected
SocGen's head of strategy refers to the current crisis as a predictable surprise that rewarded those who had invested in prescient collapse products.
17 November 2008
Markets
Asian currencies under pressure
Most Asian currencies fell last week, but the winners in the long-run will be the economies that are most sheltered from global markets.
13 October 2008
Distribution
Deutsche launches Asian inflation index
Proxy index aims to provide hedge against non-Japan Asia inflation.
20 August 2008
Distribution
SG launches structured agriculture note
Societe Generale's latest structured note confounds the trend towards simple products.
11 July 2008
Distribution
Taiwan is a target for structured products
With most markets in the region down since the start of the year, Taiwan is becoming a popular theme for buyers of structured products.
10 June 2008
Distribution
The rise of Generation A
As people in Asia and other emerging markets get richer, the strategies being devised to profit from the effects of their wealth are becoming more surgical.
5 June 2008
Distribution
SocGen brings back structured credit
The French bank is offering a credit-linked note to retail investors in Singapore.
30 May 2008
Distribution
JPMorgan enters HK retail structured products market
The bank's Power Strategy model exploits capital flows as drivers of Hong Kong’s equity markets.
29 May 2008
Markets
Structured credit to make a return
Tightening spreads could spell the end of the structured credit standstill and a slow return to business.
22 May 2008
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