An Arizona advisor who placed nearly all client assets in equity-linked notes has been barred from the industry for at least three years and will pay $1.6 million in disgorgement and penalties, the ...

Retirees chasing the JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF (NASDAQ:JEPQ) for its near 9.5% distribution yield are buying ...

Invesco QQQ Income Advantage ETF offers passive NASDAQ-100 exposure with enhanced yield via equity-linked notes (ELNs) and a liquidity reserve. QQA delivers a trailing 10% yield, balancing capped ...

"More people are paying attention to credit risk than before, so it is true that the subset of investors that are being particularly prudent has increased," says Alberto Cherubini, head of exotic ...

Quick Read JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF (JEPQ) generates its 9-11% monthly distribution by holding Nasdaq-100 ...

SPi data shows the structured note market reached $194 billion in 2024, a milestone that underscores how quickly these products are moving into broader advisor use. But as adoption accelerates, the ...

Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, economics, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) and has ...

The convertible bond market is one of the few where equity volatility is beneficial as movements in the underlying share price make the embedded equity option more valuable. The equity-linked market ...

Structured Notes and Buffer funds are sleep-well-at-night products designed to protect investors from market drops. Brokers and nervous investors love them, despite their complexity and fees. Talk to ...

Federal equity and equity-linked instruments have become embedded in the sector’s financing architecture, with direct consequences for M&A structuring, capital formation, liability management, ...