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This article was publishes in the daily newspaper Le Temps on the 31st of August 2011. It deals with the variety and complexity of the documentation (term-sheet) of structured products and the difficulty an average investor encounters when reading them.

The PDF of the article: La simplicité, est-ce trop demander?

"Passender Schutz" is an article published by Scoach Magazine in April 2011, in which the author proposes alternative means to construct capital guaranteed products in a low interest rate environment.

The article is in German langage.

Pdf of the article: Passender Schutz

This article was published in the Finanz und Wirtschaft newspaper on the 20th of October 2010, for the Structured Products Fair in Zürich 2010. The article's topic is how to invest in capital guaranteed products in a low interest rate environment.

The pdf of the article (German): Kapitalgarantie: die Suche nach den Perlen

This article was published in the September-October 2010 edition of the Swiss investor magazine "Private". It analyzes the newest trend in the structured product market in Switzerland: reverse convertibles featuring a very deep barrier with a coupon linked to a short term interest rate (LIBOR).

The pdf of the article (German): Libor-Linked (Floater) Deep Barrier Reverse Convertibles

These two articles were published in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) and Le Temps on the 25th of August 2010 (German and French). The author takes a critical look at capital guaranteed products in a low interest rate environment.

The Pdf of the article in the NZZ:  Eine differenzierte Optik lohnt sich

The Pdf of the article in "Le Temps":  Capital garanti: les pièges à éviter

This article was published in the newspaper Le Temps on the 26th of April 2010. It describes how an investor taxable in Switzerland could - by taking a calculated risk - save the income tax on dividends.

The Pdf of the article: Comment économiser l'impôt sur le dividende