UBS creates structured commodity note
In a research note to investors last May, UBS fixed income analyst Tony Morris pointed out the benefits of shifting investment in the oil markets away from the front end of the forward price curve to the back end.
This note generated investor demand for a new product, which would give exposure to the long-dated oil curve and eliminate some of the problems associated with traditional commodity-index products that invest in the front of the price curve.
In response to this demand, Kathy Kriskey (née
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