Can a retail investor buy credit linked notes?

J · February 28th, 2008, 8:27 pm

Can a retail investor buy credit linked notes? If so, which banks offer such service?

Soren · February 29th, 2008, 2:51 pm

I think Commerzbank offers zero-coupon equity tranches based on iTraxx 5 yr... not sure if thats what you had in mind.

niki5 · February 29th, 2008, 8:33 pm

Indeed, few German banks (DZ Bank, Commerzbank, LBBW etc.) are offering different types of credit linked notes for retails. Underlyings are among others: Daimler, Porsche Volkswagen,BT Group, Dt. Telekom, France Telecom, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, Kroatien, Polen, Rumänien, Russland, Südafrika, Türkei, UngarnInformation is also available (only in German) here:http://files.ariva.de/public/zertanl/Ze ... 008_04.pdf