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People
See key hires and staffing changes.
7 February 2025
People: JPM’s co-head of global markets exits for client hedge fund, BBVA beefs up QIS team
SRP reports on the latest people moves at J.P. Morgan, BBVA, Indosuez, Santander and Bank of New York Mellon.
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People: JPM’s co-head of global markets exits for client hedge fund, BBVA beefs up QIS team
7 February 2025
28 Jan 2025
People: Merrill appoints head of structured note sales
Also: HSBC’s ex-EQD structuring head exits; RBC taps BNPP’s private equity specialist; Barclays names Japan macro trading head; Causeway continues to expand.
21 Jan 2025
Exclusive: Citi taps Macquarie, bolsters strategic equity solutions in HK
The managing director joins Citi after a 17-year tenure with the Australian bank. Citi also names head of markets sales for China.
21 Jan 2025
Arrivals and departures: top moves of 2024 – exchanges and tech providers
As 2025 begins, SRP looks back at last year’s most relevant people moves highlighting new hires and exits in the world of structured products. In the final instalment, we focus on exchanges and tech providers.
20 Jan 2025
Barclays taps ex-Goldman Apac EQD co-head to lead equities
The former Goldman banker is tasked with leading the UK bank’s equities franchise in the region.
Products
An in-depth review of the latest product launches.
21 February 2025
Product wrap: BNP, SG stick to rates, UBS launches star autocall
In this week’s wrap we look at a selection of structured products with strike dates between 16-22 February 2025.
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19 Feb 2025
2024 maturities: Kospi 200-linked products beat benchmark
The index is the main market cap benchmark used solely as an underlying in the Korean structured products market in terms of AuM.
18 Feb 2025
SSPA to launch structured products index
The Swiss trade body aims to bring greater transparency to the structured products market by creating an index comprising BRCs linked to global developed equity markets.
17 Feb 2025
Crelan, BNPP offer strike reset on Stoxx ESG index
The Belgian bank’s cliquet structure is the first in the local market since 2019.
14 Feb 2025
Product wrap: Goldman tracks Morningstar Eurozone index, Finanzlab manages Swiss AMC
In this week’s wrap we look at a selection of structured products with strike dates between 9-15 February 2025.
Regulation
Updates and commentary on evolving market regulation.
20 February 2025
Esma releases new guidelines on product supplements
The European regulator is seeking feedback from the industry to harmonises the supervision of product supplements within the EU Prospectus Regulation.
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18 Feb 2025
New US class action targets Credit Suisse XIV notes
The products at the centre of a subclass suit over market manipulation are the XIV exchange-traded notes (ETNs) that allegedly resulted in US$1.8 billion investor loss.
13 Feb 2025
Esma sets out new rules on benchmarks
The proposed new rules are expected to be negotiated among the European institutions throughout 2025.
11 Feb 2025
UKSPA: concerns around complexity in determining risk under CCI regime
The FCA consultation on the Consumer Composite Investments Regime released by the UK regulator just before the holidays will supersede disclosure requirements under the European Priips and Ucits regimes.
05 Feb 2025
Fidelity hit with Finra claim over US$11.1m ETN loss
The exchange-traded note (ETN) issued by Credit Suisse has caused a loss of US$11.1m after being ‘inappropriately’ recommended by an advisor on the Fidelity brokerage platform.
Technology
Discover technological advances in the industry.
22 January 2025
Vestr: growing AuM underscores scalability of AMC market
The AMC market continues in a state of flux with an increasing number of players entering this segment across jurisdictions.
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Korea’s Qraft Technologies capitalises on AI-powered strategies for asset allocations
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23 Oct 2024
Australia’s Stropro gears up for capital raise for global expansion
The Sydney-based structured product investment platform makes key hires for its global push roadmap and develops AI-powered tools.
15 Oct 2024
Arta deploys AI copilot, goes global
The US digital wealth management platform has partnered with Abu Dhabi's Wio Invest to launch wealth-as-a-service for banks globally.
14 Aug 2024
Korea’s Qraft Technologies capitalises on AI-powered strategies for asset allocations
The Seoul-based AI fintech firm has co-designed an AI-powered index with Solactive to replicate a hedge fund’s long-short investment strategy, which has been deployed via structured products sold in Korea.
07 Aug 2024
Part 2 - 3AI: passive investing enters new phase as "intelligent" indices evolve
The UK AI company is "scientifically pioneering" the future of alpha intelligence for passive investing as well as developing new enhanced indices.
Market
Key industry events and change drivers.
20 February 2025
Malaysia’s structured warrants listing on the up
The Hang Seng Index continued to be the most favoured asset among Malaysian retail investors in 2024.
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20 Feb 2025
SG global markets division delivers record performance
The French banking group’s global markets business delivered its best ever Q4 and annual performance.
19 Feb 2025
HSBC wealth revenues up 16% driven by structured product sales
The Asia-focused British bank has reported a six percent increase in pre-tax profit for 2024.
17 Feb 2025
SRP in brief: a solid start
We shine a light on both over-the-counter and public markets in Singapore and beyond.
14 Feb 2025
Vontobel structured products income up 32%
Vontobel delivered a strong performance with a PBT growth of 32% (YoY) to CHF354 million. Net profit was up by 24% to CHF 266 million. Return on equity increased to 12.3%.
