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People
See key hires and staffing changes.
17 December 2024
Exclusive: Leonteq adds head of investment solutions role to Paris office
The Swiss firm has created the senior position to ‘further strengthen the governance’ of its European operations.
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04 Dec 2024
SG bolsters global markets team
The French bank has tapped BNPP for a new co-head of global markets as it pushes into fixed income and has made two internal hires in the division.
18 Nov 2024
Exclusive: Causeway Securities opens NYC office, adds former iCapital executive
The UK structured product intermediary has opened a Manhattan office today as part of its "aggressive hiring and business plan”.
14 Nov 2024
Exclusive: BMO Capital Markets expands Asia EQD business with CS hires
The bankers join the Canadian bank to build its equity derivatives desk in Asia, led by the former head of Asia Pacific markets sales at Credit Suisse.
06 Nov 2024
People: Barclays names new Emea rates head, StanChart bolsters wealth solutions
In this week’s roundup, we also look at latest hires at Standard Chartered, LPA, Amundi and Commerzbank.
Products
An in-depth review of the latest product launches.
20 December 2024
Top underlyings Americas 2024: S&P 500 futures index ends year on a high
We review the most featured underlying assets in the structured products issued year-to-date (YTD) across the US, Canada and Latin American markets, based on SRP data.
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Best-selling products Europe 2024: French issuer calls top €1 billion barrier
12 December 2024
20 Dec 2024
Product wrap: Natixis hits transatlantic trail, MS targets global brands
In this week’s wrap we look at a selection of structured products with strike dates between 15-21 December 2024.
18 Dec 2024
Top underlyings Apac 2024: Tech stocks, chip manufacturers and FX rates remain on top
As we approach the year-end, we review the most featured underlying assets in structured products issued year-to-date across the Asia Pacific market.
17 Dec 2024
Best-sellers Americas 2024: mega trades on single stock lead the pack
We review some of the best-selling products in the US and Mexican markets year-to-date, according to SRP data.
16 Dec 2024
UBS cashes in on commodity trends, on track to post $13bn sales in US
The Swiss bank has brought the largest commodity trade in the US structured note market in two years, on the back of a rising demand for commodities and its completed integration with Credit Suisse.
Regulation
Updates and commentary on evolving market regulation.
20 December 2024
UK regulator to phase out Priips in shift from EU
A new regime will replace the current retail investor disclosure framework as it continues to diverge from the European Union .
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Leonteq to pay US$10m for breaching risk management, suitability obligations
12 December 2024
RIS is 'complex and bureaucratic': finance sector slams EU's regulatory framework
2 December 2024
12 Dec 2024
Leonteq to pay US$10m for breaching risk management, suitability obligations
Finma has ordered the structured products provider to halt its existing relationships as well as new business with unregulated distributors.
10 Dec 2024
Ex-Allianz senior manager spared prison in Structured Alpha saga
The co-lead manager of the structured fund has avoided prison time due to health issues regarding a multi-billion-dollar fraud scheme.
04 Dec 2024
Barclays reaches US$19.5m settlement over mis-sold ETNs
The British bank has agreed to pay US$19.5m over the fallout of its structured product over-issuances after over two years since the blunder was reported to the regulator.
02 Dec 2024
RIS is 'complex and bureaucratic': finance sector slams EU's regulatory framework
The European Structured Investment Products Association (Eusipa) and 11 other financial associations have sounded the alarm on the upcoming European Retail Investment Strategy (RIS), calling for a competitiveness check on regulation.
Technology
Discover technological advances in the industry.
23 October 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.
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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.
06 Aug 2024
3AI enters partnership to launch AMC, goes global with Barclays on alpha tilted indices
The UK artificial intelligence company has entered into a partnership to launch an actively managed certificate (AMC) and expanded the deal with Barclays on alpha tilted indices globally.
Market
Key industry events and change drivers.
19 December 2024
China Market Review, November 2024: XAU/USD pair continues to rule, HSBC deploys new Nasdaq risk control play
Over 28% of the structured retail deposits issued last month track the exchange rate gold (XAU) to US dollar (USD) pair.
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HSBC: structured products on MEA distributors’ agenda, brokerages expanding in the region
9 December 2024
19 Dec 2024
Derivia Middle East 2024: Bloomberg - foundations to continue expanding the market are in place
Bloomberg's “persistent and continuous involvement and offering” in the Middle East structured products market has been recognised by local players.
19 Dec 2024
Arrow to launch SMA investment advisory
The start-up founded by two former Morgan Stanley executives is expanding into separately managed accounts (SMAs) in the US.
18 Dec 2024
Schroders: call spread collars, risk reversal deliver protection
The UK asset manager has unveiled some of the equity derivatives strategies adding value to investors in the current market environment in its latest equity derivatives (EQD) research.
17 Dec 2024
Digital assets: SG-FORGE sets liquidity provision for its MiCA-compliant stablecoin
Plus: Cega to phase out platform following acquisition; Valour launches ETPs in Sweden, Margarita gets backing for on-chain structured products; CoinShares BITC becomes Europe's largest BTC physical ETP.
