One hundred and eighty-three structured products were added to the SRP France database in February, an increase of 39% compared to February 2019 (131 products). Issuance was flat month-on-month.
At 63 , the number of publicly offered products was up 26% year-on-year. Activity remained high with 359 products striking in the first two months of 2020. There has been a proliferation of competing intermediaries on the back of investors’ growing appetite for bespoke solutions, which has made the number of products itself soaring, according to Brice Gimeno, founder and president at DS Investment Solutions. Includes: Private Banking - Excludes: Leverage, Flow & Oth