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Debt repack: RBC joins Spire platform

11 April 2025

Debt repack: RBC joins Spire platform

Single Platform Investment Repackaging Entity SA (Spire) has announced the admission of RBC Capital Markets to its multi-dealer programme, bringing the number of dealers on the platform to eighteen.

Digital assets: Cboe readies launch of Cboe FTSE BTC index futures

11 Apr 2025

Digital assets: Cboe readies launch of Cboe FTSE BTC index futures

New Cboe FTSE Bitcoin index futures planned to launch on 28 April 2025, subject to regulatory review.

Trading books weather out SPX crash, barriers unscathed

10 Apr 2025

Trading books weather out SPX crash, barriers unscathed

The market turbulence triggered by the new tariffs imposed by the US government has put the focus on structured products which unleashed market chaos in the past when exotic desks piled up to buy Vega as knock-in put levels were breached.

Digital assets: OSL rolls out crypto wealth management platform in HK

10 Apr 2025

Digital assets: OSL rolls out crypto wealth management platform in HK

Also: Galaxy Digital gets UK FCA’s greenlight on executing derivatives trading, while HK regulator sets guidelines on staking rules for licensed exchanges.

AMCs: UK-based provider switches issuer

10 Apr 2025

AMCs: UK-based provider switches issuer

Insch Kintore has ditched Unicredit to go with UBS for their CrossBorder Kintore actively managed certificate (AMC).

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10 Apr 2025

Listed products: BMO announces redemption and new launch of FANG-linked ETNs

Davis Polk advised Bank of Montreal (BMO) in connection with its...

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09 Apr 2025

Latest: Leonteq aims at self-directed investors in Switzerland

The Swiss structured products provider has announced the launch of its...

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09 Apr 2025

Italy: Marex’s first product redemption on Borsa Italiana

Three years ago, the Financial Products team launched its first Marex...

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08 Apr 2025

Raymond James braces for uncertainty as US tariffs roil markets ‘more than most expected’

Market volatility has shot up since the distributor logged steady and...

Vestr: vanilla AMCs are getting crowded out by hyper-specific use cases

07 Apr 2025

Vestr: vanilla AMCs are getting crowded out by hyper-specific use cases

Vestr's efforts and continuous involvement in the Actively Managed Certificates (AMC) space was recognised by the structured products industry.

SRP in brief: tapping into QIS

07 Apr 2025

SRP in brief: tapping into QIS

More coverage on SRP Europe conference panels have arrived, while Eusipa’s latest report revealed increased sales of leveraged products in Europe.

Digital assets: Cboe launches first suite of BuyWrite indices on a BTC spot ETF

04 Apr 2025

Digital assets: Cboe launches first suite of BuyWrite indices on a BTC spot ETF

Also: HANetf launches Europe’s first leveraged and short cryptocurrency ETPs; trading firm Flowdesk raises US$102m in financing round as it targets to expand OTC derivatives business.

SRP Europe 2025: new Esma guidelines recast ESG products

04 Apr 2025

SRP Europe 2025: new Esma guidelines recast ESG products

Three panellists from different background shined a light on the sustainability of ESG-linked structured products in view of the latest Esma guidelines.