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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.
06 Feb 2025
Leonteq profit down 70% as Finma order bites, new CEO named
The Swiss structured products provider posted ‘disappointing’ results despite a record high number of transactions and products issued on its platform.
04 Feb 2025
South Korean regulator slams ELS' sales practices
Claims of mis-selling remain as FSS lambasts distributors for lack of suitability and appropriateness checks.
21 Jan 2025
Year in review: 2024 new rules, enforcement actions
We look back at the main stories of last year covering regulatory developments across the world, as well as some of the high-profile lawsuit and arbitration cases in the US, related to structured products.
15 Jan 2025
Austrian open interest at all-time high
Volumes have increased by more than €1 billion since the beginning of 2024.
15 Jan 2025
Sweden Market Review Q4 2024: sales up 24% QoQ
An estimated SEK 1.77 billion (US$158m) was collected from 118 products that struck on the Swedish market in Q4 2024, according to SRP data.
03 Jan 2025
South Korea’s largest labour union calls for more ELS, DLS rules
Its latest working paper proposes to ban selling high-risk structured products with unilateral downside risk to the general public.
09 Dec 2024
HSBC: structured products on MEA distributors’ agenda, brokerages expanding in the region
The development of the structured product market in the Middle East has already started and is evolving.
03 Dec 2024
Swedish regulator slams 'high risk' autocalls
The watchdog’s latest paper finds that structured products with an autocall feature often provide a lower return compared to a direct investment in the underlying assets.
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.
20 Nov 2024
Derivia Middle East 2024: tailoring products with a Middle Eastern flavour
The role of structured products in portfolio management was discussed during the inaugural Derivia Intelligence Middle East conference in Dubai on 20 November.
06 Nov 2024
Priips, Mifid revisited - in search of VfM
Value for money (VfM) testing as part of investor protection has become a central focus for regulators in recent years.