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.
21 May 2024
Lincoln Financial debuts Rila on active ETF
The Pennsylvania-based insurer has launched a registered index-linked annuity (Rila) linked to an actively managed exchange-traded fund (ETF), in a first for the US market.
09 May 2024
South Africa’s FNB expands tranche offering with first decrement play
The second tranche offered by the bank is part of its extended partnership with UBS.
02 May 2024
BofA: tactical diversification can help with macro shifts
Bank of America (BofA) has 14 indices referenced in the US annuity market with nearly US$24 billion in assets.
05 Apr 2024
Spotlight: EU investors return to benchmarks as decrement weakens
In the second of a three-part series, SRP reviews the performance of index-linked products in Europe during 2023.
01 Feb 2024
Solactive remains dominant in Canada, eyes US annuity market
The Frankfurt-headquartered index provider is developing new decrement index solutions featuring technology and single stocks targeted at the Canadian market.
14 Jun 2023
SRP Apac Awards 2023: MSCI gains market share with thematics, China exposure
MSCI has won the Best Index Provider accolade at the SRP Apac Awards 2023 for its growth of in the structured product market in 2022 on the back of its offering focused on ESG and China.
16 Sep 2022
Spotlight on… asset classes in the US (H1 2022)
There was a significant shift towards products linked to single indices in H1 2022.
15 Sep 2022
Index v baskets
Many retail structured products are linked to a single equity index for direct exposure to a country, region or sector.
06 Jun 2022
SPR Apac 2022: the risks of greenwashing for participants are increasing
Buy- and sell-side executives discuss challenges and solutions around ESG within wealth management product recommendations.
20 Dec 2021
OCBC eyes more SP structures amid ESG push
Having issued over SG$20m (US$14.7m) of its maiden sustainability-linked deposit, the Singaporean bank is now considering widening the range of its ESG-linked structured products.
14 Jul 2021
SRP Apac Awards 2021: SocGen leverages demand for ESG outperformance
Société Générale has won the Best ESG Solution award at the SRP Apac Awards 2021, which was announced on 16 June.