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.
08 Feb 2024
ESG to drive regulatory agenda: product governance, BMR, Priips
As 2024 take its course regulation remains at the top of the structured products industry’s agenda.
22 Feb 2023
Putting a label on ESG – regulatory update
The European Structured Investment Products Association (Eusipa) is not advocating for a particular approach but is urging its members to “be careful with their approach to the ESG score”.
15 Feb 2023
Getting to grips with Consumer Duty
The UK regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is in the advanced stages of implementing its new “Consumer Duty” directive.
08 Feb 2023
ESG series: Qontigo - structured products can only guarantee a certain level of sustainability
The index provider remains in the league’s table top three in the ESG structured products space over the last few years despite increase competition in Europe.
29 Jun 2022
Eusipa warns of Europe’s retail investment strategy
The European structured products association has reported €313 billion open interest and turnover rising across reporting markets.
22 Jun 2022
Innovation, complexity: treading the middle ground
The recent notice on complex products from the US regulator signals a revival of supervisory measures to balance out innovation and complexity.
26 Apr 2022
Ireland’s CBI demands industry action on complex structured products
The Irish regulator is asking investment firms to take action as the market is shifting towards increasingly complex structured products.
05 Apr 2022
SRP Europe 2022: credit back with a vengeance in the Nordics
A volatile start to the year has meant that investors in the Nordics are once again looking at credit-linked products.
05 Apr 2022
ESG a challenge for EU structured products manufacturers
The European market for structured products faces a new challenge in the wake of the new ESG regulation, according to law firm Mayer Brown.
02 Mar 2021
SRP Europe 2021: finding the link between SFDR and structured products
Day one of the SRP virtual Europe 2021 conference saw panellists discuss the potential for structured products to fall under the scope of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) at the 'Understanding regulatory obligations for the European structured products market' discussion on 1 March.
02 Nov 2020
UK moves to ‘improve’ Priips regime
On 23 June, the UK government announced its intention to convert the existing body of EU legislation into British law and has now issued some more detailed proposals.