14 Mar 2024
Digital assets: UK greenlights crypto ETNs, Bybit under scrutiny by HK regulator
The past week has sees a flurry of regulatory updates and market developments in the digital assets and crypto structured products space.
28 Sep 2023
FCA SDR consumer labels: implications for advisers using ESG structured products
In October 2022, the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK (FCA) released its consultation paper on Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDRs) and sustainable investment labels.
06 Apr 2023
Latest: Leonteq, GGX partner in ESG push
Leonteq has announced a collaboration with Global Green Xchange (GGX) to launch an open-ended exchange traded product (ETP) tracking the performance of the new GGX Sustainable Dynamic Leaders Europe Index NTR.
27 Feb 2023
UK Market Review, January 2023: FCA checks Consumer Duty progress
One hundred and three products were added to the UK database in January, a 75% increase compared to the same month last year.
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.
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30 Jan 2023
SRP in brief: taking shape
In the final week of January, we saw smaller firms poach executives from their larger counterparts, and a Singaporean bank report a huge increase in trading volume of structured products.
01 Dec 2022
UK regulator announces code of conduct for ESG products
As financial services firms integrate ESG into their activities and expand their ESG-focussed products, they are increasingly reliant on third party ESG data and ratings services.
05 Sep 2022
SRPInsight issue 17: innovation & complexity
Issue 17 of our e-mag is out and ready to download.
17 Aug 2022
Ban on commissions: before the fall
In our second article on the likely effect of an EU-wide commission ban, Sybil Yorke probes cause and coincidence in the UK’s post-ban retail market.
04 Aug 2022
Latest: UK regulator tightens rules to reduce risk of mis-selling
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has finalised stronger rules to help tackle misleading adverts that encourage investing in high-risk products.
08 Apr 2022
SRP Europe 2022: regulatory review: what works and what doesn’t
A group of five experts discussed the impact of key regulatory changes and how firms are navigating the product bans across Europe at the SRP Europe 2022 Conference, which was held on 23 and 24 March.
30 Sep 2021
UK advisers: most of Priips disclosure material is ignored
The country’s association of advisers and investment managers is calling for a fundamental review of the Priips regime rather than a ‘sticking plaster’ approach.