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People
People: Merrill appoints head of structured note sales

28 Jan 2025

People: Merrill appoints head of structured note sales

Also: HSBC’s ex-EQD structuring head exits; RBC taps BNPP’s private equity specialist; Barclays names Japan macro trading head; Causeway continues to expand.

Market Reviews
UK Market Review, December 2024: slow end of the year despite increased appetite for baskets

21 Jan 2025

UK Market Review, December 2024: slow end of the year despite increased appetite for baskets

Products linked to a basket of equity indices increased their market share by almost 24 percentage points MoM.

People
Barclays taps ex-Goldman Apac EQD co-head to lead equities

20 Jan 2025

Barclays taps ex-Goldman Apac EQD co-head to lead equities

The former Goldman banker is tasked with leading the UK bank’s equities franchise in the region.

Products
Barclays Aries strategy surfaces in new FIA range

15 Jan 2025

Barclays Aries strategy surfaces in new FIA range

The multi-asset volatility control index is now available in a suite of fixed index annuities (FIAs) to be issued by Delaware Life.

People
Arrivals and departures: top moves of 2024 – Bank of Montreal and Barclays

03 Jan 2025

Arrivals and departures: top moves of 2024 – Bank of Montreal and Barclays

As 2025 begins, SRP looks back at last year’s most relevant people moves highlighting new hires and exits at the main issuers of structured products.

Regulation
Barclays reaches US$19.5m settlement over mis-sold ETNs

04 Dec 2024

Barclays reaches US$19.5m settlement over mis-sold ETNs

The British bank has agreed to pay US$19.5m over the fallout of its structured product over-issuances after over two years since the blunder was reported to the regulator.

Products
Latest: Santander UK moves index-linked notes to LSE, Stropro partners with HNW manager

03 Dec 2024

Latest: Santander UK moves index-linked notes to LSE, Stropro partners with HNW manager

Stropro expands its buy-side reach; Broadridge enhances its multi-asset trading and market making platform; Barclays has announced the launch of a new private banking booking centre in Singapore

Market Reviews
UK Market Review, October 2024: index baskets in demand as autocall remains top payoff

27 Nov 2024

UK Market Review, October 2024: index baskets in demand as autocall remains top payoff

Products linked to a basket of indices significantly increased their market share as the autocall remained the number one payoff.

People
People: Barclays names new Emea rates head, StanChart bolsters wealth solutions

06 Nov 2024

People: Barclays names new Emea rates head, StanChart bolsters wealth solutions

In this week’s roundup, we also look at latest hires at Standard Chartered, LPA, Amundi and Commerzbank.

Products
Product wrap: Goldman puts luxury goods, pharmaceuticals in focus

25 Oct 2024

Product wrap: Goldman puts luxury goods, pharmaceuticals in focus

In this week’s wrap we look at a selection of structured products with strike dates between 20-26 October 2024.

People
People: Nomura Asia equity structuring head expands coverage, Barclays adds EQD director

07 Oct 2024

People: Nomura Asia equity structuring head expands coverage, Barclays adds EQD director

In this week’s roundup we also look at Barclays’ new hire for Asia, a new venture for a former Citi banker, and more.

Products
Product wrap: ZKB offers 32-year maturity on EdR fund, Kepler, Goldman track swap rates

04 Oct 2024

Product wrap: ZKB offers 32-year maturity on EdR fund, Kepler, Goldman track swap rates

In this week’s wrap we look at a selection of structured products with strike dates between 29 September and 5 October 2024.