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.
08 Nov 2023
Absa debuts Shariah structure in South Africa
In a first for the market, the South African bank is targeting wealth clients with a Shariah-compliant structured certificate linked to a BNP Paribas index.
31 Oct 2023
South Africa Market Review, Q3 2023: issuance declines, FirstRand offers first self-issued note
Some 54 structured products with an estimated worth of ZAR613m ($32m) were added to the SRP South Africa database in the third quarter of 2023.
16 Oct 2023
Investec brings back Optimal basket play with CLN
The South African bank is marketing the latest tranche of its Optimal Investment Growth Basket.
11 Oct 2023
Exclusive: FirstRand introduces first self-issued structured note
The product will be distributed and hedged in-house as the South African bank’s nascent wealth & investments unit expands its offerings.
15 Jun 2023
Structured products remain top choice for SA investors, survey
Alternative investments including structured products, solar and crypto products have become first port of call for investors seeking yield beyond traditional assets.
09 Sep 2021
Product snapshot: Standard Bank tracks MSCI World via Citi prop index, settles in ETFs
The South African bank offers offshore exposure via Citi volatility index.
20 Nov 2019
Investec appoints head of financial products Europe, rollsout end-to-end platform for advisers
Harris Gorre (pictured) will head up Investec’s financial products business across Europe after four years leading institutional structured products sales as head of Europe, Middle East & Africa (Emea).
13 Mar 2019
SRP Africa: Innovation is creativity, but creativity with a job to do
Innovation in structured products can be about new solutions or existing solutions meeting new needs, according to Twané Wessels (pictured), product actuary at Just Retirement South Africa. She was speaking at the ‘Product innovation: investment ideas and solutions’ discussion at the SRP Africa Conference 2019, held in Cape Town on March 7.
06 Mar 2019
Personality of the Year: Nerina Visser - using ETFs as building blocks for investment solutions
The Personality of the Year Award will be presented to Nerina Visser at the second SRP Africa Conference Awards ceremony, which will take place on the evening of Thursday March 7 at The Vineyard Hotel in Cape Town. Visser was chosen after receiving the highest number of votes from respondents to the Africa Awards Survey 2019.
21 Dec 2018
South Africa - It’s all about preserving your capital
When I first started to become familiar with the South African market, one of my first questions was: why so much investment in foreign currencies? As a Portuguese national who grew up in the eurozone and lives in the UK, how could you understand the risks of investors living in an emerging market? I certainly couldn’t.
29 Oct 2018
The market in Africa needs investment banks to take a more active role, Interpersona
Boutique for independent asset managers targets investors in Mauritius with help of local introducers but investment banks should do more before the market can really start to flourish