03 Jan 2024
Esma: cost of EU retail structured products rising
The report shows that retail investors using structured products face higher entry point costs since 2021.
14 Sep 2023
HSBC: inflation, higher rates driving demand for QIS
HSBC is one of the most active providers of custom indices to the structured products market across regions.
19 Dec 2022
HK SFC approves more unlisted flow products in Q3
The Hong Kong regulator has released its quarterly report covering July to September.
13 Dec 2022
FCA sets out retail investor disclosure framework, buy-side raise red flags
The UK regulator is seeking market feedback on a new regulatory framework to replace the Priips and Ucits rules.
09 Dec 2022
UK gov moves to revoke Priips regime
The UK government has set out a collection of 30 regulatory reforms for financial services which include a new retail disclosure regime which will phase out Priips.
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30 May 2022
SRP in brief: growing up
In the week that saw HSBC Private Banking’s Lavanya Chari become SRP Apac 2022’s personality of the year, we also saw an increase in M&A activity in the structured product space.
30 Nov 2020
Spain Market Review October 2020: Santander launches first ESG retail bond
Thirty-one structured products were added to the SRP Spain database in October.
05 Oct 2020
BNPP vehicle reports retail volume decline
The Luxembourg issuance vehicle of BNP Paribas Fortis has reported a sharp decline in volumes in the first half year of 2020.
17 Mar 2020
AFM: banning turbos not first option but industry needs to start taking responsibility
The Dutch regulator believes it is time for the sector to come up with solutions to make it less risky for retail clients to invest in turbos.
04 Mar 2020
AFM: 68% of retail investors lose money when trading turbos
Research from the Dutch regulator shows that the average loss per client is more than €2,600 when trading in turbos.
19 Aug 2019
SK investors brace for losses as misselling allegations rock banks
South Korea’s financial regulator has announced plans to investigate local banks that sold rate-linked products – those tracking German 10-year bond yield, UK and US dollar swap rates. The banks have come under fire for misselling the ‘high-risk’ products.
03 May 2019
VSE releases new leverage indices in response to international demand
The Vienna Stock Exchange (Wiener Boerse - VSE) has expanded its existing range of indices with the launch of two new leverage indices on the Austrian ATX Index.