08 Apr 2025
Raymond James braces for uncertainty as US tariffs roil markets ‘more than most expected’
Market volatility has shot up since the distributor logged steady and robust sales of structured products for the first quarter.
01 Apr 2025
RBC capitalises on first high volatility strategy in US
The Canadian bank is seeking to deliver consistent yield through quantitative investment strategies (QIS) after posting US$7.75 billion annualised structured note sales in the US.
27 Mar 2025
US Market Review, January 2025: robust start driven by yield-based products
The year kicked off strong with a 4.4% increase in sales from the prior-year period.
21 Mar 2025
J.P. Morgan revives short volatility play with new ETN
The exchange-traded note (ETN) offers inverse exposure to the S&P VIX short-term futures, a structure not seen in the US ETNs since the collapse of Credit Suisse’s VelocityShares play in 2018.
28 Feb 2025
US Market Review 2024: market size and issuers breakdown
The US structured notes market reached a historic high at US$149.4 billion in 2024, up 46% from the previous year.
04 Feb 2025
US Market Review, November 2024: HSBC climbs up issue ranking, leverages BofA trades
The UK bank has entered the top five issuer league table with an almost doubled monthly sales.
27 Jan 2025
2024 maturities: SPX-linked products deliver 8% on average to US investors
As the S&P500 continues to reach new heights, we look at how products linked to the most featured equity underlying in the structured products market fared during 2024.
20 Dec 2024
Top underlyings Americas 2024: S&P 500 futures index ends year on a high
We review the most featured underlying assets in the structured products issued year-to-date (YTD) across the US, Canada and Latin American markets, based on SRP data.
05 Dec 2024
US Market Review, Oct 2024: rollover money keeps pumping up sales volumes
Four out of the five monthly best-sellers worth a combined US$334m were priced by Canadian banks on the same day.
14 Oct 2024
SRP in brief: appointments galore
The structured product industry has seen a flurry of appointments in October while in the US 3(a)(2) issuances are catching attention.
08 Oct 2024
Roundup: US 3(a)(2) issuances in Q3 2024 - long tenor, high volumes
In this roundup, we look at 3(a)(2) issuances that were disclosed to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) in Q3 2024.
03 Oct 2024
Annuities: Equitable adds index option to variable annuity
In this annuity roundup, we also look at a new study from Allianz Life, a challenge of Rila registration system and Canada’s life insurance activity in Q2 24.