22 Nov 2022
Unicredit trading income boosted by hedging products
The Italian banking group has reported strong institutional demand in its seventh consecutive quarter of growth.
25 Oct 2021
HSBC cashes in on Apac activity, increases US sales
The group’s US structured products sales increased by US$161m while issuance spiked in Hong Kong SAR.
27 Apr 2021
HSBC HK issuance spikes, US sales drop
The UK bank had a good start of the year while achieving materially enhanced returns for its shareholders.
16 Nov 2020
Unicredit sees sales of certificates drop as clients move to mutual funds
The Italian global banking group posted an underlying net profit of €0.7 billion for Q3 2020, up 31.1% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ), as it is on track to meet its FY2020 target of over €0.8 billion.
14 Aug 2020
Spain Market Review, June 2020: Santander lowers fixed coupon, strong issuance in the debt market
Forty-five structured products from five different distributors were listed on the SRP database in June.
26 May 2020
Commerzbank bows out, EMC sale lowers balance sheet complexity
With the economic completion of the sale of its equity markets & commodities division to Société Générale, the German bank has ‘reduced its complexity’ and ‘freed up capital’ for its core business areas.
01 May 2020
SocGen: structured products see Covid-19 impact
The French bank’s equity-linked structured products were impacted by the exceptional market dislocations at the end of the first quarter due to Covid-19.
10 Sep 2019
Germany’s main issuers remain strong
SRP looks at the interim results of LBBW and Dekabank, the two main issuers of structured investment products in Germany.
21 Aug 2019
Barclays most prolific issuer in US in Q2
The UK bank delivered a ‘resilient’ second quarter of 2019 with good performance coming from the corporate & Investment bank, according to CEO Jes Staley (pictured), while in the USA – its main structured products market – sales volumes were at their highest levels in nine years.
20 Aug 2019
Unicredit structured products issuance up 26% in Q2
The Italian bank posted ‘very strong’ quarterly results on the back of ‘resilient commercial dynamics’ and a solid set of results in the first half of 2019, in what was a ‘though macroeconomic environment,' according to chief executive officer Jean Pierre Mustier (pictured).
29 Jul 2019
Vontobel 1H2019: structured product volumes increased despite fall in turnover
Zeno Staub (pictured), chief executive officer, Vontobel, said the bank’s financial products were affected by the ‘general mood of caution among investors’ as well as the trend towards lower margin products, especially compared to the strong first half of 2018.