08 Jul 2024
BNPP deploys cross asset AI index via structured notes in Brazil
The French bank has partnered with QuantumStreet AI and XP to offer structured notes on the new index, which aims to capture market trends through millions of data points.
25 Sep 2023
SG: prop indices work well in dynamic rates environment
The launch of the SG Smart Climate Index earlier this summer adds to the bank’s 35 in-house indices used as underlying for live structured products sold across retail markets.
07 Sep 2023
MSCI: no room for black-box despite growing appetite for new approaches
The craze around strategy and customised indices in the US annuities market and beyond has not gone unnoticed at MSCI.
22 Aug 2023
Krungthai cashes in on custom indices
Krungthai Bank has collected US$122.7m tracking indices developed by four investment banks in the past 18 months.
18 Aug 2023
Product wrap: Goldman builds momentum in the US, MS targets renewable energy
In this week’s wrap we look at a selection of structured products with strike dates between 13-19 August 2023.
03 Aug 2023
Annuities: prop indices gain traction
In the last two weeks the US annuities market has seen up to five new custom underlyings introduced across fixed index (FIA) and registered index-linked annuities (Rilas).
27 Jun 2023
FSMA bans five products, targets crypto investments
The Belgian regulator deemed five structured products linked to proprietary indices ‘too complex’ for retail investors in 2022.
16 May 2023
Annuities: new custom underlyings launched, FIA post double-digit growth
The new risk control proprietary indices add to a growing range of underlyings seen in the US indexed annuities market which continues to break sales records.
21 Apr 2023
Goldman expands derivatives pricing tool, replaces Libor on top prop index
The US bank has added new asset classes to its derivatives price discovery tool and made changes to the methodology of one of its prop indices as Libor is discontinued.
02 Mar 2023
Exclusive: CS deploys RavenPack AI via structured fund in Japan
The Swiss bank is aiming at shorter investment terms for its structured fund range as interest rates increases open new opportunities around capital protected structures in Japan.
23 Nov 2022
Belgium 9M 2022: FSMA says no to house-indices
Belgian investors opt for interest-linked structures as the regulator put a stop to complex indices.
29 Sep 2022
JPM expands Mozaic with multi-asset QIS decrement play
The US investment bank has seen its Mozaic proprietary index gaining momentum in the Asia-Pacific market.