23 Oct 2024
Product Lab - exploring product structuring
In this article, we dive deep into the new panel session format introduced at the 2024 SRP Americas Conference.
04 Jul 2024
Latest: SIX, Avaloq launch valuation service for structured products
In this week's round up we also look at the first profit warnings issued on the back of snowball derivatives losses; HSBC's push in China via the acquisition of Citi's onshore consumer wealth portfolio; Luma's new partnership in the annuities space; the rebranding of Swiss structured products specialist CAT Financial Products, and more.
07 Jun 2024
UBS taps ex-GS exec, bolsters derivatives structuring in Japan
The Swiss bank is seeking to strengthen its derivatives and solutions structuring business.
02 May 2024
Digital assets: BTC whale backs up vol premium AMC, Dubai neobank offers capital protection
As a bitcoin-linked actively managed certificate (AMC) becomes the second largest actively managed strategy linked to the cryptocurrency, product providers across the world are looking at traditional structured products structures to deliver access to digital assets.
10 Apr 2024
Nasdaq targets buyside ‘product gap’ with small cap futures launch
The New York-based exchange group has targeted a gap in the Swedish market with its small cap futures launch, in the latest addition to its environmental, social and governance (ESG) product suite.
22 Feb 2024
JPM elevates global head of equities and credit structuring
The US investment bank has also promoted several other senior executives within the markets unit including the global head of EQD trading.
30 Jan 2024
China’s snowballs: higher returns mean higher risk
The CSI 500 and CSI 1000-linked snowball products’ approach knock-in levels pushes further market volatility.
24 Jul 2023
SSPA: structured products enhance pension funds’ toolkit
The Swiss trade body is aiming to improve the understanding of structured products among pension fund managers.
28 Jun 2023
SFC reports 50% increase in issuance, aims at derivatives rules
The Hong Kong financial watchdog has released its FY22/23 annual report which highlights an increase of authorised ELIs and regulatory amendments in the derivatives market.
08 Sep 2022
Japan Market Review, July 2022: Finnish credit institution tops issuer table
Some 129 products (including flow, excluding leverage and private banking) worth an estimated JPY 236 billion (US$1.7 billion) were added to the SRP Japan database in July.
14 Jun 2022
Goldman, Marex execute first ether-linked OTC trade
The non-banking issuer was the counterparty for the first Ethereum OTC derivative transaction executed by the US bank in the crypto space.
20 Apr 2022
J.P. Morgan reports Russia related losses, strong Q1 for US structured products
Despite the positive performance the US investment bank reported losses related to markdowns of derivatives receivables from counterparties linked to Russia in Q1 2022.