09 Dec 2024
Annuities: Empower adds first FIA from Allianz
In this indexed annuities roundup, we also look at the latest IUL sales results, American Equity’s rating update and new offerings from American National and Guaranty.
06 Dec 2024
FTSE Russell aims at customisation in market push
The provider of benchmarks and indices is seeking to leverage its global presence to increase its footprint in the structured products market.
05 Dec 2024
TIS: next generation risk control has higher risk/return ratio
The increasing popularity of this new type of underlying is backed by its performance.
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.
22 Nov 2024
SRP Americas Awards 2024: BBVA Mexico - investor confidence will be key to grow the market
The Spanish bank received two national accolades Best Distributor and Best Performance, Mexico, at this year’s SRP Americas Awards in New Orleans.
22 Nov 2024
Spotlight on… Canada: single stocks with decrement feature
There has been an increasing use the decrement overlay in single stock and stock basket underlyings in Canada this year.
31 Oct 2024
UBS: strong EQD activities in Q3, despite falling volumes in US
Equity derivatives (EQD) revenues are a key driver of the global markets revenues at the Swiss bank for Q3 2024.
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.
03 Oct 2024
TIS: intraday risk control indices outperform traditional risk control counterparts
This year has seen US equities ride a wave of unprecedented enthusiasm around Artificial Intelligence, driving all-time high levels for US benchmarks.
17 Sep 2024
SRP Americas 2024: Product Lab – building good products
This year, the SRP Americas 2024 Conference included a Product Lab discussion where panellists talked about the key properties of structured products and the challenges to meet investors’ as well as distributors and advisors’ preferences and choices.
03 Sep 2024
UBS structured products sales treble YoY
The Swiss bank posted stable sales of US registered notes in Q2 in line with the market while equity derivatives drove revenues.
30 Aug 2024
Spotlight on the Magnificent 7 – Amazon evergreens
In this spotlight, we look at new issuances linked to shares of Amazon.com Inc (AMZN), which posted doubled net income for the second quarter of the year.