12 Mar 2025
ISS-STOXX: education needed to increase adoption beyond major benchmark indices
As part of the analysis on indexing dynamics around market cap and sector indices in the structured products market over the last two years, SRP spoke to several market players to assess current trends and opportunities.
06 Mar 2025
South Africa’s FNB debuts worst-of on decrement plays
First National Bank (FNB), a division of FirstRand, has added another Bloomberg decrement index for its first worst-of autocall offering.
06 Mar 2025
Solactive: concerns around concentration risk remain
As part of the analysis on indexing dynamics around market cap and sector indices in the structured products market over the last two years, SRP spoke to several market players to assess current trends and opportunities.
05 Mar 2025
Japan’s structured Uridashi sales take a dive in H2 24
FX underliers have gained traction among private placements while index-linked products fall back.
19 Feb 2025
2024 maturities: Kospi 200-linked products beat benchmark
The index is the main market cap benchmark used solely as an underlying in the Korean structured products market in terms of AuM.
13 Feb 2025
Esma sets out new rules on benchmarks
The proposed new rules are expected to be negotiated among the European institutions throughout 2025.
06 Feb 2025
2024 maturities: SX5E-linked soft-protected products beat underlying, twin wins deliver 20% on average
The second most utilised equity underlying in the structured products market has kept the pace with the S&P 500 index in delivering value to structured products investors in 2024.
30 Jan 2025
Euronext structured products trading down, BNP Paribas goes head to head with SG
The Pan-European stock exchange recorded a slow-down in structured products trading activity at the end of 2024 as well as some significant changes in the use of product types and underlyings.
29 Jan 2025
Nvidia: defensive barriers at safe distance as stock plunges
Only 60 very short-term products linked to Nvidia launched since November 2024 have breached their defensive barriers as a result of yesterday’s historic crash.
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.
24 Jan 2025
Spotlight on… underlying assets in the Czech Republic – interest rate-linked products up 20%
FX rates remained the dominant asset class in 2024, ahead of interest rates and equity baskets.
16 Jan 2025
EQD trading spikes globally, FX options dominate structured products market
Derivatives exchanges have reported record volumes for 2024 with demand set to continue on the back of new crypto options and increasing activity around zero days to expiration options (0DTE).