03 Jan 2025
Top underlyings Europe 2024: single shares, interest rates go head-to-head
SRP reviewed the most used underlyings in 2024, both in Europe and in the Swiss market.
18 Dec 2024
Top underlyings Apac 2024: Tech stocks, chip manufacturers and FX rates remain on top
As we approach the year-end, we review the most featured underlying assets in structured products issued year-to-date across the Asia Pacific market.
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.
21 Nov 2024
Digital assets: Kaiko buys index provider for ETP issuers
In this week’s roundup, we also look at BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF options on Nasdaq and Bitwise’s latest ETP listing.
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.
28 Aug 2024
Analysis: volatility-controlled indices
FVC’s Suzi Hampson examines why volatility controlled indices are an integral part of the structured products universe.
01 Aug 2024
Belgium market review, Q2 2024: sales volume falls, indices return
Rates remained the preferred underlying asset of the Belgian investor while products linked to single equity indices increased their market share by almost 20 percentage points QoQ.
31 Jul 2024
Cboe looks at QIS to augment structured products offering
The US options exchange is seeking to leverage new indices under the VIX lens to expand the structured products market beyond the OTC space.
24 Jul 2024
BNPP: dispersion strategies deliver in rising markets
With correlation falling and dispersion at all time high relative to volatility, the path ahead for dispersion strategies remains a subject of debate in the market.
18 Jul 2024
MSCI pitches comparative advantage play, footprint expansion continues
The index has been deployed by a US tier one investment bank for a private placement in Europe.