12 Apr 2024
Annuities: Guardian enters Rila market with SG index
New Rila provider enters US market; Massmutual, Allianz Life and Ibexis unveil their latest offerings while LPL searches for a new wealth management head.
06 Apr 2023
Latest: Leonteq, GGX partner in ESG push
Leonteq has announced a collaboration with Global Green Xchange (GGX) to launch an open-ended exchange traded product (ETP) tracking the performance of the new GGX Sustainable Dynamic Leaders Europe Index NTR.
01 Mar 2023
Structured Alpha is ‘behind us’ says CEO, ex-manager seeks dismissal of charges
The German insurer has reported Q4 profit as the Structured Alpha case lingers in the background.
15 Nov 2022
Latest: UBS favours downside protection
The primary objective for investors in the current market environment should be capital preservation with return being a secondary consideration, according to UBS.
06 Sep 2022
Latest: Optiver adds liquidity to Austrian market, Stropro bolsters issuer pool
The Dutch market maker will provide liquidity to structured products traded on the Austrian exchange; Natixis, BNP Paribas to price products in Australia; AllianzGI' Structured Alpha range troubles persist.
28 Jun 2022
Allianz’s Structured Alpha fiasco – lessons for investors
A purely returns-based analysis could have shed light on sources of risk and alpha within the Structured Alpha range.
06 Jun 2022
Latest: more troubles for Allianz as class actions pile up, fingers point everywhere
The scandal surrounding Allianz Global Investors US is far from over as new class actions pile up and blame is being placed across different quarters.
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23 May 2022
SRP in brief: off to a good start
Position changes at Citi, global issuance volumes and fines in the US all featured in the headlines in the past week.
18 May 2022
Allianz hit by US$6bn SEC fine, Structured Alpha managers charged
A recent string of cases in which derivatives and complex products harmed investors across market sectors have seen fines handed out.
21 Jan 2021
HSBC China debuts deposit tied to new mutual fund
The UK bank has issued its first structured deposit in China linked to the performance of Allianz Global Investors Fund.
21 Jul 2020
USA Market Review, June 2020: Allianz partners with Halo for first ETFs
Some 2,028 structured products from 15 different distributors and worth $6.33 billion were added to the SRP USA database in June.
02 Apr 2020
Market roundup: more casualties of market sell-off emerge
Allianz Global Investors has closed down two hedge funds after they took heavy losses on stock-options trades after the market sell-off in recent weeks.