02 Apr 2025
SRP Europe 2025: QIS gains ground in portfolio diversification
Three senior structurers at top investment banks discussed the evolution and emerging trends in the quantitative investment strategies (QIS) space.
01 Apr 2025
RBC capitalises on first high volatility strategy in US
The Canadian bank is seeking to deliver consistent yield through quantitative investment strategies (QIS) after posting US$7.75 billion annualised structured note sales in the US.
27 Mar 2025
SRP Europe 2025 survey (Part 2): lifecycle, post-trade efficiency main beneficiaries of technology developments
Seventy one percent of respondents see technology as the number one driver of growth for the structured products market.
14 Mar 2025
Latest: JPM’s QIS platform reaches US$100bn
Also: Stifel fined US$132m; new ETP issuer seen in Sweden; Nasdaq expands Finnish equity derivatives
13 Dec 2024
Product wrap: OP deploys BBVA QIS index in Finland
In this week’s wrap we look at a selection of structured products with strike dates between 8-15 December 2024.
27 Aug 2024
SRP in brief: beyond the barriers
MerQube indices, AMCs, market reviews, and the performance of barrier autocalls, were among the topics covered by SRP’s news desk last week.
22 Aug 2024
Latest: UBS AM offloads QIS business
In this week's roundup we also look at MassMutual’s expansion of its alternatives investment platform; the launch of an Amazon reforestation-linked outcome bond by the World Bank; and the addition of structured products to Singapore's WBroker stock trading app.
19 Aug 2024
MerQube indexes near US$1 billion in structured products sales
The index fintech is capitalising on the support from several structured products issuers in the US market and its speed to market to increase its footprint globally.
14 Aug 2024
Korea’s Qraft Technologies capitalises on AI-powered strategies for asset allocations
The Seoul-based AI fintech firm has co-designed an AI-powered index with Solactive to replicate a hedge fund’s long-short investment strategy, which has been deployed via structured products sold in Korea.
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.
22 Jul 2024
Latest: Premialab adds three new 'pure' factors to QIS range
In this week's round up we cover some of the latest news in the global structured products market including the launch of new QIS factors by Premilab, as well as iCapital's partnership with a US advisor and Clearstream's move to enable mass issuance, among others.
03 Jul 2024
BNP Paribas: capital protection can help move investors into more exotic structures
The French bank is seeking to capitalise on its QIS capabilities to deliver new strategies as well as on the rollover money returning to the market from fixed rate notes.