05 Nov 2024
SRP Americas Awards 2024: Raymond James logs US$5.6bn sales as ‘internalisation’ continues
A recent partnership with a valuation and analysis start-up founded by former Morgan Stanley executives has strengthened the annualised sales which represented a growth of over 50%.
01 Nov 2024
Spotlight on US: decrement indices stagger
The demand for decrement indices in the US structured note market has been faltering despite this year’s growth.
04 Jun 2024
Canadian penny stock mining firm issues gold-linked notes
A Vancouver-based mining company has issued two tranches of gold-linked notes through agents led by Raymond James while waiting to harvest its recurring revenue.
16 Jan 2024
People: GS taps JPM Emea private banker, Insperex promotes head of MLP trading & origination
In this week’s roundup, we look at the latest hirings and internal moves at Goldman Sachs, Standard Chartered Bank, Raymond James, InspereX and BlackRock.
14 Jun 2023
USD Libor: a long legacy coming to an end, US$8bn worth of notes need new rate
With just over two weeks to go until the USD Libor ceases on 30 June 2023, SRP lists some of the measures taken by issuers for their outstanding structured notes.
03 Nov 2022
Product snapshot: Nasdaq on track to deliver maximum return
Despite the negative sentiment on the global financial markets, a Barclays note on the Nasdaq-100 is on track to deliver the maximum possible return at the end of the month.
08 Oct 2021
SRP Americas 2021: technology and distribution
Industry figureheads joined the SRP Americas 2021 conference last week to discuss the on-going impact of digitalisation in the structured product industry and the significance of fintech platforms as well as their growing roles in facilitating customer needs.
06 Aug 2021
Buyside roundup: sales up, index baskets dominate distributions
The main US buyside firms have been behind significant inflows and sales volumes in the retail structured products market during the second quarter of 2021.
10 Aug 2020
People: Luma adds JPM veteran in annuities push
Cincinnati-based Luma Financial Technologies has appointed John (Jay) R. Charles (pictured) as director of annuity products.
10 Aug 2020
SRP in brief: riding the Covid storm
It’s been a rough week for some banks, as latest quarterly figures show the impact the Covid-19 environment has had on the top and bottom lines of some of the sector’s major players.
17 Apr 2020
Product wrap: BMO tracks Raymond James fund-based prop play in the US
This week’s wrap covers a selection of structured products with strike dates between 12-18 April 2020.
20 Feb 2020
Buy-side view: simplicity helps with the positioning of indexed annuities
Catering to a growing need for innovative annuity products, life insurance company Great American Life became the second insurance carrier to be incorporated to SIMON’s insurtech annuities platform for wealth managers, in January of this year.