06 Sep 2024
People: UBS taps JPM's wealth management solutions chief
In this week's people round up we look at the movers and shakers across several structured products players including the appointment of the former CEO of Wealth Management Solutions at J.P. Morgan by UBS; as well as new additions and promotions at IVM Markets, Belfius, ABN Amro MeesPierson, HSBC, and more.
04 Jun 2024
Latest: Singapore firm partners with Kepler to enter structured products market
Conduit Group, a Singapore-based financial services firm, is expanding its investment offering in the city-state through a partnership with independent European structured products provider Kepler Cheuvreux Solutions.
14 May 2024
Latest: GS introduces alternative lending, GenTwo targets banks with B2B AMC issuance hub
This week’s latest roundup features the launch of three platforms involving structured notes and actively managed certificates (AMCs), as well as new ETN launches.
16 Jan 2023
Cryptos: Cosmos-based DeFi protocol to offer structured products
The collapse of multibillion-dollar centralized crypto exchange FTX has put cryptos under a bad light but renewed the focus on the promise of decentralized finance and interoperability-focused protocols.
27 Sep 2022
Latest: StanChart debuts ESG structured note out of Taiwan
Standard Chartered has launched the first ESG structured note issued in Taiwan.
14 Oct 2021
Cryptos: reinventing Swiss banking
As an early pioneer Switzerland has emerged a leading jurisdiction in the development of the digital assets market as the country's traditional private banking industry runs out of road.
20 Apr 2021
People: former Barclays US head joins direct indexing specialist
Johnny Wu, former cross-asset solutions head at Barclays in New York, has joined the board of Optimal Asset Management, an SEC-registered investment advisor and manager of US$2.4 billion in custom portfolios assets.
22 Oct 2020
People: Australian platform onboards former Citi head
Australia’s wealth platform Stropro has announced the appointment of David Zammit (pictured) to its board of directors.
31 Jul 2020
People: AIS Financial bolsters cross-asset structured products sales
AIS Financial Group has hired Mina Lazic (pictured) as relationship manager, cross-asset structured products sales.
16 Jul 2020
Tech latest: Swiss start-up SPV platform becomes underlying in new institutional tracker
Securitisation platform provider Gentwo has become the underlying asset of a new tracker certificate launched by Swiss asset manager Clarus Capital. The new tracker has been issued using the securitisation platform Gentwo set up for the asset manager at the end of 2018.