06 Jun 2024
Crackdown on investment products greenwashing continues
ESAs call for enhanced supervision and improved market practice on sustainability-related claims.
14 Dec 2023
Citi deploys new Morningstar SDG play
The bank adds the new index to its range of ESG structured products sold in Europe.
16 Mar 2023
SRP Europe Awards 2023: VLK – additional focus on external clients
Van Lanschot Kempen has won the award for Best House Benelux, Best Distributor Netherlands, and Best Performance Netherlands at this year's SRP Europe awards.
21 Feb 2023
ESG series: Barclays - assets to deliver ‘all green’ solutions are limited
Barclays Bank is among the group of tier one issuers increasing their focus and activity around ESG structured products over the last few years.
08 Feb 2023
ESG series: Qontigo - structured products can only guarantee a certain level of sustainability
The index provider remains in the league’s table top three in the ESG structured products space over the last few years despite increase competition in Europe.
30 Jan 2023
ESG series – SocGen: ESG higher costs and complex processes are a concern
In the run up to the release of the ESG chapter of the SRP Index 2023 in early March, we share the views of some of the most active players in the offering of ESG structured products to the retail market.
23 Aug 2022
German association updates sustainability code for structured securities
DDV has published a revised version of its sustainability standards for structured securities.
16 Jun 2022
S&PDJI: ESG - at the centre of customisation
The index provider deployed seven new ESG strategies in the structured products market in 2021.
23 Nov 2021
HSBC adds Euronext to ESG underlying pool
The UK bank has deployed up to 13 ESG underlyings in its range of sustainable structured products.
11 Nov 2021
Exclusive: J.P. Morgan appoints head of sustainability
The US investment bank has launched a new ESG focused global markets role as it continues to build up its offering on the back of the Action Bond programme launched in late 2020.
09 Nov 2021
Barclays: investors want proof of where the money is going and what projects are being supported
The UK bank has just placed its latest green bond and issued its first structured product linked to an ESG proprietary index.
26 Oct 2021
European regulators propose new rules for taxonomy-related product disclosures
The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and Esma – ESAs) have delivered to the European Commission (EC) their final report with draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) regarding disclosures under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).