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Industry Insights

Stay on top of the latest structured product market developments and trends with all major product, technology, legal and industry insights in one place.

People

See key hires and staffing changes.

People

11 March 2025

Barclays taps JPM sales co-head to lead flow derivatives for Americas

The appointment aligns with the UK bank’s three-year plan to expand its market share in equity derivatives in the Americas.

Bank of Singapore taps ex-Citi head to lead investment solutions for HK

The industry veteran with background in structured product on the sell-side has joined the private bank to lead product and solutions strategy.

People

06 Mar 2025

Exclusive: BofA names head of Apac derivatives distribution

The executive will take over the sales responsibilities covered by the previous head of Apac derivatives sales and structuring.

People

28 Feb 2025

Exclusive: BNPP recruits ex-UBS sales to lead listed structured product team in HK

The industry veteran joins the French bank after over three years with the Swiss issuer.

People

24 Feb 2025

People: ex-GS partner surfaces at Brevan Howard

Also: GS names new ECM leadership; BITA taps Merqube global sales head; TD Securities sales joins Delta Capita; Luma welcomes chief growth officer; Wrise promotes structured product specialist.

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Products

An in-depth review of the latest product launches.

Products

11 March 2025

SIX structured product listings up 23% YoY

The Swiss structured products market continued its upward trajectory with the number of new listings exceeding 10,000 for the second month running.

IDAD, Goldman deliver record return to UK investors

The company’s first ever callable deposit achieved the highest return on any UK structured deposit in 10-years.

Products

10 Mar 2025

Hilbert: advisers look for alternatives to complement market cap exposures

Despite the dominance of traditional market cap weighting, the evolution of indexing shows a shift towards custom strategies.

Products

07 Mar 2025

Product wrap: SG tracks ESG fund, BNPP offers access to rainbow basket

In this week’s wrap we look at a selection of structured products with strike dates between 2-8 March 2025.

Products

07 Mar 2025

Kenanga's HSI structured warrants up 10x in Malaysia

The turnover surge has pushed the bank’s market share to 52% driven by a strong rebound of the Hang Seng Index (HSI) in 2024.

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Regulation

Updates and commentary on evolving market regulation.

Regulation

5 March 2025

Value for Money testing in the EU

We have a closer look at one of the key regulatory requirements to be observed by the structured products industry once the European Retail Investment Strategy (RIS) comes into force.

Korean banks face ELS sales restrictions as regulator tightens distribution rules

The new measures will limit the number of bank branches that are allowed to offer these ‘highly complex financial investment products’.

Regulation

20 Feb 2025

Esma releases new guidelines on product supplements

The European regulator is seeking feedback from the industry to harmonises the supervision of product supplements within the EU Prospectus Regulation.

Regulation

18 Feb 2025

New US class action targets Credit Suisse XIV notes

The products at the centre of a subclass suit over market manipulation are the XIV exchange-traded notes (ETNs) that allegedly resulted in US$1.8 billion investor loss.

Regulation

13 Feb 2025

Esma sets out new rules on benchmarks

The proposed new rules are expected to be negotiated among the European institutions throughout 2025.

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Technology

Discover technological advances in the industry.

Technology

22 January 2025

Vestr: growing AuM underscores scalability of AMC market

The AMC market continues in a state of flux with an increasing number of players entering this segment across jurisdictions.

Australia’s Stropro gears up for capital raise for global expansion

The Sydney-based structured product investment platform makes key hires for its global push roadmap and develops AI-powered tools.

Technology

15 Oct 2024

Arta deploys AI copilot, goes global

The US digital wealth management platform has partnered with Abu Dhabi's Wio Invest to launch wealth-as-a-service for banks globally.

Technology

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.

Technology

07 Aug 2024

Part 2 - 3AI: passive investing enters new phase as "intelligent" indices evolve

The UK AI company is "scientifically pioneering" the future of alpha intelligence for passive investing as well as developing new enhanced indices.

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Market

Key industry events and change drivers.

Market

11 March 2025

Market cap indices attract divergent views in Asia

Two executives from Citic CLSA and Standard Chartered share different thoughts on the evolving use of traditional market cap indices in Asia’s structured products.

SRP in brief: autocalls in the east

It was a bustling week for Asian markets.

Market

06 Mar 2025

Solactive: concerns around concentration risk remain

As part of the analysis on indexing dynamics around market cap and sector indices in the structured products market over the last two years, SRP spoke to several market players to assess current trends and opportunities.

Market

05 Mar 2025

Italian banks post record results, volumes boosted by interest rate-linked products

SRP sampled sales and issuance figures of the five main Italian structured product issuers in 2024 and reviewed their earnings for the year.

Market

05 Mar 2025

Japan’s structured Uridashi sales take a dive in H2 24

FX underliers have gained traction among private placements while index-linked products fall back.

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Data Insights

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Leverage SRP’s data analysis, backed by the world’s structured product database, for an in-depth view of the market’s key trends and dynamics.

Market Reviews

An in-depth view of market activity in some of the world’s most dynamic markets.

Market Reviews

4 March 2025

South Korea Market Review, February 2025: ELS take off as DLS dip

Equity-linked securities sales rebound 52% while derivatives-linked securities falter.

US Market Review 2024: market size and issuers breakdown

The US structured notes market reached a historic high at US$149.4 billion in 2024, up 46% from the previous year.

Market Reviews

27 Feb 2025

Switzerland Market Review, January 2025: sales up 18% YoY, AMCs keep momentum

Yield enhancement products remained the number one category with a 90% share of the market.

Market Reviews

26 Feb 2025

UK Market Review, January 2025: appetite for risk increases as rates disappear

Products on offer during the month were exclusively linked to equity indices.

Market Reviews

21 Feb 2025

US Market Review, December 2024: gold makes last minute cameo, index baskets gain popularity

J.P. Morgan dominates sales of structured notes as Canadian banks claim best-sellers.

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Analysis

Explore key market themes backed by SRP’s proprietary analysis.

Analysis

28 February 2025

Spotlight on… Slovakia

The market has seen a shift towards capital protection products driven by the demand for FX-linked deposits.

Spotlight: exploring industry sector index trends (2022-2024)

The geographic exposure to sectors has shifted significantly toward Emea between 2022 and 2024, while America's prominence has declined.

Analysis

19 Feb 2025

Greeks – Gamma: a crucial measure to rebalance delta hedging

In this article, we look at the role Gamma to understand how to re-hedge positions in relation to the rate at which Delta changes in relation to the underlying.

Analysis