International News

Solactive: volatility factor strategies are back

International | Indices

06 Sep 2023 by Pablo Conde

Solactive increased its visibility as an active provider in the strategy and custom index space following a partnership with Goldman Sachs in mid-2020 to replace Motif Capital as the calculating agent and administrator for three families of indices - National Defense, Aging of America and Artificial Intelligence.

BITA: customisation means opportunities for NexGen index providers

International | Features

04 Sep 2023 by Pablo Conde

Index technology company BITA is leveraging its technology to penetrate the structured products market and offer a one-stop shop in areas such as custom basket and index setup, back testing, BMR administration and post-trade integration.

People: DB appoints former CS executive as head of Swiss structured solution sales

International | People

04 Sep 2023 by Jocelyn Yang & Pablo Conde

In this week’s roundup, we also look at Premialab's new head of tech solution; HKEX's new head of listed issuer regulation; the appointment of a new head of distribution at Commerz; and more.

SRP in brief: setting the benchmark

International | Industry

04 Sep 2023 by Amelie Labbe

UBS, which absorbed troubled Swiss bank Credit Suisse earlier this year, saw revenue expand. Elsewhere, King & Shaxson Capital Markets (KSCM), launched the first structured product programme listing on its KSCM Euro List multilateral trading facility.

Product wrap: market cap benchmarks dominate issuance

International | Products

01 Sep 2023 by SRP News

In this week’s wrap, we look at a selection of structured products with strike dates between 27 August and 2 September.

UBS EQD tumbles, wealth management propped up with CS

International | Industry

31 Aug 2023 by Summer Wang

The Swiss bank has retained its position in the US structured products league table despite a fall in equity derivatives activity.

Latest: KSCM secures €2bn BBVA SMTN programme

International | Industry

31 Aug 2023 by Jocelyn Yang & Summer Wang

In this week’s roundup, we also look at the partnership between BITA and Ultumus, the first actively managed ETF launched by Nomura; the revised clearing rules on OTC derivatives in HK; and the listing of Vietnam-focused ETF in Singapore.

Digital assets: SEBA gets HK approval-in-principle to offer structured products

International | Products

30 Aug 2023 by Jocelyn Yang & Summer Wang

In this week’s roundup, we look at new developments in the digital assets market in relation to derivatives and structured products including Hashkey’s plan on derivatives as it goes live in HK, Grayscale’s winning over the SEC, the approval granted to Coinbase in the US, and more.  

SRP in brief: waking up

International | Industry

29 Aug 2023 by Amelie Labbe

Asia banks spearhead structured product activity while European banks add new staff in the region