North America News

Citi US sales plunge, Asian option stands out

North America | Industry

30 Jan 2024 by Summer Wang

The US bank lost momentum in the final quarter, closing the year with US$11.6 billion structured note sales in its home market.

Annuities: indexed annuities reach new heights, RaFi index surfaces

North America | Industry

29 Jan 2024 by Summer Wang

In this week’s annuities roundup, we look at yearly sales of indexed annuities as well as new products from Nassau, RaFi’s first multi-asset index used in the retirement space, Axonic’s expansion and more.

GS’ US sales down 15% YoY, geared autocalls favoured

International | Industry

25 Jan 2024 by Summer Wang

Goldman Sachs’ US structured notes notional traded in 2023 has fallen by 15% to US$11.4 billion.

UBS head of structured solutions for Americas exits

International | People

24 Jan 2024 by Summer Wang

The managing director has left UBS global wealth management following 17 year of service at the Swiss bank.

Spotlight: Boeing shares hover above trigger levels on US structured notes

North America | Industry

19 Jan 2024 by Summer Wang

SRP examines US structured notes potentially impacted by the recent bearish performance of Boeing shares.

StructrPro trends – products outperform underlyings even after correction

North America | Products

17 Jan 2024 by Suzi Hampson - FVC

Over the last two years the larger underlyings have continued to dominate the notional going into structured products which continued to beat their referenced assets even after times of market disruption.

Spotlight on… top issuers in the US (Q4 2023)

North America | Products

15 Jan 2024 by Summer Wang

J.P. Morgan continues to outpace the other 15 issuer groups in the fourth quarter of 2023 while Goldman Sachs ratches up its issuance following a downward trend.

Blackrock: private equity capital streams driving strong tailwind for indexed annuities

North America | Industry

11 Jan 2024 by Summer Wang

The asset manager is seeking to make indexed annuities look and feel like the broader US retail wealth market.

Spotlight on the US… good times ahead

North America | Products

05 Jan 2024 by SRP News

With the help of the StructrPro lifecycle management portal, we analysed the performance of the main issuers, underlyings and product types in the US market during Q4 2023.