Europe News

Spotlight on… top issuers in Sweden (Q1 2023)

Europe | Industry

16 Jun 2023 by SRP News

Nordea claimed top spot in a quarter which saw both Goldman and BNP lose significant market share.

ZFA April 2023: interest rate-linked products prevail

Europe | Products

15 Jun 2023 by SRP News

Interest-linked products increased their outstanding volume in Austria by €255m in April.

Belgium on the up, sales increase fivefold YoY

Europe | Products

13 Jun 2023 by SRP News

Boosted by the interest rate environment, Belgian investors returned to structured products in their droves in Q1 2023.

AFM fines BinckBank for infringement product governance rules

Europe | Regulations & Legal

08 Jun 2023 by SRP News

The Dutch regulator fines online turbo provider for not complying with EU product governance requirements.

EU associations sound alarm on new EU retail investment rules

Europe | Regulations & Legal

07 Jun 2023 by SRP News

European finance trade associations have voiced ‘multiple concerns’ as many of the measures in the European Commission’s (EC) proposals will have far-reaching consequences.

DDV: German certificates outperform underlyings

Europe | Products

06 Jun 2023 by Marc Wolterink

Sixty-two percent of discount certificates generated a positive return in 2022, according to a report commissioned by the German Derivatives Association (Deutscher Derivate Verband – DDV).

Looking back: 25 years of the rev conv

Europe | Products

06 Jun 2023 by Pablo Conde

This is the story of how the reverse convertible came to life at a time when structured products were known as ‘special products’ in the Swiss market.

Italian banks post record results, structured products sales stable

Europe | Industry

01 Jun 2023 by SRP News

SRP sampled the financial results of the four main Italian structured products issuers in Q1 2023.

France Q1 2023: capital protection, interest-linked products prosper

Europe | Products

30 May 2023 by SRP News

The first quarter of 2023 was marked by strong appetite for capital-protected and interest-linked products which increased their market share by 38 and 25 percentage points YoY, respectively