North America News

Roundup: US 3(a)(2) issuances in Q3 2024 - long tenor, high volumes

North America | Products

08 Oct 2024 by Summer Wang

In this roundup, we look at 3(a)(2) issuances that were disclosed to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) in Q3 2024.

SRP Americas awards 2024: Davis Polk - balancing innovation with regulatory compliance

North America | Regulations & Legal

08 Oct 2024 by Pablo Conde

Davis Polk was recognised once again as the ‘Best Law Firm’ at SRP Americas Awards 2024 for its legal support to market players and its guidance around US regulatory focus areas like the Regulation Best Interest and the DOL fiduciary rule.

TIS: intraday risk control indices outperform traditional risk control counterparts

North America | Indices

03 Oct 2024 by Pablo Conde

This year has seen US equities ride a wave of unprecedented enthusiasm around Artificial Intelligence, driving all-time high levels for US benchmarks.

Annuities: Equitable adds index option to variable annuity

North America | Products

03 Oct 2024 by Summer Wang

In this annuity roundup, we also look at a new study from Allianz Life, a challenge of Rila registration system and Canada’s life insurance activity in Q2 24.

Former UBS Americas head joins AI fintech for structured products as president

North America | People

02 Oct 2024 by Pablo Conde

The US fintech offering an AI powered idea generation Saas for structured products raised raised new funding in the summer from venture capital investors

New AI custom indices debut in US index annuity market

North America | Products

02 Oct 2024 by Summer Wang

Security Benefit has introduced a fixed index annuity (FIA) tracking two artificial intelligence (AI)-powered indices by Société Générale and Bank of America.

SRP Americas Awards 2024: BBVA enters phase four of strategic digital plan

International | Conferences

01 Oct 2024 by Pablo Conde

The Spanish bank received the “Best Single Dealer Platform” accolade at SRP Americas Awards 2024 for its ePricer digital platform and its contribution to connectivity and structured products trading in the region.

SRP Americas 2024: 'complex products' definition still pending

North America | Conferences

26 Sep 2024 by SRP News

The late afternoon session of the Mayer Brown masterclass at SRP Americas 2024 was led by counsel Brad Berman and partner Steffen Hemmerich – they discussed regulatory and compliance issues related to structured products, index providers, distributors and social media.

SRP Americas 2024: US federal income taxation of structured notes

North America | Conferences

24 Sep 2024 by SRP News

Two senior lawyers from Mayer Brown provided a digestible version of the US federal income tax classification and treatment of structured notes during the SRP Americas 2024 Conference in New Orleans.