Tag: underlying
ELS sales hit record high despite mis-selling scandal
Asia Pacific | Regulations & Legal
01 May 2020 by SRP News
Despite last year’s controversy in South Korea around equity-linked securities (ELS) and derivative-linked securities (DLS), sales reached a new record high in 2019 fuelled by the low interest rates environment and the steady rise in global stock markets.
Product wrap: Goldman targets Russian investors with Solactive virtual reality index
International | Products
13 Sep 2019 by Marc Wolterink
This week’s wrap covers a selection of structured products with strike dates between September 8-14 2019.
Product snapshot: AG Insurance bets on dollar-denominated ‘best of’ portfolio structure
Europe | Products
30 Jan 2019 by Marc Wolterink
The Belgian insurer reintroduces a profiled payoff to offer retail investors access to the best performing regions and asset classes
Global perspective: the most important indices for structured products in 2018
International | Products
23 Jan 2019 by Suzi Hampson
The most popular single index underlyings by region in the structured products market continue to be traditional market cap benchmarks
Index roundup: thematic index on demographic trend raises US$60m in Belgium
International | Indices
21 Jan 2019 by Jihye Hwang
Investing legend Jack Bogle dies, FTSE Russell releases new Chinese green bond index series, Hang Seng Indexes rolls out healthcare benchmark, Nigerian Stock Exchange launches factor indices and a thematic index on demographic changes makes into top 10 underlying list for the third week of January
Product wrap: KBC fund uses swaps to tap into North American stocks
International | Products
11 Jan 2019 by Marc Wolterink
This week's wrap covers a selection of structured products with strike dates between January 6-12, 2019.
Top 5 underlyings in 2018
International | Industry
21 Dec 2018 by Maria Koleva
As we near the end of 2018, we look at the most popular indices used as underlying for structured products across markets. Underlying indices remain one of the most interesting and fascinating aspects in the industry with its uniqueness and ability to slice and dice any investment strategy.
Product snapshot: Partial at risk securities linked to Eurostoxx Select Dividend 30 Index: A safe bet
International | Products
19 Dec 2018 by Almudena Rojas - FVC
Index roundup: Sales volume of Kospi 200 linked products up threefold in November
International | Indices
11 Dec 2018 by Jihye Hwang
South Korea’s main underlying in the structured products market continues to drive most of the activity; FTSE Russell aims at investors seeking to integrate climate risk in their investment strategies; S&P DJI adds to hard commodities offering; KRX releases gauge customised for ETNs