Tag: South Africa
South Africa’s FNB expands tranche offering with first decrement play
Middle East & Africa | Products
09 May 2024 by Summer Wang
The second tranche offered by the bank is part of its extended partnership with UBS.
Absa debuts Shariah structure in South Africa
Middle East & Africa | Products
08 Nov 2023 by Summer Wang
In a first for the market, the South African bank is targeting wealth clients with a Shariah-compliant structured certificate linked to a BNP Paribas index.
South Africa Market Review, Q3 2023: issuance declines, FirstRand offers first self-issued note
Middle East & Africa | Market Reviews
31 Oct 2023 by Violina Kirilova
Some 54 structured products with an estimated worth of ZAR613m ($32m) were added to the SRP South Africa database in the third quarter of 2023.
Investec brings back Optimal basket play with CLN
Middle East & Africa | Products
16 Oct 2023 by Summer Wang
The South African bank is marketing the latest tranche of its Optimal Investment Growth Basket.
Exclusive: FirstRand introduces first self-issued structured note
Middle East & Africa | Industry
11 Oct 2023 by Summer Wang
The product will be distributed and hedged in-house as the South African bank’s nascent wealth & investments unit expands its offerings.
Structured products remain top choice for SA investors, survey
Middle East & Africa | Industry
15 Jun 2023 by SRP News
Alternative investments including structured products, solar and crypto products have become first port of call for investors seeking yield beyond traditional assets.
Product snapshot: Standard Bank tracks MSCI World via Citi prop index, settles in ETFs
Middle East & Africa | Products
09 Sep 2021 by Marc Wolterink
The South African bank offers offshore exposure via Citi volatility index.
Investec appoints head of financial products Europe, rollsout end-to-end platform for advisers
International | People
20 Nov 2019 by Pablo Conde
Harris Gorre (pictured) will head up Investec’s financial products business across Europe after four years leading institutional structured products sales as head of Europe, Middle East & Africa (Emea).
SRP Africa: Innovation is creativity, but creativity with a job to do
Middle East & Africa | Conferences
13 Mar 2019 by SRP News
Innovation in structured products can be about new solutions or existing solutions meeting new needs, according to Twané Wessels (pictured), product actuary at Just Retirement South Africa. She was speaking at the ‘Product innovation: investment ideas and solutions’ discussion at the SRP Africa Conference 2019, held in Cape Town on March 7.
