Tag: Vontobel
People: ex-UBS structured products head joins UK investment management firm
International | People
06 Mar 2020 by SRP News
Structured products research specialist joins Rathbones; Swiss Re appoints Ermotti to board of directors; Nomura hires senior bankers within Americas investment banking; Bank Vontobel Europe appoints new COO to implement new strategy; and more.
Switzerland Market Review, full year 2019: UBS and Credit Suisse buck downward trend
Europe | Market Reviews
31 Jan 2020 by Petar Dimitrov
According to turnover figures published by the Six Swiss Exchange, all but two issuers – UBS and Credit Suisse – had a worse year in 2019 compared to 2018.
Germany Market Review, 2H 2019: a stable market in uncertain times
Europe | Market Reviews
31 Jan 2020 by Dimitar Dimitrov
The German market saw 385,067 new investment and leverage certificates with an estimated sales volume of €6.14 billion in the second half of 2019 — a decrease in comparison to the first half when 209,997 products accounted for an estimated €7.40 billion.
Europe: Top five issuers of 2019
Europe | Products
18 Dec 2019 by Suzanna Moni
Vontobel continues its domination of Europe’s primary markets in 2019.
Denmark Market Review, Q3 2019: below average
Europe | Market Reviews
31 Oct 2019 by Charlotte Fyle
The Danish market is pretty close to non-existent at the moment with just one new product launched during the third quarter.
Finland Market Review, Q3 2019: Alexandria tops table
Europe | Market Reviews
31 Oct 2019 by Teresia Harri & Marc Wolterink
Forty-five retail, nine private banking and two institutional products were added to the SRP Finland database in the third quarter of 2019.
Vontobel's Armbruster: US banks are building up their EU presence with a retail strategy
International | Features
03 Oct 2019 by Pablo Conde
In the second of a two part interview, Stefan Armbruster (pictured), head of Europe and member of the board of Bank Vontobel Europe, talks about the impact of the Commerzbank/Deutsche Bank exit in the German market, the opportunities this will open up and how US banks are expanding in countries where competitors are relatively weaker.
Erste Bank Group net trading result up 25x in H1
Europe | Industry
02 Sep 2019 by SRP News
The bank posted a solid half-year result while the ‘extraordinarily strong’ net trading and fair value result was attributable primarily to the development of interest rates and the performance of financial markets in recent months, according to chief executive officer Andreas Treichl (pictured).
iMaps: Secured AMCs are the next step (part 2)
Europe | Technology
28 Aug 2019 by Pablo Conde
In the second of a two-part interview, Andreas Woelfl (pictured below), chairman & founder of iMaps Capital Markets, a service provider for the asset management industry, discussed the competitive landscape for actively managed certificates (AMCs), the dominant position of Ucits funds, and what steps need to be taken to grow the market.