Tag: Proprietary indices
Annuities: insurance firms take a hit in the first quarter
North America | Products
15 May 2020 by Lavanya Nair & Pablo Conde
Life insurance firms Prudential, Athene Holding and Lincoln Financial have suffered substantial setbacks to their first quarter earnings relative the same period a year prior.
New prop indices dispatched as US insurers capitalise on market vol
North America | Indices
12 May 2020 by Lavanya Nair & Pablo Conde
Life insurance firms, North American, Ohio National and Great American have launched new indexed annuity products to meet rising client concerns surrounding market volatility as the world scrambles to repair the turmoil during the Covid-19 outbreak.
US indices delivered 6.5% average since 2019
North America | Indices
07 Jan 2020 by Tiago Fernandes
US investors have a long history of using US equity indices as a vehicle to access equity exposure. The US structured product industry has also used this approach extensively, with US equity indices representing over 80% of all the US structured products market volume sold in 2019.
Leveraging indices for US structured products
North America | Expert View
07 Jan 2020 by Tiago Fernandes
US investors have a long history of using US equity indices as a vehicle to access equity exposure.
Product wrap: RBC deploys ‘tactical trigger’ index in the USA
International | Products
03 Jan 2020 by Marc Wolterink
This week’s wrap covers a selection of structured products with strike dates between December 22 2019 and January 4 2020.
Indexed annuities class action has custom indices in line of sight
North America | Regulations & Legal
04 Nov 2019 by Pablo Conde
A complaint class action has been filed against indexed annuities provider Security Benefit which was cleared of any wrongdoing earlier in the summer after another class action against the company was dismissed.
Vontobel debuts new 'digital superpower’ quant prop play
Europe | Products
23 Oct 2019 by Pablo Conde
The Swiss bank has launched a tracker certificate offering exposure to the potential winners from the US - China trade conflict based on its study "The Next Digital Superpower".
JPM remains strong in structured products despite EQD dip
North America | Industry
22 Oct 2019 by SRP News
The bank is the leading issuer of structured products in the third quarter of 2019 in the US, despite ‘weaker’ client activity in equity derivatives.
BNP Paribas teams up with Napoleon in ‘dinamix’ QIS strategy
Europe | Products
02 Oct 2019 by Pablo Conde
BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) and Napoleon Capital have joined forces to launch the Napoleon World Equities AR Dynamix Fund, a new product providing access to an absolute return quantitative strategy investing in global equities.
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