Tag: Life insurance
Belgian investors shy away from structured products, life-wrapped products suffer
Europe | Products
24 Jun 2021 by SRP News
The low and sometimes even negative interest rates have led investors to look for alternative asset classes.
Product wrap: Goldman, Equitim offer daily autocall on S&P momentum tilt ESG index
International | Products
21 May 2021 by Marc Wolterink
In this week’s wrap, we look at a selection of structured products with strike dates between 16-22 May 2021.
Prudential’s flagship IVA onboards Invesco, Blackrock index options
North America | Indices
19 Apr 2021 by Lavanya Nair
US life insurance firm Prudential announced that it has added Invesco and Blackrock exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as options within the crediting strategies of the firm’s Flexguard indexed variable annuity (IVA).
Product wrap: South African life policy offers lock-in on MSCI EMU index
International | Products
26 Mar 2021 by Marc Wolterink
In this week’s wrap, we look at a selection of structured products with strike dates between 21-27 March 2021.
Best-selling products Europe: Italy rules, Eurostoxx SD30 wins
Europe | Products
08 Dec 2020 by Marc Wolterink
SRP looked at some of the best-selling products in Europe in 2020. Italy dominated proceedings with eight of the top 10 highest sellers targeted at Italian investors, including the full top three, while the Eurostoxx Select Dividend 30 was the preferred index.
Prudential hits jackpot with first indexed annuity
North America | Products
01 Dec 2020 by Lavanya Nair
Prudential Financial announced that sales of its first indexed variable annuity (IVA) have crossed the US$1 billion threshold after only launching the product earlier this year.
KBC unit-linked sales increase
Europe | Industry
12 Nov 2020 by SRP News
KBC has posted a net result of €697m for the third quarter of 2020, an increase of 14% from the prior year quarter, and up 232% from 2Q 2020.
France Market Review, August 2020: fund manager offers bull-bear trio
Europe | Market Reviews
30 Sep 2020 by Nikolay Nikolov
Sixty-two structured products were added to the SRP France database in August.
SRP France 2020: market crash triggered new opportunities to invest, increased demand
Europe | Conferences
23 Sep 2020 by Nikolay Nikolov
The impact of the volatility triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown has sent shockwaves to the market altering supply and demand for structured products.
