Tag: Trading
Looking back: investment banks are limited in what they can offer
International | Industry
07 Jul 2020 by Pablo Conde
Crypto Broker, a Swiss trading platform for crypto assets part of Crypto Finance, was the first structured products issuance platform for securities linked to digital underlyings developed by GenTwo.
View from the top: the buy-side is pressuring the sell-side on data, lifecycle management
International | Industry
02 Jul 2020 by Pablo Conde
Six completed the acquisition of the Spanish stock exchange Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME) by Six in late June, giving the Swiss exchange further reach in the European structured listed products market. SRP spoke to André Buck (pictured), head of sales at Six, about the lessons learned by the industry, the exchange’s Connexor platform and where the growth comes from.
Exclusive: BNP Paribas targets secondary market activity, readies automated FX notes
International | Technology
18 Jun 2020 by Pablo Conde
The French bank has rolled out a new secondary trading module within its SmartDerivatives platform.
View from the top: the bulls have been vindicated… so far
Asia Pacific | Industry
17 Jun 2020 by Pablo Conde
Credit Suisse reported that Q1 fixed income sales and trading revenues rose 139% year-on-year, driven mainly by higher revenues from structured and FX products, and gains from hedging activities.
Structured products boost Credit Suisse Apac topline
International | Products
13 May 2020 by SRP News
Despite a ‘highly challenging’ environment, the Swiss bank delivered a ‘resilient performance’ in the first quarter of 2020, said Thomas Gottstein (pictured), the new chief executive officer of Credit Suisse Group.
German investors head for leverage trading
Europe | Products
31 Mar 2020 by Suzanna Moni
The German market has seen an increase in secondary trading activity around leverage products while issuers in the primary market are focusing on structures that provide a low entry level with defensive mechanisms. SRP spoke to two of the top players and the trade association in Germany to discuss the impact of the current market events in the domestic structured products market.
Peak vega: vol swings at 2008 levels make hedging a challenge
International | Industry
25 Mar 2020 by Pablo Conde
The effect of the sharp decline in value across asset classes triggered by the Covid-19 market crash continues to impact different areas of the structured products market.
Covid-19: implications for OTC derivatives & structured products
International | Regulations & Legal
24 Mar 2020 by SRP News
As the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19) continues, we look at some of the legal issues to consider in the derivatives and structured products markets.
Morgan Stanley elevates head of EQD distribution Americas
North America | People
07 Jan 2020 by Pablo Conde
The US bank has promoted its head of Americas to a global role as it cuts a number of technology managing directors and executive directors.
