Desjardins has won ‘best distributor’ in Canada at this year’s SRP Americas awards. SRP considered 473 structured products from the bank with strike dates between March 1 2018 and February 28 2019.
Last year was the best year ever for Desjardins’ structured products, both in terms of gross sales and net sales, according to Frederick Tremblay (pictured) , director, market-linked products and quantitative research, Desjardins Wealth Management & Life Insurance. “We had an annual increase of 97% on our net sales compared to 2017,” said Tremblay, noting that 2019 is proving to be an even better year: “Net sales have increased by 23% in the first quarter compared to