The SRP news quiz is back by popular demand. In the first instalment, we focus on Europe.

Welcome to the SRP 2023 news quiz.

Questions about news stories that have appeared on the SRP news pages have been set and will appear for the rest of this week and all you need to do is have a think, or search the news section of the website for all the answers.

Please email your answers to pablo@structuredretailproducts.com. The entry with the most correct responses on each day will be rewarded with a surprise present. You have until 31 December to email your answers.

Best of luck and Merry Christmas!

Question 1: Who is the chair of the Belgian Structured Investment Products Association?

  1. Thomas Wulf
  2. Filip Gils
  3. Florence Devleeschauwer

Question 2: Standard Long Certificate (XS2690020933) from Intesa Sanpaolo was the best-selling product in Europe this year, with sales of €935m. What was the underlying asset class for this structure?

  1. Interest rate
  2. Inflation
  3. Single equity index

Question 3: Wilgenhaege launched an Athena autocall on the share of ASM International in the Netherlands during December. Who was the issuer for this product?

  1. BNP Paribas
  2. Van Lanschot Kempen
  3. Société Générale

Question 4: Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) issued a range accrual deposit plan on the S&P 500 in the UK in November. Who was the distributor?

  1. IDAD
  2. Causeway Securities
  3. MB Structured Investments

Question 5: What is the name of LBBW’s head of certificates who relocated from Germany to Singapore after being appointed head of capital markets for Asia Pacific?

  1. Jan Krüger
  2. Lars Brandau
  3. Christian Vollmuth

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