From the regulatory moves across the globe to BofA’s single stock indices for Switzerland, here’s the weekly news roundup brought by SRP’s news desk.
Causeway Securities LLC (Causeway) is ramping up its efforts to penetrate the US structured notes distribution channel with more partnerships signed with issuers and registered investment advisors (RIAs) over the last year.
Athene, the largest FIA provider in the US, has extended its collaboration with annuity designer Annexus by adding three exclusive indices for its Athene BCA 2.0 FIAs. They are all volatility-controlled with two being backed by academic research.
Lincoln Financial has added a Capital Group ETF as an index account for its fixed indexed annuities (FIAs).
In Mexico, Banco Azteca has started offering structured products directly to retail clients, moving beyond internal trial issuances to full commercial deployment. It is focusing on capital-guaranteed products linked to foreign exchange (FX) rates and market volatility.
Finra has identified several violations of Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI) about registered index-linked annuity (Rila) sales practice in its oversight report.
Luma Financial Technologies has appointed Ryan Hall as global head of issuer relations, effective today, the multi-issuer platform of structured notes and annuity announced.
Bank of America is pitching a suite of global single-stock indices computed in Swiss Franc in an effort to capitalise on the country’s low funding rate, the first of such kind for the Swiss market.
In an analysis, we look at beyond the unknown future volatility using Greeks, specifically, how fat tails, volatility surfaces and exotic payoffs reshape option pricing.
Swedish distributor Garantum Fondkommission said the recent fine of SEK16m (US$1.8m) by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Finansinspektionen) over its violation of compliance provisions has little impact on its business.
Germany’s DWS has teamed up with Zurich Insurance to launch an ESG-focused exchange traded fund (ETF) that bundles active and passive strategies into a single diversified global equity portfolio.
Structured products on BME recorded a traded volume of €19.88m in November, with 4,752 trades executed during the month. The number of tradable instruments stood at 4,821 while new listings for the year reached 7,520 according to trading data released by the exchange.
Valour Digital Securities has launched two leveraged exchange-traded products (ETPs) on the Spotlight Stock Market in Sweden. The provider has also received approval from the Brazilian exchange B3 for ETFs offering digital assets exposure.
The UK’s financial regulator has opened a consultation on crypto assets rules, as part of its plan to bring the sector under a clearer regulatory framework.
Baskets of equity indices were preferred over single equity indices for the first time since January 2018, according to our UK market review for November 2025.
The quarter was dominated by equity autocallables as well as bearish autocalls plus callable floaters on the rates-linked side, our French market review for November 2025 shows.
Autocallables account for around 80% of the estimated sales volume of structured products sold in Asia Pacific (Apac) ex-China this year so far, our Spotlight on Apac: payoff trends in 2025 shows.
Thailand’s Krungthai Bank has deployed a high watermark index in structured note issuances in Thailand, the country’s first of its kind, according to the state-owned bank, in a bid to attract investors to the long-term retirement-focused investment space.
China Market Review, November 2025 shows that retail structured deposits issuance has rebounded with outstanding balance standing at CNY 1.6 trillion.
Halo Investing is powering the operation of Majarra, a collaborative platform within the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) in the Middle East.
Last but not least, we reviewed some of the best-selling products across European markets in 2025.
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