SRP’s news desk reviews some of the most read stories from last week, including the latest leadership changes at UBS in Southeast Asia.

Salt Financial’s April 2026 Annuity Index Report shows continued divergence in performance across both FIA volatility‑controlled strategies and Rila equity‑linked indices, with equity exposure and systematic factor design remaining the key drivers of return outcomes.

Research Affiliates recently released a report ‘Outgrowing Glamour: A Fundamental Approach to Growth Investing’ which argues that conventional growth investing has drifted far from its intended purpose.

SRP has partnered with InspereX for the launch of the Aria Insights Hub, a a new enhancement to InspereX’s Aria technology platform

SRP has partnered with InspereX for the launch of the Aria Insights Hub, a new enhancement to InspereX’s Aria technology platform designed to deliver market intelligence and thought leadership directly into registered investment advisor (RIA) workflows.

North Carolina-based Knighthead Life entered the US fixed index annuity (FIA) market with the launch of Chartline and Chartline Bonus FIAs, designed to provide accumulation-focused structures with principal protection and index-linked crediting.

Marex Group said that it has executed the first customer cross-margin trade in the US Treasury market under a recently approved regulatory framework.

GraniteShares has expanded its YieldBOOST platform with the launch of four leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

Athene launched Amplify 3.0, a registered index-linked annuity (Rila), expanding its existing Amplify platform with protection levels and structural changes to streamline product selection and delivery.

In addition, Transamerica Life Insurance Co introduced the Transamerica Structured Index Advantage Income Annuity, a registered index-linked annuity (Rila) offering protected lifetime income with added flexibility around when and how payments begin.

Futures Industry Association (FIA) released a comment letter responding to the US CFTC’s advance notice of proposed rulemaking on prediction markets, highlighting the need for clear, workable rules for event contracts as public interest and market activity continue to grow.

APAC

In Southeast Asia, UBS announced a series of leadership changes across its global wealth management franchise, including key appointments within its Singapore advisory and structured products sales teams.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the Philippines proposed a regulatory framework for governing the registration and trading of structured warrants as the regulator looks to broaden investment options for investors.

Marex Group received approval under its existing Australian Financial Services License (AFSL) to offer structured investment products and solutions to Australian clients.

Korea’s Daishin Securities listed a suite of leverage and inverse exchange-traded notes (ETNs) tracking the US dollar futures exposure. 

Sales of structured products in South Korea jumped 12% to KRW 7.3 trillion (US$4.97 billion) in April compared with the prior year’s period, SRP data shows. The latest volume was a seven percent decline compared with the prior month.

Europe

Future Index Partners (FIP) is positioning its Euronext-listed Dynamic Sector Rotation indices as a way for allocators to diversify not just what they own but how they make investment decisions, arguing that traditional diversification is increasingly insufficient in concentrated and behaviourally driven markets.

An estimated €1.5 billion (US$1.8 billion) was collected from 28 publicly offered structured products in Belgium in the first quarter of 2026. Sales decreased by almost 40% compared to the previous quarter; year-on-year (YoY) volumes were up around 150% (Q1 2025: €594m), our Belgium Q1 2026 Market Review shows.

Meanwhile, an estimated €177m (US$207m) was collected from 33 publicly offered structured products that struck during the first quarter of 2026. Sales were stable compared to the previous quarter; year-on-year (YoY) volumes were up by 13% (Q1 2025: €156m).

Erste Bank Group AG reported a strong first quarter following the consolidation of its Polish subsidiary, Erste Bank Polska.

Boerse Stuttgart, Germany's second-largest stock exchange and the sixth-largest exchange group in Europe, recorded order book turnover of around €17 billion (US$20 billion)in April, representing a year-on-year increase of roughly 47%, according to trading data from the exchange.

Monthly figures from SIX demonstrated continued momentum in structured product listings in Switzerland, supported by increased fixed income trading on both SIX Swiss Exchange and BME Exchange.

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