Insights

A selection of actionable insight, commentary and analysis on the major trends shaping the structured products markets.

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Japan’s structured Uridashi sales remain sluggish

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Japan’s structured Uridashi sales remain sluggish

Structured Uridashi delivered a lagging year (again), and now Japanese investors eye retail Japan Government Bonds and the credit market.

People
Barclays bolsters equities exotics team with senior RBC hire

12 Mar 2026

Barclays bolsters equities exotics team with senior RBC hire

The long-time RBC derivatives structurer takes the helm of equities exotics and hybrids structuring for the Americas as demand for bespoke derivatives strategies grows.

Products
Davy ramps up structured products volumes, responds to ESG demand

11 Mar 2026

Davy ramps up structured products volumes, responds to ESG demand

The Dublin-headquartered firm is ramping up issuance while integrating sustainability preferences across advisory and discretionary portfolios.

Technology
Chartered Investment: scaling actively managed products with index precision

11 Mar 2026

Chartered Investment: scaling actively managed products with index precision

The German fintech has a dedicated business line to scale actively managed products (AMP) through index-based structures, automation and tokenisation.

Market
MerQube taps AI to accelerate thematic index creation

11 Mar 2026

MerQube taps AI to accelerate thematic index creation

The collaboration integrates agentic AI, knowledge graphs and index calculation infrastructure to speed up the creation of thematic strategies.

Analysis
Decoding Rho: understanding interest rate risk in structured products

11 Mar 2026

Decoding Rho: understanding interest rate risk in structured products

Embedded options in structured products carry nuanced interest rate exposure. In this analysis, we explore how Rho affects valuation and why the so-called “risk-free” rate is never truly risk-free.

Products
Belgian sales exceed €3 billion mark for the first time

10 Mar 2026

Belgian sales exceed €3 billion mark for the first time

Equity-linked products registered a 641% increase YoY while products linked to a commodity underlying attracted sales of €553m in Q4 2025.

Products
Gold-linked structured products issuance up 22% in 2025

10 Mar 2026

Gold-linked structured products issuance up 22% in 2025

China continues to dominate gold-linked structured products, while global issuance went up by 22% in 2025 as investors flocked to safe-haven exposure.

Market
US indexed universal life sales near US$5bn mark

10 Mar 2026

US indexed universal life sales near US$5bn mark

The insurance product hit new quarterly and annual sales records in 2025.

Market
Kyros Capital: AMCs outpacing funds in Asia

10 Mar 2026

Kyros Capital: AMCs outpacing funds in Asia

As tax, regulation and infrastructure reshape investment products, AMCs are emerging as a faster, more scalable alternative to traditional fund structures, particularly in private credit, structured yield and digital assets.

Products
BlueBridge eyes UK fund growth, scales structured products business

09 Mar 2026

BlueBridge eyes UK fund growth, scales structured products business

The UK boutique is building out its structured products business, navigating UK fund plumbing and exploring Ucits, AMCs and scalable systematic strategies.

Products
Citi leverages DLT for first digitally native structured note

09 Mar 2026

Citi leverages DLT for first digitally native structured note

The issuance marks the first structured note created natively on Euroclear’s D-FMI distributed ledger platform and signals growing momentum for digital issuance in the wealth management market.