21 Jul 2025
Latest: hedge fund manager releases tail risk AMC issued by UBS
Also, Samsung list new exchange-traded notes (ETNs) offering exposure to the shipbuilding and secondary battery industries; Vest hits US$50 billion mark; Intesa Sanpaolo rolls out new guaranteed capital fund-linked life insurance policy; and S&PDJI bolsters wealth data and benchmarking capabilities.
16 Jul 2025
Samsung Securities lowers ETN commission fee
The Korean brokerage house is charging a 0.03% for online US stock trading fee, which applies to its range of ETFs and ETNs.
08 Jul 2025
Meritz Securities to debut Korea’s first ETNs on Japanese government bonds
The Seoul-based issuer plans to list four ETNs on 10-year Japanese government bonds, including leveraged and inverse products, on the Korea Exchange at the end of the month.
03 Jul 2025
Kiwoom launches hybrid ETN, KRX adds covered call play
The new product pays on the growth of the Kospi 200 as well as won-dollar exchange rate fluctuations.
09 Jun 2025
UK regulator lifts ban on crypto ETNs
The UK regulator says the proposals will promote effective competition in the interests of consumers by allowing firms to compete in retail markets offering these products and providing greater investor choice.
16 Apr 2025
Korea’s Kiwoom Securities waives domestic stock transaction fees
Kiwoom Securities apologised for the 'transaction delay incident' on 8 April and decided not to charge domestic stock transaction fees for five trading days following a processing delay incident with client orders.
10 Apr 2025
Listed products: BMO announces redemption and new launch of FANG-linked ETNs
Davis Polk advised Bank of Montreal (BMO) in connection with its intention to redeem all of the outstanding securities of its MicroSectors FANG+ Index 3× Leveraged Exchange-Traded Notes due 8 January 2038; and the launch of a new ETN, the MicroSectors FANG+ 3× Leveraged ETNs due 17 February 2045.
24 Mar 2025
Barclays beats two class actions over ETN issuance blunder
A US federal court has dismissed two lawsuits against Barclays for its unlawful issuances at US$17.7 billion in a final ruling.
21 Mar 2025
J.P. Morgan revives short volatility play with new ETN
The exchange-traded note (ETN) offers inverse exposure to the S&P VIX short-term futures, a structure not seen in the US ETNs since the collapse of Credit Suisse’s VelocityShares play in 2018.
18 Feb 2025
New US class action targets Credit Suisse XIV notes
The products at the centre of a subclass suit over market manipulation are the XIV exchange-traded notes (ETNs) that allegedly resulted in US$1.8 billion investor loss.
05 Feb 2025
Fidelity hit with Finra claim over US$11.1m ETN loss
The exchange-traded note (ETN) issued by Credit Suisse has caused a loss of US$11.1m after being ‘inappropriately’ recommended by an advisor on the Fidelity brokerage platform.
28 Jan 2025
Digital assets: Fineqia, FTSE Russell partner in DeFi ETN launch
Also: Maple aims at institutional market with call options BTC play; Nasdaq files for in-kind redemptions for BlackRock spot Bitcoin ETF; SignalPlus closes US$11m in series B round funding.