11 Aug 2023
Spotlight on… strategy indices
Strategy indices have been an area of focus in the structured products market for quite some time although their significance has decreased over the last four years.
17 Nov 2022
MSCI revenues boosted by strong growth from market-cap, ESG indices
Twenty-nine of the company’s indices were used as underlying for structured products in Q3 2022, according to SRP data.
12 Oct 2022
Analysis: rotator strategies
We look at the pros and cons of underlyings allocating dynamically across different asset classes and sectors depending on market conditions.
08 Mar 2022
MSCI index revenues up 23.5% YoY, deploys 15 underlyings in structured products market
The US finance company reported double-digit subscription growth in its index business for the 32nd consecutive quarter in Q4 2021.
02 Sep 2021
SG QIS (part 2): rotation more efficient than ‘swinging the bat’ across trades
The French bank has developed new underlyings to respond to demand from clients seeking exposure to sustainable assets, multi-factor and rotation strategies.
29 Jan 2021
Product wrap: Citi tracks Fidelity factor indices
In this week’s wrap, we look at a selection of structured products with strike dates between 24 and 30 January 2021.
07 Jan 2020
US indices delivered 6.5% average since 2019
US investors have a long history of using US equity indices as a vehicle to access equity exposure. The US structured product industry has also used this approach extensively, with US equity indices representing over 80% of all the US structured products market volume sold in 2019.
15 Jan 2019
Index roundup: sustainability-related index in top 10 underlying list for structured products
A sustainability-related index made it in the top 10 underlying list for structured products in the second week of January (Jan 7 – 13 2019) this year in terms of sales volume.
13 Nov 2018
Securities with an ‘Economic moat’ provide an alternative source of quality and outperformance, Solactive
The German index provider shows how getting exposure to companies surrounded by an Economic Moat via a rule-based alternative index can deliver outperformance
06 Nov 2018
Index roundup: Eurostoxx 50 cashes in across markets
The Eurostoxx 50 was the most used index in Europe in October, seen in 114 structured products (excluding non-retail, leverage and flow) which amassed sales of US$850m, according to SRP data. The index was used across 14 jurisdictions, of which France, with sales of US$425m (from 19 products), was the standout market.