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.
02 Jul 2025
Innovator introduces first dual directional buffer ETFs
The fund provider known for its outcome defined ETFs suite has added another strategy traditionally popular in the structured note space.
16 Sep 2024
SRP Americas 2024: downside protection keeps people invested
Panellists at the SRP Americas 2024 conference held in New Orleans, LA on 11 September discussed the growing popularity of defined outcome ETFs, their strengths and weaknesses and how they fit alongside structured products in investors' portfolios.
01 Nov 2023
Defined outcome gains visibility as investors demand protection
Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs have launched new actively managed derivative-based ETFs in response to “strong client demand for downside protection, buffer and managed outcome strategies”.
21 Mar 2022
Vestr: many structured products issuers are doing AMCs
The software provider focusing on actively managed certificates (AMCs), which expanded to Singapore via a partnership with Julius Baer in 2021, sees structured products at the centre of the growth in the actively managed products space.
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10 Feb 2022
Innovator debuts ‘laddered allocation buffer’ ETF
The US provider of defined outcome exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has announced the arrival of a new ETF structure, which launched on Cboe and features the US Equity Buffer ETF as underlying.
06 Oct 2021
J.P. Morgan invests in MerQube as it builds index focus
The US bank has led a US$5m series A funding round to drive the index provider’s international expansion and accelerate platform development.
28 Sep 2021
View from the top: Investors want to see their portfolio all in one place
HANetf’s move to bring defined outcome ETFs to the European market proofs the increasing demand to access yield and protection via different wrappers remains.
10 Sep 2021
Structured ETFs vs structured notes: a tussle or a tango?
As the explosion in popularity of structured (buffered) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has swept through the US market, structured product investors now have the advantage of opting for ultimate customisation and protection within their portfolios.
13 Jul 2021
US insurance provider adds defined outcome to annuities range
The firm is targeting higher net worth clients focused on tax and the impact on their investments.
08 Jul 2021
Innovator adds new angle to structured ETFs
The US outcome defined ETF provider is targeting risk-averse investors with a replacement for short-term bond exposure.
11 Jun 2021
Underlying issues (part 4): Target outcome & cryptos
Target outcome indices have increased their visibility in the US market over the last 12 months while recent activity in the digital assets space has also triggered the development of new underlying strategies tracking the crypto world.