25 Jun 2025
Belgium: sales volumes down, optimism remains
Structured products linked to equities and equity indices experienced a strong recovery in Q1 2025, with sales volumes increasing by 141% QoQ.
06 Jun 2025
Europe: bearish Phoenix take over as fixed income notes lose steam
Interest rate-linked structured products continue to play a key role in Europe, though with different regional preferences.
19 May 2025
France 2024 (part 2): structured products versus ETFs
In the second part of our analysis of the French market, we compare how structured products performed relative to a passive fixed income investment in 2024.
24 Apr 2025
Belgium Market Review, Q1 2025: rates continue to dominate, equity indices return
Products linked to fixed income underlyings captured 75% market share in Q1 2025.
07 Apr 2025
Belgian investors opt for fixed income en masse
Products linked to fixed income underlyings made up almost 90% of the total sales in Q4 2024.
28 Jan 2025
Belgium Market Review, Q4 2024: BNPP hits €1 billion mark as volumes reach nine-year high
Sales volumes for the quarter reached their highest levels since Q1 2015 as Belgian structured product providers launched a counter-offensive to recover the money they lost to a government bond one year ago.
23 Jan 2025
VLK, BNPP offer fixed income alternative
The Dutch independent wealth manager has collaborated with BNP Paribas for a capital-protected product that is a mix between a fixed income investment and a traditional index-linked structure.
12 Dec 2024
Best-selling products Europe 2024: French issuer calls top €1 billion barrier
SRP reviewed some of the best-selling products across European markets in 2024.
01 Nov 2024
Product wrap: BNPP opts for thematic play in France, MS offers fixed income in UK
In this week’s wrap we look at a selection of structured products with strike dates between 27 October and 2 November 2024.
18 Jun 2024
Belgium market posts solid volumes, hopes to profit from maturing government bond
Primary market sales topped €1 billion in Q1 2024 as the environment remained favourable for structured products.
22 May 2024
Nomura capitalises on repack notes as insurers look for alpha
Insurance companies have been more active in the market for credit and government bond repacks this year with their quest for yield leading to a rise in issuance.
01 May 2024
ING targets Dutch retail investors, eyes Europe
The Dutch financial institution is distributing its first publicly offered capital protection products since 2015.