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STOXX: focus on new ESG guidelines has left little bandwidth for product development

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STOXX: focus on new ESG guidelines has left little bandwidth for product development

The new Esma guidelines that applies to products with ESG terminology and ESG-related language in their names and marketing materials, regardless of their classification under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) is impacting buy-side and sell-side providers, as well as index providers.

Market
Salt Financial: intraday vol control boosts risk management in FIAs

21 Jul 2025

Salt Financial: intraday vol control boosts risk management in FIAs

Volatility-controlled indices featuring intraday data and rebalancing have emerged as new tools to refine the performance of fixed index annuities (FIA), particularly in volatile conditions.

Market Reviews
Finland market review Q2 2025: autocalls issuance up 20%, Danske Bank returns

15 Jul 2025

Finland market review Q2 2025: autocalls issuance up 20%, Danske Bank returns

The Finnish market has seen a pick-up in autocall activity as well as the return of Danske Bank after several years of absence and Natixis going up on the country’s issuers league table.

Products
Product wrap: autoswitch makes comeback in Belgium

11 Jul 2025

Product wrap: autoswitch makes comeback in Belgium

In this week’s wrap we look at a selection of structured products with strike dates between 6-12 July 2025.

Products
Kiwoom launches hybrid ETN, KRX adds covered call play

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.

Market
Schroders: leveraging active management in passive investing

17 Jun 2025

Schroders: leveraging active management in passive investing

The fund manager is seeking to leverage its indexing capabilities in the structured products market to deliver “active expertise and efficient alternatives” to passive strategies in index format.

Regulation
Mayer Brown: ESG product-specific v behaviour regulation debate unresolved

28 May 2025

Mayer Brown: ESG product-specific v behaviour regulation debate unresolved

The law firm has identified two main reasons for the decline in ESG product adoption: unclear greenwashing claim risks and regulatory uncertainty, particularly around the SFDR regime.

Market
France: adapting to a rapidly changing financial landscape

21 May 2025

France: adapting to a rapidly changing financial landscape

SRP France 2025 kicked off with a panel discussion highlighting the dynamic nature of the market, the shifting focus between regions and sectors and the increasingly strategic and tactical use of structured products by clients.

Analysis
Stellantis: market insights and investment analysis

30 Apr 2025

Stellantis: market insights and investment analysis

Due to its importance and diverse portfolio of brands (such as Peugeot, Citroen and Alfa Romeo), Stellantis continues to attract the interest of analysts and investors.

Market
Equileap: investors are using financial products to drive corporate change

22 Apr 2025

Equileap: investors are using financial products to drive corporate change

Research shows that gender balanced companies financially outperform but progress at a corporate level is slow as companies are failing to act on the data.

Products
US managers debut laddered autocallable ETFs

22 Apr 2025

US managers debut laddered autocallable ETFs

The two actively-managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) feature a laddered approach through a volatility-controlled index and an equity basket.

Market Reviews
Germany Market Review, Q1 2025: Unicredit leads jump in issuance and sales

22 Apr 2025

Germany Market Review, Q1 2025: Unicredit leads jump in issuance and sales

Market back on a high as product issuance breaks records while rates keep falling