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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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