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.
30 Apr 2025
France Market Review, Q1 2025: interest rate autocalls up 20%, point decrement dominates
Sales volumes were stable at around €15 billion for the third consecutive quarter.
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.
09 Oct 2024
Belgium Market Review, Q3 2024: good times are back, even better times expected
The Belgian market is back on track as Q3 sales volumes increased 275% YoY while the next quarter promises to be even better.
10 Sep 2024
Update: Belgian providers profit from maturing government bond
Structured products providers are on the offensive to reclaim money they lost to a government bond one year ago.
17 Jan 2024
Deutsche returns to equities as investors look for diversification
The bank has introduced its first equity-linked structure in Belgium since March 2023 as clients look to diversify their exposure.
21 Dec 2023
Crelan, AXA partner with BNPP – return to equities
The Belgian bank launched its first equity-linked structure since October 2021.
22 Sep 2023
Spotlight on… issuers in South Korea (Q2 2023)
Hana Financial and Meritz Securities stood out from the competition in a quarter that saw sales increase by 11% YoY.
20 Sep 2023
Crelan targets French banks, CMS success story continues
The Belgian bank has launched four CMS-linked products since the end of last year.
30 May 2023
France Q1 2023: capital protection, interest-linked products prosper
The first quarter of 2023 was marked by strong appetite for capital-protected and interest-linked products which increased their market share by 38 and 25 percentage points YoY, respectively
10 May 2023
Belgium Q1 2023: record tickets, fixed income and capital protection
Volumes reached an eight-year high in the Belgian market which recorded the best-selling product of all time during the quarter.
24 Apr 2023
US Q1 2023: the rise of the fixed rate note
Seven of the top 10 best-selling products for the quarter were callable notes providing fixed coupons.