23 Jul 2025
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.
09 Jul 2025
Bell Canada’s dividend cut raises concern over decrement index products
The telecom giant’s recent 56% dividend cut calls into question the wide use of decrement indices in Canada and France, particularly those on single stocks.
01 Jul 2025
MSCI: rise in investor appetite for specialised investments
MSCI has used its ESG and thematic research capabilities and the use of overlays to carve its corner in the structured products market where its flagship benchmark, the MSCI World Index, is not its most featured index.
24 Jun 2025
Strivo: demand for defence theme products has surged
The Swedish distributor is expanding its range of structured products with a new theme-based note issued by J.P. Morgan and linked to a new MerQube strategy
04 Jun 2025
MerQube: demand for thematic exposures has shifted
The fintech continues to expand its footprint in the structured products market with an increasing presence in Europe. In less than a year MerQube’s indices have more than trebled their AuM in the retail structured products market.
16 May 2025
SRP launches Index Report 2025: ESG, Thematics, Decrement
The second chapter of the SRP Index Report 2025 is available for download now.
02 May 2025
France 2024: ESG, decrement assert their position
We look at exposures by asset class and underlying as well as payoff types and investment terms in the French market in 2024.
11 Apr 2025
Spotlight Europe 2024 (part 2): renewed interest for decrement
In the second part of our review of the European structured products market in 2024, we look at a data-driven overview of key trends observed across asset classes and underlyings.
11 Apr 2025
Product wrap: Amundi, CA bank on European sovereignty via new Euronext index
In this week’s wrap we look at a selection of structured products with strike dates between 6-12 April 2025.
06 Mar 2025
South Africa’s FNB debuts worst-of on decrement plays
First National Bank (FNB), a division of FirstRand, has added another Bloomberg decrement index for its first worst-of autocall offering.
07 Dec 2024
Europe Q3 2024 (part 1): slowdown in sales but YTD performance remains strong
Dynamics for European sales volumes and product issuance in 2024 showed a strong start followed by moderated performance later in the year.
06 Dec 2024
Europe Q3 2024 (part 1): slowdown in sales, YTD performance remains strong
Dynamics for European sales volumes and product issuance in 2024 showed a strong start followed by moderated performance later in the year.