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

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.

Market
Bell Canada’s dividend cut raises concern over decrement index products

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.

Market
MSCI: rise in investor appetite for specialised investments

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.

Products
Strivo: demand for defence theme products has surged

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

Market
MerQube: demand for thematic exposures has shifted

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.

Market
SRP launches Index Report 2025: ESG, Thematics, Decrement

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.

Analysis
France 2024: ESG, decrement assert their position

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.

Analysis
Spotlight Europe 2024 (part 2): renewed interest for decrement

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.

Products
Product wrap: Amundi, CA bank on European sovereignty via new Euronext index

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.

Products
South Africa’s FNB debuts worst-of on decrement plays

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.

Expert View
Europe Q3 2024 (part 1): slowdown in sales but YTD performance remains strong

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.

Analysis
Europe Q3 2024 (part 1): slowdown in sales, YTD performance remains strong

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.