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Industry Insights

Stay on top of the latest structured product market developments and trends with all major product, technology, legal and industry insights in one place.

People

See key hires and staffing changes.

People

6 February 2026

People: Salt promotes head of structuring and QIS

Also: BNPP taps Nomura EQD sales veteran in Asia; Deutsche Bank Private Bank adds new director to the investment management team to cover North Asia.

21Shares appoints Stephen Coltman as head of macro

21Shares has added a senior macro specialist to its investment team as it continues to build out active portfolio management for its crypto exchange-traded product (ETP) business.

People

28 Jan 2026

People: Leonteq veteran steps down as co-head partner shifts to buy side

Also, BCGE bolsters structured products business; Raffles hires new MD for relationship management; France’s Inter Invest hires director of partnerships; and Goldman expands AWM franchise.

People

28 Jan 2026

Cboe beefs up top deck with exec appointments

While Scott Johnston has been appointed as executive vice president and chief operating officer, Heidi Fischer has been made the executive vice president, global head of equities and spot markets.

People

28 Jan 2026

InspereX bolsters RIA, private markets arms with senior appointments

The firm said that the hires form part of its plan to expand distribution capabilities through 2026.

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Products

An in-depth review of the latest product launches.

Products

9 February 2026

Broadridge enhances global trading services with CQG deal

CQG’s execution tools are set to join Broadridge’s order management ecosystem in a deal positioned to enhance derivatives trading efficiency across global markets.

Product wrap: Haspa, Goldman SX5E collab, Citi tracks MerQube single stock decrement basket

In this week’s wrap, we look at a selection of structured products with strike dates between 1-7 February 2026.

Products

05 Feb 2026

Mayer Brown: transparency and regulation must be at the core of AMC activity

As actively managed certificates expand beyond their niche origins, Mayer Brown argues that transparency, rigorous documentation and clear regulatory positioning will determine whether the structure’s growing popularity could invite regulatory pushback.

Products

03 Feb 2026

Autocalls harness volatility premium to beat equity risk-return ratios, study finds

The outperformance is most pronounced at lower observation frequencies.

Products

03 Feb 2026

UBP Asia’s structured product volumes surge 90%

The Swiss private bank sees its participation solution segment quadruple as investors chase long equity exposure and yield, with US tech and fixed income driving growth across the region.

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Regulation

Updates and commentary on evolving market regulation.

Regulation

9 February 2026

HK SFC cites derivatives suitability failures in action against Kylin

The regulator reported that clients were categorised as derivatives-knowledgeable without proper assessment or documented verification.

Luxembourg regulator allows limited crypto exposure in Ucits funds

Luxembourg’s financial regulator has, for the first time, clarified that Ucits funds may gain limited indirect exposure to crypto assets under defined conditions, marking a cautious shift in its regulatory approach.

Regulation

05 Feb 2026

Ondo files US SEC registration, adds platform for non-US users

The filing with the US regulator aims to provide issuer-level disclosures for all investors in Ondo Global Markets tokenised products globally, while Ondo Perps lets global non-US users trade perpetual futures on leading US stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) 24/7 with leverage.

Regulation

04 Feb 2026

AMF sets standards for retail structured product marketing

The study was aimed at making the structured products distributed to French retail investors clearer and easier to understand.

Regulation

03 Feb 2026

Nomura’s Laser Digital files application to launch US National Trust Bank

The proposed entity aims to offer custody and spot trading of digital assets, plus custody of US government securities.

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Technology

Discover technological advances in the industry.

Technology

9 February 2026

AI now embedded across French financial markets: AMF

The regulator highlights widespread use of off-the-shelf systems and growing concerns over governance and data protection.

SBI Holdings, Startale launch blockchain-based trading platform

The platform aims to build Asia’s exchange-layer infrastructure for tokenised securities and onchain real-world assets (RWAs) through 24/7 spot and derivatives trading markets.

Technology

05 Feb 2026

Ripple brings Hyperliquid to its institutional brokerage platform

The integration is aimed at institutional clients to access on-chain derivatives liquidity while cross-margining decentralised finance (DeFi) exposures with all other asset classes already supported by Ripple Prime.

Technology

03 Feb 2026

RIA's AI adoption more than doubles but still in early stages: Schwab study

The study found that most firms remained in the early stages of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption, with use cases concentrated on administrative tasks like note-taking and email drafting.

Technology

02 Feb 2026

Large RIAs step up AI and data spending: Cerulli

Large US investment advisory firms are putting more money into data and artificial intelligence as they look to grow and run their businesses more efficiently.

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Market

Key industry events and change drivers.

Market

9 February 2026

Euronext debuts ETP segment as derivatives dominate BTC price

The exchange has opened a professional crypto segment on ETFplus, giving institutional investors regulated access to over 100 crypto-linked products as synthetic exposure increasingly dominates Bitcoin markets and plays a major role in how price is set.

SRP in brief: regulatory updates trickle in

Regulatory shifts and oversight, autocall research and Korean asset managers, SRP brings you the week in structured products.

Market

Phemex starts round-the-clock trading in traditional futures

Phemex has expanded beyond crypto, launching round the clock futures trading linked to traditional financial assets, including stocks and precious metals.

Market

Defiance launches 2x short ETF linked to AST SpaceMobile

Defiance ETFs has added a leveraged single stock product to its lineup, offering traders a way to take short-term bearish positions on AST SpaceMobile shares.

Market

Blockchain.com, Ondo expand partnership to bring tokenised US stocks to Europe

The partnership aims to offer eligible users across Europe gain direct access to regulated, tokenised US stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) within the Blockchain.com decentralised finance (DeFi) wallet.

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