HSBC HK SAR & Taiwan issuance soars as focus shifts to Asia

International | Products

8h by Summer Wang

The UK bank has raised its non-flow structured product issuance in the region with significant activity in Hong Kong SAR and Taiwan.

BMO: Solactive synthetic dividend notes gain momentum in Q1

North America | Products

9h by Lavanya Nair

Bank of Montreal has increased its offering linked to the Solactive Canada AR 30 Index in a shift towards the dividend underlying sector during the first quarter of 2021.

Range accruals: post fallbacks outcome not acceptable

International | Products

10h by Marc Wolterink

SRP looks at the impact of the new fallbacks for derivatives linked to key interbank offered rates (Ibors) published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (Isda) in January.

XP: Amazon deforestation, Covid triggered ESG adoption

Latin America | Products

24 Feb 2021 by Lavanya Nair

In the follow up of a two-part interview on the Brazilian structured products landscape, Rafael Miranda at XP Investimentos details the shift of investor focus to the unlikely pairing of sustainability and video gaming during the Covid-19 pandemic.

KIS issuance drops 50% as hedging losses bite, DLS disappear

Asia Pacific | Products

24 Feb 2021 by Summer Wang

Trading income at Korea Investment & Securities (KIS) dipped over three-quarters (77.9%) to KRW99.1 billion (US$89.2m) in FY20 ended in December 2020 due to ‘massive ELS hedge trading loss’ at KRW114.5 billion in Q1.

Brazil’s XP boosts COE issuance, deploys systematic indices

Latin America | Products

23 Feb 2021 by Lavanya Nair

SRP caught up with the Brazilian investment bank to explore how the structured products landscape unfolded in Brazil during the turbulent year that was 2020.

Swiss asset manager Neuronomics banks on structured products

Europe | Products

23 Feb 2021 by Pablo Conde

The new AMC is being pitched as a means reversion opportunity to address the circle of avoidance of loss which becomes risk aversion and triggers selling and price decline.

Bitcoin ETFs enter Canada market

North America | Products

23 Feb 2021 by Lavanya Nair

Exchange-traded fund providers Purpose Investments and Evolve ETFs have each rolled out the first and highly anticipated Bitcoin ETFs in Canada.

Product wrap: Morgan Stanley turns to FTSE synthetic dividend index in UK

International | Products

19 Feb 2021 by Marc Wolterink

In this week’s wrap, we look at a selection of structured products with strike dates 14-20 February 2021.