Category: Products
Bufferfund adjusts investment policy as market disruption bites
Europe | Products
7h by Marc Wolterink
The Dutch open-ended fund’s investment policy came under pressure in March after the extreme volatility on the financial markets.
Latest: rising trading volume but lower market volatility
International | Products
7h by SRP News
Volatility of equity markets continued to decrease in June 2020 compared to the peak levels seen in March this year, despite a slight increase during the first half of June.
Commerz fined for 2008 structured product market manipulation
Europe | Products
06 Jul 2020 by SRP News
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has completed its investigation into market manipulation by the Cyprus Popular Bank and Commerzbank.
US provider builds up leverage/short ETP offering in Europe
North America | Products
06 Jul 2020 by Pablo Conde
US ETF provider GraniteShares has launched nine 3x long and nine 3x short (inverse) exchange-traded products (ETPs) on some of the top performing US technology stocks.
Fintech view: ETFs have been the most significant financial innovation in the last 30 years
North America | Products
03 Jul 2020 by Lavanya Nair & Pablo Conde
SRP spoke with Yves Rebetez (pictured), chief investment officer of Canadian fintech platform Pascal Financial, about how the firm has navigated the market in recent years and what’s in store for the future.
Product wrap: Edelweiss subsidiary allows for 75% fall in Nifty 50
International | Products
03 Jul 2020 by Marc Wolterink
This week’s wrap covers a selection of structured products with strike dates between 28 June and 4 July 2020.
View from the top: the buy-side is pressuring the sell-side on data, lifecycle management
International | Products
02 Jul 2020 by Pablo Conde
Six completed the acquisition of the Spanish stock exchange Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME) by Six in late June, giving the Swiss exchange further reach in the European structured listed products market. SRP spoke to André Buck (pictured), head of sales at Six, about the lessons learned by the industry, the exchange’s Connexor platform and where the growth comes from.
Leonteq to move core processes into the cloud
International | Products
02 Jul 2020 by SRP News
The Swiss firm is collaborating with Google Cloud to support its platform scalability by extending its infrastructure to the cloud.
Bank of America dispatches Destinations index
North America | Products
01 Jul 2020 by Lavanya Nair & Pablo Conde
Life insurance firm American Equity has introduced a Destinations fixed indexed annuity (FIA), a first-of-its-kind for the company, providing multiple allocation options that include a new volatility-controlled index developed with Bank of America.
