The Norwegian market is keeping a steady pace with 24 products worth NOK421m (€44m) added during the third quarter of 2018, down just one product compared to last quarter. The market is currently up 13% year-on-year in terms of issuance but down 14% in terms of sales, with the average tranche size shrinking approximately 20% this year.

In September at SPR’s annual Nordic conference held in Stockholm, Mikael Axelsson, one of the CEOs of Garantum Fondkommission - the most prolific Norwegian provider, was awarded this year's SRP Nordics Personality of the Year. “I didn't know anything about structured products, so I had to learn from scratch,” said Axelsson. “[When I first started], it was all capital protected notes and selling investments offering a money-back guarantee and full upside on the stock excha

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