FSMA aims at ‘high costs’ in product governance memo

Europe | Regulations & Legal

10h by SRP News

The Belgian watchdog is targeting credit institutions and insurance distributors that are developing structured products with a memo on product governance.

The Netherlands Market Review, October 2020: AFM publishes feedback on benchmark exposures

Europe | Market Reviews

13h by Marc Wolterink

Thirteen primary markets had a strike date in October in the Netherlands.

MSCI taps JP Morgan’s EQD German/Swiss sales head

International | People

27 Nov 2020 by SRP News

The index provider is building up its client coverage to respond to ‘tremendous opportunity’ to licence indices to broker-dealers and banks for the creation of OTC derivatives and structured products as demand for product creation increases.

Investec moves to de-risk trading books as Covid vol bites

International | Industry

25 Nov 2020 by Pablo Conde

The Anglo-South African bank is the latest casualty of the market volatility seen earlier this year but remains “committed” to retail structured products.

Wilgenhaege resumes issuance after Covid crisis interval

Europe | Products

24 Nov 2020 by Marc Wolterink

The Dutch asset manager has collaborated with BNP Paribas for the launch of its first product since March in the Netherlands.

Qontigo’s licensing fees up, Stoxx retains Europe’s lead

International | Indices

23 Nov 2020 by SRP News

Deutsche Boerse Group reported net revenue for the third quarter of 2020 amounted to €707.5m (Q3 2019: €733.8m).

Structured products in focus as UBS pushes ‘climate aware’ cross-asset suite

International | Industry

19 Nov 2020 by Pablo Conde

UBS Asset Management (UBS AM) has recently launched a new Climate Aware suite of strategies based on its Climate Aware framework.

Kempen targets S&P 500, offers alternative for cash

Europe | Products

18 Nov 2020 by Marc Wolterink

The Dutch asset manager is addressing negative rates on savings accounts by offering a very defensive autocallable.

EFG, Stacs ‘Project Nathan’ platform phase 1 complete

International | Technology

18 Nov 2020 by Summer Wang

Singaporean fintech company Hashstacs (aka Stacs) and EFG Bank have completed the ‘phase-1’ of a co-developed blockchain structured product platform after 12 months, which aims to automate the trade inception and servicing through distributed ledger technology (DLT) while tracking risk activities and maintain them within a specified threshold.