BBVA shifts gear as equities chief plan gains momentum

International | Products

02 Mar 2021 by Pablo Conde

The Spanish bank hit several milestones throughout 2020 in its strategy to build up its offering and reach to become a global market player.

SRP Europe 2021: finding the link between SFDR and structured products

Europe | Conferences

02 Mar 2021 by Lavanya Nair

Day one of the SRP virtual Europe 2021 conference saw panellists discuss the potential for structured products to fall under the scope of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) at the 'Understanding regulatory obligations for the European structured products market' discussion on 1 March.

SRP Europe 2021 awards: Kempen succeeds as one-stop-shop solution for its WM channel

Europe | Conferences

02 Mar 2021 by Marc Wolterink

Kempen has won the award for Best Distributor in the Netherlands at this year's SRP Europe awards.

Exclusive: GS rolls out sustainability programme, launches first positive impact note

International | Products

01 Mar 2021 by Pablo Conde & Lavanya Nair

The US investment bank is the latest manufacturer to develop a programme to use proceeds from structured products for social causes.

SRP Europe 2021: negative convexity, factors rather than geographies

Europe | Conferences

01 Mar 2021 by SRP News

Although quantitative investment strategies (QIS) have been embraced by institutional investors, they have not been as widely adopted in wealth management, discretionary management and the IFA market as one would have hoped for, according to panellists at the Delivering stronger returns and achieving transparency with QIS discussion on day one of the virtual SRP Europe 2021 conference.

Russian broker to develop ‘locally manufactured’ range

Europe | Products

26 Feb 2021 by Pablo Conde

Otkritie Broker, part of Otkritie Financial Group, is seeking to capitalise on the success of its first locally manufactured structured bond.

UK Market Review, January 2021: lower barriers, Investec calls it a day

Europe | Market Reviews

25 Feb 2021 by Velina Bulanova

Thirty-four products with estimated sales of £87.5m were added to the UK database in January.

Eusipa calls for exemption from new Priips RTS - Update

Europe | Regulations & Legal

24 Feb 2021 by Pablo Conde

The European structured products trade body claims the new RTS will result in delivering conflicting KIDs on Category 1 and 3 structured products.

SRP Europe Personality of the Year 2021: Melania D’angelo

Europe | Industry

24 Feb 2021 by SRP News

Melania D'angelo (pictured), head of BG Certificate Hub, Banca Generali, is the recipient of this year’s SRP Europe Personality of the Year award, after securing the most votes from market participants in the SRP Europe 2021 survey.