Natixis embarks on green bond campaign in Belgium

Europe | Features

25 Jul 2019 by Marc Wolterink

The French bank has launched a number of green bonds in Belgium, although not all retail investors are ready to go ‘full sustainable mode’ yet.

Part 2: swissQuant Group: Buy-side firms now moving towards automation

International | Features

18 Jul 2019 by Pablo Conde

Part 1: swissQuant Group DeriRobo, the missing link in the value chain

International | Features

17 Jul 2019 by Pablo Conde

SRP speaks to swissQuant Group's DeriRobo's Philip Johnson, managing director UK and Besnik Jashari (pictured), head of derivatives applications, product lead, about the firm’s new functionality to capitalise on the lack of design process for structured products based on client specific data.

Benchmark data is key to integration: ESG Investing in Apac – part 3

Asia Pacific | Features

03 Jun 2019 by Jihye Hwang

In the last of a three part series on ESG investing in Apac, Jihye Hwang takes a look at the challenges ahead to make ESG factors mainstream and relevant to retail investors.

It’s neither philanthropy nor consistent outperformance: ESG investing in Apac – part 2

Asia Pacific | Features

31 May 2019 by Jihye Hwang

In the second of a three part series on ESG investing in Apac, Jihye Hwang takes a look into what needs to be done to raise awareness among individual investors for integrating ESG factors in Apac’s investment portfolios.

Feature: Retail investor short-termism is a hurdle to ESG adoption

Asia Pacific | Features

30 May 2019 by Jihye Hwang

Money managers and analysts are scrambling to be ahead of the game of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing, and Asia Pacific (Apac) is no exception. In the first of SRP’s three part series on ESG investing in Apac, Jihye Hwang takes a look at how far the sustainability agenda has moved forward since the first structured products was made available in the region.

Feature: Back to the future - Part 2

International | Features

07 May 2019 by Pablo Conde

The increasing number of crypto-linked strategies suggests that structured products are best placed to provide access to digital assets.

Feature: Back to the future

International | Features

03 May 2019 by Pablo Conde

The recent spike in the number of derivative-based strategies offering access to cryptocurrencies suggests that structured products are spearheading the response to demand from investors seeking out exposure through new assorted financial products.

Forget market direction, providers bet on volatility

Asia Pacific | Features

20 Mar 2019 by Jihye Hwang

Despite the global stock markets rebound following a significant plunge at the end of last year, the recovery is showing signs of fragility with a US recession on the cards. SRP takes a look at how the sentiment-driven structured products market in Asia is finding its way out of this uncertainty and whether the market is dangling on the global economy running on late-cycle fumes.