Covid-19 shakes up REIT market

International | Indices

22h by Lavanya Nair & Pablo Conde

The real estate investment trust (REIT) market is one of many that has fallen victim to the widespread outbreak of Covid-19.

Market roundup: more casualties of market sell-off emerge

International | Indices

02 Apr 2020 by SRP News

Allianz Global Investors has closed down two hedge funds after they took heavy losses on stock-options trades after the market sell-off in recent weeks.

SG & QIS (Part 2): Smart beta is more suitable than risk premia for retail structured products

International | Indices

01 Apr 2020 by Pablo Conde

Following yesterday’s article covering the research side of quantitative investment strategies (QIS), Guillaume Arnaud (pictured), head of quantitative investment solutions at Société Générale, provides an overview of the practical applications of these strategies in the market and how they reached the retail space.

SG and QIS: Improving portfolio allocation, risk management

International | Indices

31 Mar 2020 by Pablo Conde

Demand for quantitative index strategies (QIS) remains high among institutional investors given the fee compression environment most players are experiencing, and the search for alpha in less predictable markets. But they are also becoming increasingly visible in the retail structured products distribution business.

Exclusive - S&P DJI: the market craves risk premia indices

Asia Pacific | Indices

12 Mar 2020 by Pablo Conde

The S&P 500 index continues to be at the top of investor preferences when it comes to structured products in Asia Pacific.

In brief: BNP Paribas debuts G-focused low vol ESG play

International | Indices

06 Mar 2020 by SRP News

The French bank has released a new tracker linked to the performance of and ESG index centered on the G, the governance part of ESG; FSC decides on penalties for banks involved in DLF fiasco; DAX goes ESG; BMO upsizes ‐3x FANG+ Index Inverse Leveraged ETNs.

View from the top: buy-side channels moving away from pure market beta

International | Indices

03 Mar 2020 by Pablo Conde

The Singapore Exchange's €186m acquisition of smart beta index firm Scientific Beta aims to strengthen the exchange’s research-based index design capabilities as well as broadening the range of index products and client base.

In brief: Boerse Stuttgart to deliver real-time data on listed structured products

International | Indices

28 Feb 2020 by SRP News

Boerse Stuttgart has partnered with German fintech TTMzero in a move to provide investors with over 70 real-time key figures for structured products.

Kempen goes with BNP/SocGen in first public offer

Europe | Indices

27 Feb 2020 by Marc Wolterink

The Dutch merchant bank collaborated with BNP Paribas and Société Générale for the launch of its first public offers on the Eurostoxx Select Dividend 30 Index in The Netherlands