Market trends: Unicredit leverages new payoff to deploy prop indices

Europe | Indices

27 Oct 2020 by Suzanna Moni

The Step-Invest certificate, a closed-end tracker with a regular coupon payment, has started to establish itself in the German/Austria primary markets offering new strategy and ESG themed underlyings.

Feature: Custom indices - growing the pie and responding to client needs

North America | Indices

23 Oct 2020 by Lavanya Nair

Time and technology have shifted investors away from what was once a rigid elite circle of indices mostly provided by reigning players such as S&P, Russell and MSCI.

UK distributor debuts ‘decrement’ FTSE play

Europe | Indices

22 Oct 2020 by Pablo Conde

The latest 10:10 Plan is designed to meet pressing investor needs in the current investment climate.

Goldman deploys oldest US ESG index

North America | Indices

21 Oct 2020 by Lavanya Nair & Pablo Conde

Goldman Sachs has rolled out a new series of tranche products linked to the oldest ESG index in the US – the MSCI KLD 400 Social Index.

Latest: UK regulator bans the sale of crypto ETNs to retail consumers

International | Indices

06 Oct 2020 by SRP News

FCA vetoes crypto-assets; LPA joins Swiss trade body; Contineo unveils new cloud-based set up; 21Shares makes Nordics foray, and more.

Hang Seng debuts structured deposit linked to prop index ETF

Asia Pacific | Indices

06 Oct 2020 by Summer Wang & Pablo Conde

Hang Seng China has issued its first structured deposit linked to Hang Seng Tech Index ETF, which covers the top 30 technology companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) by market value.

Liquidity needs to increase for ESG investing to further evolve

International | Indices

06 Oct 2020 by SRP News

By observing trends and themes in the ETF and structured products markets, providers recognised the need for ESG benchmark index futures.

MerQube: outgrowing homogeneity in an evolving market

North America | Indices

25 Sep 2020 by Lavanya Nair & Pablo Conde

San Francisco-based index specialist firm MerQube entered the market in 2019 and has recently launched a series of ‘buffer’ and 'stacker’ indices.

Latest: SSPA to launch structured products ‘simulator’

International | Indices

17 Sep 2020 by SRP News

The Swiss Structured Product Association (SSPA) is sharpening its public profile by using the association's English name as its new brand and logo, in a move to give ‘itself a clearer positioning’.