HSBC debuts risk control AI powered play, targets annuities marker

North America | Indices

1h by Lavanya Nair & Pablo Conde

The UK bank has rolled out the market’s first equity index family to use artificial intelligence (AI) as a method of equity investing.

US prop indices: building brand, concept and familiarity with two revenue streams

North America | Indices

27 May 2020 by Tim Mortimer - FVC

Indices developed by investment banks have had an increasing presence in the global structured products market - particularly in the US market as SRP data shows. We look at what these underlying assets bring to the table.

Product wrap: managed funds in demand in Europe

International | Indices

22 May 2020 by Marc Wolterink

This week’s wrap covers a selection of structured products with strike dates between 17-23 May 2020.

Annuities: insurance firms take a hit in the first quarter

North America | Indices

15 May 2020 by Lavanya Nair & Pablo Conde

Life insurance firms Prudential, Athene Holding and Lincoln Financial have suffered substantial setbacks to their first quarter earnings relative the same period a year prior.

New underlyings: MSCI expands thematic series with new ‘disruptive innovation’ range

International | Indices

14 May 2020 by SRP News

MSCI has expanded its megatrend index suite with the launch of five indexes focused on disruptive innovation developed in collaboration with ARK Invest.

New prop indices dispatched as US insurers capitalise on market vol

North America | Indices

12 May 2020 by Lavanya Nair & Pablo Conde

Life insurance firms, North American, Ohio National and Great American have launched new indexed annuity products to meet rising client concerns surrounding market volatility as the world scrambles to repair the turmoil during the Covid-19 outbreak.

Goldman to oversee own thematic indices as Motif goes down

North America | Indices

04 May 2020 by Lavanya Nair & Pablo Conde

The start-up was founded in 2012 by former Microsoft executive Hardeep Walia (pictured) and entered the US structured products market in 2016 as a provider of thematic underlyings via a partnership with Goldman Sachs.

New index platform readies hard launch

International | Indices

20 Apr 2020 by Pablo Conde

Moorgate Benchmarks launched in 2017 as an index consultancy helping asset managers develop their own indices.

Index-linked DLCs take centre stage, capitalise on heightened market vol

Asia Pacific | Indices

06 Apr 2020 by SRP News

With the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic continuing to rile financial markets, daily leverage certificates (DLCs) are proving to be a useful tool to hedge investment portfolios and capturing short-term market trends.