19h
People: Salt promotes head of structuring and QIS
Also: BNPP taps Nomura EQD sales veteran in Asia; Deutsche Bank Private Bank adds new director to the investment management team to cover North Asia.
19h
Product wrap: Haspa, Goldman SX5E collab, Citi tracks MerQube single stock decrement basket
In this week’s wrap, we look at a selection of structured products with strike dates between 1-7 February 2026.
22h
Nansen and OpenDelta partner for NX8 layer1 index
The index tracks eight major blockchains and applies a utility based weighting framework developed with GMCI.
05 Feb 2026
Mayer Brown: transparency and regulation must be at the core of AMC activity
As actively managed certificates expand beyond their niche origins, Mayer Brown argues that transparency, rigorous documentation and clear regulatory positioning will determine whether the structure’s growing popularity could invite regulatory pushback.
05 Feb 2026
Defiance adds single stock ETFs tied to Zeta Global, Moderna
The funds provide leveraged exposure to the daily moves of the underlying equities and are intended for investors familiar with the risks of daily leverage.
05 Feb 2026
Ripple brings Hyperliquid to its institutional brokerage platform
The integration is aimed at institutional clients to access on-chain derivatives liquidity while cross-margining decentralised finance (DeFi) exposures with all other asset classes already supported by Ripple Prime.
05 Feb 2026
Ondo files US SEC registration, adds platform for non-US users
The filing with the US regulator aims to provide issuer-level disclosures for all investors in Ondo Global Markets tokenised products globally, while Ondo Perps lets global non-US users trade perpetual futures on leading US stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) 24/7 with leverage.
05 Feb 2026
Kraken floats Rails for institutional crypto derivatives
Kraken has launched Rails, a regulated crypto derivatives and trading infrastructure aimed at institutional users, as per the company’s announcement on X on 4 February.
04 Feb 2026
Greeks analysis: deeper sensitivities in FTSE 100 and Nikkei 225 structures
Second-order Greeks come under the spotlight as we look at Theta, Vanna and Charm exposures across FTSE 100 and Nikkei 225 structures.
04 Feb 2026
Bitwise floats model portfolio solutions for financial advisers
The solutions aim to provide diversified exposure to the digital asset ecosystem, while mitigating single-asset risks.
03 Feb 2026
BNPP releases 2026 hedge fund outlook
BNP Paribas has published its latest hedge fund outlook, based on a survey of large global investors who together oversee more than US$1 trillion in hedge fund assets.
03 Feb 2026
Family offices deepen shift into alternatives: JPM
Strong appetite for private markets contrasts with limited exposure to gold, crypto and infrastructure.