Region: Middle East & Africa
Structured products in focus as fintech targets Dubai SMEs
Middle East & Africa | Technology
17 Feb 2021 by Marc Wolterink
SH Capital is seeking to reconnect businesses with international banking services, digital treasury management solutions, risk management and structured products.

South Africa Market Review, Q4 2020: structured products boosted by FTSE/JSE Africa performance
Middle East & Africa | Market Reviews
31 Jan 2021 by Daniel Semerdzhiev
Some 413 structured products worth ZAR1.2 billion (US$80m) were added to the SRP South Africa database in the fourth quarter of 2020.

MSCI taps JP Morgan’s EQD German/Swiss sales head
International | People
27 Nov 2020 by SRP News
The index provider is building up its client coverage to respond to ‘tremendous opportunity’ to licence indices to broker-dealers and banks for the creation of OTC derivatives and structured products as demand for product creation increases.

Investec moves to de-risk trading books as Covid vol bites
International | Industry
25 Nov 2020 by Pablo Conde
The Anglo-South African bank is the latest casualty of the market volatility seen earlier this year but remains “committed” to retail structured products.

Exclusive: Modelity spins off click & trade hub
International | Technology
16 Nov 2020 by Pablo Conde
The LPA group-owned Israeli fintech has spun off its click-and-trade platform to launch a new multi-issuer hub.

Leonteq: Israeli investors want tech exposure, fund-linked structures with downside protection
Middle East & Africa | Industry
26 Oct 2020 by Marc Wolterink
The Swiss structured products provider has been targeting qualified investors in Israel for almost a decade.

South Africa: structured products have ‘sleep easy’ factor
Middle East & Africa | Industry
20 Oct 2020 by SRP News
Structured products are increasingly used as an alternative to equities by investors in South Africa.

South Africa Market Review, Q2 2020: drop in sales volumes decrease
Middle East & Africa | Market Reviews
31 Jul 2020 by Lora Stoynova & Marc Wolterink
Some 104 structured products worth an estimated ZAR381.4 billion (US$21m) were added to the SRP database in the second quarter of 2020.

South Africa Market Review, Q1 2020: First structured product to address the environment
Middle East & Africa | Market Reviews
23 Apr 2020 by Lora Stoynova & Marc Wolterink
Sixty-five structured products worth an estimated ZAR516m ($29m) had strike dates in the first quarter of 2020.
