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.