Harris Gorre (pictured) will head up Investec’s financial products business across Europe after four years leading institutional structured products sales as head of Europe, Middle East & Africa (Emea).
Some 713 structured products worth an approximate ZAR610m (US$40m) were added to the SRP South Africa database in the third quarter of 2019.
LPA acquires Tel Aviv based Modelity Technologies in a strategic move to bolster its CapTech capabilities.
Six-hundred and eighty-one structured products worth an approximate ZAR589m (US$41m) were added to the SRP South Africa database in the second quarter of 2019.
Eight structured deposits worth an estimated ILS40m (US$11m) were offered to Israeli retail investors in the second quarter of 2019, down both in issuance and sales from 10 deposits with a sales volume of ILS50m seen in the first quarter of 2019.
In the second part of an interview with structured products specialist firm Lombard Investment Solutions, the two co-founders and managing directors, Charif Ben Romdane (pictured) and Nicolas Indych – formerly of Commerzbank – discuss the lack of appeal of issuing platforms for some buy-side players, the firm’s offering and why structured products have a place in any investment portfolio.
Former Commerzbank equity derivatives bankers Charif Ben Romdane and Nicolas Indych launched Lombard Investment Solutions in 2016 as an investment company which provides bespoke and innovative structured solutions to financial institutions, private banks, wealth managers and family offices.
Israeli stocks continue to surpass international markets, the shekel is on the rise following the elections and Israeli technology shares continue to perform well