Category: Products
Product snapshot: French provider debuts 10-year ocean care play
Europe | Products
12h by Nikolay Nikolov
Silex deploys the iStoxx Ocean Care 40 index as it targets investors seeking to protect the marine ecosystem.
DDV: Investors trust independent financial platforms as primary source of information
Europe | Products
12h by Suzanna Moni
The latest survey from the German derivatives association (DDV) unveiled that retail investors are seeking independent sources of information before investing in structured products.
Buy-side view: Peru - new markets, new players
Latin America | Products
13h by Pablo Conde
Slowly but surely structured products continue to expand their footprint across markets and regions with a number of new advisors becoming advocates of these products as an alternative to existing investments and a way to get higher yields while protecting capital.
Crédit Agricole sees record inflows in AM business
International | Products
25 Feb 2020 by Amélie Labbe
The French bank reported a rise in net revenue for the final quarter and the full-year 2019 of 7.7% and 3.3% respectively, ending the year at €20.4 billion ($22.1 billion). It attributed the rise to strong commercial activity in all of its business lines, including ‘record net inflows’ in its asset management business, Amundi.
SRP Europe 2020 Awards: UniCredit – a ‘highly targeted’ approach
Europe | Products
25 Feb 2020 by Pablo Conde
Italian global banking and financial group UniCredit received several accolades (Best distributor – Austria, Best distributor/performance – Hungary, and Best distributor – Germany) for its unrivalled distribution capabilities in Germany, Austria and Hungary which were presented at the SRP Europe Conference 2020 in London on January 29.
Coronavirus and structured products: no need to panic yet
Europe | Products
25 Feb 2020 by Marc Wolterink
Forget the potential impact of an epidemic, Dutch market players are more concerned about the continued low interest rate environment and believe the volatility caused by the coronavirus could see demand in structured products picking up.
US indexed annuities set another sales record
North America | Products
24 Feb 2020 by Lavanya Nair & Pablo Conde
Total annuity sales in the US reached their highest recorded figure in 2019, totalling US$241.7 billion since hitting a peak of US$265bn in 2008, a three percent increase from 2018, according to a Limra Secure Retirement Institute (SRI) market report.
Credit Suisse FY2019: Strong finish of the year
International | Products
24 Feb 2020 by SRP News
The Swiss bank began 2019 in a challenging market environment with ‘muted’ client activity in the first quarter. However, as the environment became more constructive it was able to finish the year with a ‘strong’ quarter, according to outgoing CEO Tidjane Thiama (pictured).
Product wrap: SocGen offers access to dividend champions via S&P index
International | Products
21 Feb 2020 by Marc Wolterink
This week’s wrap covers a selection of structured products with strike dates between February 16-22 2020.
