Category: Products
BNP sees derivatives’ activity moving back to normal
International | Products
17h by SRP News
The French bank mobilised its ‘resources and expertise’ to raise more than €160 billion in financing globally in Q2 2020.
UOB, OCBC weather Covid storm
Asia Pacific | Products
17h by Summer Wang & Amélie Labbe
The two Singaporean banks have both taken a hard hit to their bottom lines despite a soar of net gains from investment securities as they set aside a significant amount of allowances triggered by Covid-19.
Product wrap: Kepler, BNPP track Solactive transatlantic index
International | Products
17h by Marc Wolterink
This week’s wrap covers a selection of structured products with strike dates between 2-8 August 2020
Watchdog pushes for investor education as annuity sales drop
North America | Products
17h by Lavanya Nair & Amélie Labbe
The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) office of investor education and advocacy has updated its bulletin on broadening client knowledge of indexed annuities.
Poland: structured products market enters new phase
Europe | Products
06 Aug 2020 by Pablo Conde
As the structured products market in Poland expands, SRP spoke to several market executives about the current state of affairs and the prospects to push the retail market forward.
DBS net profit down 25.7% despite treasury market surge
Asia Pacific | Products
06 Aug 2020 by Summer Wang & Marc Wolterink
The Singaporean group’s net profit fell by over a quarter to SG$ 2.43 billion (US$1.77 billion) in 1H 20 compared to a year ago as its allowances rose five-fold to SG$ 1.94billion, two-thirds of which were for risks arising from Covid-19.
Raymond James misses the mark
North America | Products
06 Aug 2020 by Lavanya Nair & Pablo Conde
The US regional broker-dealer took a 34% hit in its third quarterly net income (US$172m) compared to the same period a year prior.
Insignia Financial: funds are 100% the way forward
Europe | Products
05 Aug 2020 by Marc Wolterink
The extreme volatility on the financial markets in March presented the newly launched Irish fund of structured products with huge opportunities.
The appeal of structured solutions in the US indexed annuities market
North America | Products
05 Aug 2020 by Tim Mortimer - FVC
The American retirement market remains one of the biggest investment sectors in the world. This is not surprising given the size of the US economy and the large numbers of savers and retirees, many of them classed as high net worth.
