Category: Products
The role of derivatives in the evolution of structured products
International | Products
1h by Tim Mortimer - FVC
Derivatives and structured products are very closely related and have overlapping uses and purposes within the world of financial instruments.
FNZ Q-Hub: servicing QIS and AMCs with a customised touch
International | Products
03 Mar 2021 by Pablo Conde
FNZ was founded as a start-up business in 2004 in New Zealand. Originally created as a business unit within the New Zealand branch of Credit Suisse investment bank, the firm is backed by Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec, Singapore’s Temasek, Generation Funds - the venture capital fund of former US vice president Al Gore, as well as its employees.

Isda fallbacks: structured notes have a complicated problem to address
International | Products
03 Mar 2021 by Marc Wolterink
SRP takes a closer look at the new fallbacks for derivatives linked to key interbank offered rates (Ibors) published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (Isda) in January.

BBVA shifts gear as equities chief plan gains momentum
International | Products
02 Mar 2021 by Pablo Conde
The Spanish bank hit several milestones throughout 2020 in its strategy to build up its offering and reach to become a global market player.

SRP Europe 2021 awards: Kempen succeeds as one-stop-shop solution for its WM channel
Europe | Products
02 Mar 2021 by Marc Wolterink
Kempen has won the award for Best Distributor in the Netherlands at this year's SRP Europe awards.

Tokai Tokyo: Japanese investors prefer mid-risk income products
Asia Pacific | Products
02 Mar 2021 by Summer Wang
Hideaki Furuta (pictured), head of product solution at Tokai Tokyo Securities, shares his views on Japanese structured bond market.

Exclusive: GS rolls out sustainability programme, launches first positive impact note
International | Products
01 Mar 2021 by Pablo Conde & Lavanya Nair
The US investment bank is the latest manufacturer to develop a programme to use proceeds from structured products for social causes.

SRP Europe 2021: negative convexity, factors rather than geographies
Europe | Products
01 Mar 2021 by SRP News
Although quantitative investment strategies (QIS) have been embraced by institutional investors, they have not been as widely adopted in wealth management, discretionary management and the IFA market as one would have hoped for, according to panellists at the Delivering stronger returns and achieving transparency with QIS discussion on day one of the virtual SRP Europe 2021 conference.

Peru: share baskets take centre stage as sales volumes tumble
Latin America | Products
01 Mar 2021 by Lavanya Nair
Inflows coming to the market from institutional and private banking clients ‘repatriating’ capital might turn that flow back to offshore markets.