International News

Vontobel appoints new head of financial products advisory and distribution

International | People

30 Oct 2018 by SRP News

Vontobel reshuffles the senior management of its structured products advisory and distribution, and transaction banking businesses as Georg von Wattenwyl takes charge of external asset managers business in Asia and family offices globally

ETP roundup: Blackrock rolls out new ESG play as ‘sustainable’ becomes mainstream

International | Indices

29 Oct 2018 by Jihye Hwang

Blackrock, the world’s largest asset manager, has launched a new fixed income exchange-traded fund (ETF) following environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing principles. The iShares ESG US Aggregate Bond ETF joins an existing range of iShares Sustainable Core ESG ETFs that involves four equity ETFs and two other bond ETFs.

Julius Baer bolsters intermediaries business, beefs up senior management

International | People

29 Oct 2018 by SRP News

Meet Parity, the first independent digital platform to offer ‘a fully-automated experience’

International | Technology

26 Oct 2018 by Pablo Conde

Privatam, a Monaco-based fintech, believes it is time for structured products investors to go digital. Four years after its launch, the company has just released the 4.0 version of its fully-automated investment platform as it vows to disrupt the structured products market.

That Was The Week: As big as a balloon

International | Industry

26 Oct 2018 by Richard Jory

You know how important environment and social governance is, but how can you measure it?

Product wrap: HSBC targets Fidelity fund for Chinese wealth management scheme

International | Products

26 Oct 2018 by Marc Wolterink

This week's wrap covers a selection of structured products with strike dates between October 21-27, 2018. Highlights included a phoenix certificate from Mediobanca in Italy, a note from JP Morgan linked to the S&P Economic Cycle Factor Rotator Index in the US and a wealth management scheme from HSBC Bank in China which participates 100% in the rise of the Fidelity Global Multi Asset Income Fund.

People: Baml's Emea head of equity sales and distribution departs

International | People

25 Oct 2018 by Pablo C Conde-Herman

The new departure follows the bank's decision to move its equity derivatives team to Paris in preparation for Brexit.

BNP Paribas: Pricing is just 20% to 30%, we want investors to understand the overall picture behind a payoff

International | Features

23 Oct 2018 by Pablo C Conde-Herman

The new Mifid 2 regulation has been described as the ‘last nail in the coffin’ on research and wealth advisory. Providing quality research at a profit has become an almost impossible task that is putting additional pressure on banks, which are resorting to new initiatives such as the BNP Paribas Markets 360 platform.

Index roundup: China shares ETF gains traction combined with principal protected feature

International | Indices

23 Oct 2018 by Jihye Hwang

The China AMC CSI 300 Index ETF (HKD) (3188) has gained traction as an underlying asset in China this year with the sales volume of products linked to the exchange-traded fund (ETF) reaching around US$1.4 billion, according to SRP data