International News

People: BNP Paribas appoints head of MAQs and advisory Apac

International | People

07 Mar 2019 by SRP News

BNP Paribas AM beefs up multi-asset quant solutions and advisory; Raiffeisen makes changes at the top; Stoxx appoints European head of sales; Barclays shifts EQD teams to Europe ahead of Brexit and more

ETP roundup: WisdomTree lists enhanced ETCs on LSE

International | Products

05 Mar 2019 by Jihye Hwang

WisdomTree expands commodity offering; Fidelity expands its commission-free ETF line-up; State Street launches an ETF tracking the MSCI World Index; Amun AG rolls out another cryptocurrency product on the Swiss exchange and Horizons adds to its total return index ETF suite

Index roundup: S&P 500 sells 40% more than Eurostoxx50

International | Indices

04 Mar 2019 by Jihye Hwang

S&P 500 racks up largest sales volumes last month mainly in the US, MSCI to boost China stocks weighting in its benchmark indexes and Handelsbanken licenses Solactive’s new ESG indices for benchmarking purposes

Product wrap: ESG indices lead the way in Europe

International | Products

01 Mar 2019 by Marc Wolterink

This week’s wrap covers a selection of structured products with strike dates between February 24 and March 2 2019.

People: Deutsche boosts European EQD sales

International | People

28 Feb 2019 by SRP News

David M. Ryan is set to join Deutsche Bank as its new head of equity derivatives sales in Europe, SRP understands.

Independent platforms shift focus because of 'evolving ecoystem'

International | Technology

26 Feb 2019 by Pablo Conde

Multi-issuer platform RessonanceX is gearing up to target the buy-side as it changes its issuer focus, while Transparitrade (TPT) pivots towards regtech

ETP roundup: Taiwan moves to open ETN market

International | Industry

26 Feb 2019 by Jihye Hwang

Nine Taiwan brokers have received approval to issue ETNs from Q2 2019; assets in actively managed ETFs globally hit record-high; BNP Paribas launches a socially responsible credit ETF; Blackrock eyes EV market; Vanguard rolls out bond ETFs and Franklin Templeton debuts its low-cost passive ETFs

Index roundup: FTSE Russell works with Nomura to launch factor-based bond indices

International | Indices

25 Feb 2019 by Jihye Hwang

A basket of consumer good company shares makes it into the top 10 underlying ranking in the third week of February; notes linked to emerging markets ETFs raise US$28m; FTSE Russell partners with Nomura to launch bond indices; Vienna Stock Exchange releases new CEE Blue Chip benchmark

BNP Paribas FY2018: structured products account for 50% medium/long term funding

International | Industry

25 Feb 2019 by SRP News

The French bank’s revenues totalled €42.5 billion in 2018, a 1.5% fall from the previous year, with a good performance in structured products and increased client activity in equity derivatives