International News

People: Natixis expands CIB coverage

International | People

30 May 2019 by SRP News

Natixis has appointed Damien Cléris as global co-head of coverage for corporate & investment banking, alongside Guillaume de Saint-Seine.

Eighty percent of indices have ESG tilt

International | Conferences

29 May 2019 by SRP News

The increasing influence of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) themes in structured products, the demand from institutional investors, regulation, and the differences in approach among markets were discussed by a panel at the Stoxx Innovate2Invest 2019 Conference in London on May 21.

Decrement indices: does complexity pay out?

International | Indices

28 May 2019 by Tiago Fernandes & Nikolay Nikolov

Ingenuity is probably one of the most distinctive qualities of the structured product industry. Its capacity to come up with a solution, no matter the circumstances, is one of its great qualities. Sometimes, however, creativity can become a weakness, as is the case when explaining complex structures is concerned.

World Bank, HSBC team up for index-linked bond

International | Products

28 May 2019 by Pablo Conde

The Washington-based supranational institution racks up €200m with first non-equity index-linked water and ocean resources play.

Product wrap: Deutsche Bank teams up with Goldman in Belgium for note linked to fund

International | Products

24 May 2019 by Marc Wolterink

This weeks wrap covers a selection of structured products with strike dates between May 19-25 2019.

Indices: S&P Dow Jones adds to global ESG benchmark series

International | Indices

22 May 2019 by Jihye Hwang

S&P Dow Jones Indices adds 22 regional and country benchmarks to its global environmental, social and governance (ESG) index family, Morningstar rolls out a suite of bond indexes, a new cryptocurrency benchmark is out and CME re-launches a pork belly index.

MSCI: ESG is one of the top three topics of conversation, always

International | Industry

22 May 2019 by Marc Wolterink

In a Q&A, Peter Zangari (pictured), global head of research and product development, MSCI, spoke to SRP about the trends for this year, the dramatic rise of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing, the use of machine learning technologies, and his views on structured products.

Sustainability is about outcome, not about good, bad or different

International | Conferences

21 May 2019 by Marc Wolterink

A panel of global asset managers debated how they build sustainable operations by adapting their investment infrastructure to shifting market dynamics during the MSCI Global Investing Conference on May 17 in London.

Crypto structures pile up as market cap surges

International | Products

17 May 2019 by Pablo Conde

New products for professional and self-directed investors are reaching the market as demand for alternatives to direct investment in cryptos surges.