Europe News

Priips delay to harm Ucits brand credibility

Europe | Regulations & Legal

10 Oct 2018 by Pablo Conde

Efama calls on the European Commission to urgently postpone the Ucits exemption to protect consumers

Innovation starts with innovation, SRP Nordics

Europe | Conferences

10 Oct 2018 by Charlotte Fyle & Marc Wolterink

How can exchanges catalyse innovation while at the same time harnessing the power of technology and competing with off-exchange issuer and trading platforms were amont the topics discussed at The Role of Exchanges in a Changing World panel during SRP's fourth Nordic Structured Products & Derivatives Conference in Stockholm on September 13, 2018.

ETP roundup: HanETF launches two technology ETFs tracking Solactive indices

International | Products

10 Oct 2018 by Jihye Hwang

The Han-Gins Cloud Technology Ucits ETF follows the Solactive Cloud Technology Index; Goldman Sachs Asset Management has launched a new fund designed to offer inflation protection; Invesco has launched an ETF that offers a return profile similar to that of high-yield bonds; First Block Capital, a Canadian registered investment fund manager dedicated to cryptocurrency and blockchain investments.

Lynceus Partners reports €600m issuance volume in one year

Europe | Industry

09 Oct 2018 by Pablo C Conde Herman

Fintech for asset managers and private banks says there are still brokers and intermediaries out there operating under a ‘black-box’ approach

Dax heavily traded in Europe as investors call the top

Europe | Indices

09 Oct 2018 by Marc Wolterink

German stock index used in more than 22% of all structured products issued in Europe this year

Index roundup: Tencent debuts in top 10 underlying in September

International | Indices

09 Oct 2018 by Jihye Hwang

Innovation around indexing will benefit investors in the long term, SRP France

Europe | Conferences

09 Oct 2018 by Nikolay Nikolov

Synthetic dividends, equal weighting of the underlying universe and broader market access for clients have set the standard for indexing in the France structured products retail market during the last couple of years, according to panelists in the Innovaton in indexing for structured products discussion at the inaugural SRP France conference on September 17.

Nagelmackers partners with Societe Generale for steepener with a twist

Europe | Products

08 Oct 2018 by Marc Wolterink

Belgian bank is distributing interest-linked note with autocallable payoff structure, a rarity in the retail market

Julius Baer halts cryptocurrency AMC

Europe | Products

08 Oct 2018 by Pablo C Conde-Herman