Europe News

SRP Europe 2019: Regtech could help grow the industry

Europe | Conferences

01 Mar 2019 by Petya Andreeva

UK watchdog points at ‘poor application’ of Priips methodology

Europe | Regulations & Legal

28 Feb 2019 by Pablo Conde

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the key findings of its supervisory work to assess the effectiveness of disclosure prompted by Priips/Mifid 2 requirements

Van Lanschot Kempen FY2018: lower gains on structured products

Europe | Industry

28 Feb 2019 by Marc Wolterink

The oldest independent institution in the Netherlands has collected more than €4 million in commissions on structured products despite lower issuance levels

Finland Market Review - January 2019

Europe | Market Reviews

28 Feb 2019 by Teresia Harri & Marc Wolterink

Thirty-seven retail and five institutional products were added to the SRP Finland database in January.

Portugal Market Review - January 2019

Europe | Market Reviews

28 Feb 2019 by Marta Damaso & Marc Wolterink

Santander Totta, one of the main structured products providers in Portugal with a market share of 16% in 2018, reported in its annual results that profits grew 14.6% to €500 million.

Switzerland Market Review - January 2019

Europe | Market Reviews

28 Feb 2019 by Petya Andreeva

Structured products sales volumes in Switzerland in January increased by 34% on the year, with 2,914 products worth CHF3.5 billion (€3 billion) added to the SRP database, against sales of CHF2.3 billion (from 1,708 products) recorded in January last year.

Sweden Market Review - January 2019

Europe | Market Reviews

28 Feb 2019 by Teresia Harri & Marc Wolterink

Fourty-eight structured retail products worth an estimated SEK537m (€51m) were added to the SRP Sweden database in January.

Ireland Market Review - January 2019

Europe | Market Reviews

28 Feb 2019 by Velina Bulanova

Fifteen products worth an estimated €37 million were added to the SRP Ireland database in January, up, both in issuance and sales, from the five products with sales of €13 million that were added in December 2018.

UK Market Review - January 2019

Europe | Market Reviews

28 Feb 2019 by Velina Bulanova

Fifty-three products were added to the SRP UK database in January 2019 compared to only 18 products for December 2018. The full year 2018 saw 549 new products issued in the UK market, up 5% from the previous year. Sales volumes, at £1.5 billion, were down 18% compared to 2017.