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UK Market Review - February 2019

Europe | Market Reviews

29 Mar 2019 by Velina Bulanova

Twenty-eight new products were added to the SRP UK database in February 2019. In addition, approximately 1,900 products are still live until the end of the month. On average, over the last year, the number of live products has been 1,890 products per month.

DDV: structured products can withstand a comparison with any other investment product

Europe | Industry

28 Mar 2019 by Suzanna Moni

Despite the myth that costs embedded in structured products are opaque and high, the latest DDV survey paints a different picture

Mifid 2 bites again as UK watchdog fines Goldman

Europe | Regulations & Legal

28 Mar 2019 by Pablo Conde

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Goldman Sachs International (GSI) £34.3m by for failing to provide ‘accurate and timely reporting relating to 220.2 million transaction reports between November 2007 and March 2017’.

Nordea returns to Nordics with a bang

Europe | Products

27 Mar 2019 by Charlotte Fyle

Nordea is back with offerings in all the Nordic markets including 21 new structures in Finland of which 14 are flow products, six in Sweden, three in Norway and the bank’s first capital protected offering of the year in Denmark.

Product snapshot: Wilgenhaege chooses SocGen for latest worst-of play

Europe | Products

27 Mar 2019 by Marc Wolterink

The Dutch fund manager relies on combination of volatility, correlation and high interest

Sweden Market Review - February 2019

Europe | Market Reviews

26 Mar 2019 by Teresia Harri & Marc Wolterink

Thirty-five structured retail products worth an estimated SEK455m (€44m) were added to the SRP Sweden database in February.

Finland Market Review - February 2019

Europe | Market Reviews

26 Mar 2019 by Teresia Harri & Marc Wolterink

Eight retail products were added to the Finnish database in February. Forty-four structured products targeted at retail investors and worth €133m were launched during the first two months of the year, up both in issuance and in sales from the 26 products with a combined volume of €60m added during the same period in 2018.

Napoleon targets EU manufacturers with new index platform

Europe | Industry

25 Mar 2019 by Pablo Conde

Napoleon Index approved as benchmark administrator and calculation agent in Europe with set up providing blockchained audit track

EXCLUSIVE: RBC appoints European head of equity distribution

Europe | People

25 Mar 2019 by SRP News

Canada’s top structured provider in Europe bolsters distribution capabilities