Europe News

The Netherlands Market Review - April 2019

Europe | Market Reviews

31 May 2019 by Marc Wolterink

Four tranche structured products struck in the Netherlands in April. There were also 14 flow certificates and 1,035 leverage products. Eleven products matured during the month.

LFM: only 1.5% of structured products returned a loss for investors since 2008

Europe | Products

30 May 2019 by Pablo Conde

The UK structured products market as a whole returned an average annualised return of 6.23%, with only 57 of the 3,670 of those maturing in the time period (1.55%) resulting in a loss.

Product snapshot: Belgian investors spoilt for choice on ESG

Europe | Products

29 May 2019 by Vanessa Carey - Future Value Consultants (FVC)

Over the past decade, there has been a rapid increase in investment themes aimed to satisfy socially responsible investing (SRI), with environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors being central to this process.

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.

Issuers to revamp risk factors as EU new framework arrives

Europe | Regulations & Legal

28 May 2019 by Marc Wolterink

The new guidelines will trigger an overhaul of risk factors with more emphasis on tailored disclosure.

Leverage products take 85.8% share across EU listing venues

Europe | Industry

28 May 2019 by Pablo Conde

European exchanges report €270 billion market volume in Q1 2019 while UK tranche products continue to perform.

SRP Americas: Regulation is all encompassing in Europe

International | Conferences

24 May 2019 by SRP News

Key European players discussed the differences between Europe and the US, the impact of the Mifid 2 and Priips regulation on their respective markets, and how technology is helping to comply with the new regulatory requirements during the ‘View from Europe’ panel at the SRP Americas Conference 2019 on May 22 in Chicago.

Swiss capital protected turnover increases 32% in first quarter of 2019

Europe | Industry

23 May 2019 by SRP News

Swiss trade-body reports Q1 2019 turnover almost level year-on-year with capital protected products showing the highest increase.

Product snapshot: Unicredit builds on Christian values in Austria and Germany

Europe | Products

22 May 2019 by Suzanna Moni

The bank is debuting ‘Christian’ index via a tracker certificate while products linked to other ESG indices and a German ‘promotion’ index are on the cards too.