Europe News

Vontobel's Armbruster: US banks are building up their EU presence with a retail strategy

International | Features

03 Oct 2019 by Pablo Conde

In the second of a two part interview, Stefan Armbruster (pictured), head of Europe and member of the board of Bank Vontobel Europe, talks about the impact of the Commerzbank/Deutsche Bank exit in the German market, the opportunities this will open up and how US banks are expanding in countries where competitors are relatively weaker.

SRP Nordics 2019: focus on S and G axes of ESG is increasing

Europe | Conferences

03 Oct 2019 by SRP News

Diana van Maasdijk (pictured), co-founder and CEO of Equileap, told the audience at the SRP Nordics 2019 conference on September 26 in Stockholm, how diversity and inclusion, a new facet of ESG, can help drive investor uptake of investment products.

BNP Paribas teams up with Napoleon in ‘dinamix’ QIS strategy

Europe | Products

02 Oct 2019 by Pablo Conde

BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) and Napoleon Capital have joined forces to launch the Napoleon World Equities AR Dynamix Fund, a new product providing access to an absolute return quantitative strategy investing in global equities.

SRP Nordics 2019: Competition and opportunity, the missing links

Europe | Conferences

02 Oct 2019 by SRP News

Although investors in the Nordics are among the most sophisticated in Europe, the mainstream structured products space is not occupied, according to panellists during ‘The future of exchange-traded products’ discussion at the SRP Nordics 2019 conference on September 26 in Stockholm.

SRP Nordics 2019: sunny in Finland, unsettled in Norway and drizzly in Sweden

Europe | Conferences

01 Oct 2019 by Amélie Labbe

Leaders of some of the key players in the Nordics outlined issues with distribution channels, product standardisation and the role of the media pinpointed as possible challenges.

France Market Review - August 2019

Europe | Market Reviews

01 Oct 2019 by Nikolay Nikolov

The number of structured products offered to French retail investors continued to increase, rising from 870 in January-August 2018 to 1,070 in the same period this year.

Leonteq deploys Lynqs as Constructor platform is phased out

Europe | Technology

01 Oct 2019 by SRP News

The Swiss structured products specialist has launched today new modules and features to enhance its digital platform called Lynqs.

Vontobel expands digital ecosystem with new structured asset token on the blockchain

Europe | Products

01 Oct 2019 by SRP News

The Swiss bank has become the first issuer worldwide to offer a classic structured product for trading and custody using blockchain technology.

UK Market Review - August 2019

Europe | Market Reviews

01 Oct 2019 by Velina Bulanova

Twenty-three products worth an estimated £48m were added to the UK database in August – the lowest issuance in a single month since the beginning of the year.