Europe News

Commerzbank/SG listed products transfer almost complete

Europe | Industry

24 Mar 2020 by SRP News

Commerzbank has announced the transfer of all listed products across European markets to Société Générale will be complete on 30 March 2020.

Buy-side view: the high vol round trip

Europe | Products

24 Mar 2020 by Marc Wolterink

As a result of last week’s market swings some structures have breached their protection barriers prompting investors to unwind positions. SRP spoke to Marcel Tak (pictured), statutory director and fund manager of Bufferfund about the impact of the recent crash on its portfolio of structured products and the challenges and advantages of a high volatility environment.

Nagelmackers, SocGen debut daily ESG knockout play in Belgium

Europe | Products

23 Mar 2020 by Marc Wolterink

The bank is the first to offer Belgian investors access to mechanism that can trigger autocall on any day during a two-year period.

France Market Review, February 2020: Step-down and negative autocall triggers build up

Europe | Market Reviews

23 Mar 2020 by Nikolay Nikolov

One hundred and eighty-three structured products were added to the SRP France database in February, an increase of 39% compared to February 2019 (131 products). Issuance was flat month-on-month.

Natixis deploys Edmond Rothschild fund in European high yield bond push

Europe | Products

19 Mar 2020 by Nikolay Nikolov

Natixis is marketing among French investors the Agap’ Millesima 2026, a seven-year Luxembourg Stock Exchange-listed medium-term note (MTN), offering to deliver twice the performance of Millesima 2026, a fixed maturity bond fund, managed by Edmond de Rothschild AM.

SPIS: common naming approach will make it easier for everyone

Europe | Industry

19 Mar 2020 by Charlotte Fyle

As the industry comes to terms with the modifications on Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) proposed by the ESAs under the Priips review, SRP caught up with Fredrik Bonthron (pictured), head of the Swedish structured product association (SPIS), to discuss the current regulatory environment and the top items in the trade body’s agenda.

Part 2 – BNPP's Meary: Our repack capabilities proved very timely last year

International | Industry

17 Mar 2020 by Pablo Conde

In the second part of this interview, Renaud Meary, global head of institutional sales for equity derivatives and head of equity derivatives continental Europe at BNP Paribas, discusses about the areas of focus for the bank.

AFM: banning turbos not first option but industry needs to start taking responsibility

Europe | Regulations & Legal

17 Mar 2020 by Marc Wolterink

The Dutch regulator believes it is time for the sector to come up with solutions to make it less risky for retail clients to invest in turbos.

Switzerland Market Review, January 2020: institutional investors increasingly following ESG criteria

Europe | Market Reviews

17 Mar 2020 by Petar Dimitrov

Slightly more structured products struck in January 2020 compared to the same period the previous year (3,164 versus 3,143); a number that also outstripped December figures.