Europe News

Leonteq reports changes in products’ risk profile

International | Industry

11 Feb 2021 by SRP News

The Swiss structured products provider sees the risk profile of its products change as it broadens its product offering and aims to become a leading ESG provider for structured products.

Investec exits UK structured products market

International | Products

10 Feb 2021 by Pablo Conde

The curtain has finally come down on Investec Structured Products in the UK after 15 years of activity.

Deutsche Bank halts US issuance

International | Industry

09 Feb 2021 by Lavanya Nair

The German investment bank stopped issuing structured products in the US market during 2020.

Nedsipa questions AFM product intervention measures

Europe | Regulations & Legal

09 Feb 2021 by Marc Wolterink

The Dutch trade association argues the proposed measures will cause significant problems for retail investors on Euronext.

Priips review goes ahead as Eiopa agrees on RTS changes

Europe | Regulations & Legal

08 Feb 2021 by Pablo Conde

The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) - the European Banking Authority (EBA), the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) - have submitted draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on amendments to the Priips KID to the European Commission.

BNP Paribas’ equity derivatives activity back to normal

International | Industry

08 Feb 2021 by SRP News

The French banking group, led by CEO Jean-Laurent Bonnafé (pictured), saw activity in equity derivatives normalise in H2 2020 after an ‘exceptional’ first quarter.

View from the top: Russia’s potential for growth threatened by mis-selling patterns

Europe | Products

04 Feb 2021 by Pablo Conde

Following the recent move by the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) to restrict the sale of derivatives and structured products to non-qualified investors by financial intermediaries, SRP spoke to one of the main brokers in the market.

Finvex demise – a regulatory burden, but no impact on the end-investor

International | Indices

04 Feb 2021 by Marc Wolterink

SRP did the rounds and asked market participants about the impact on Finvex-linked structured products after the Belgian index provider was declared bankrupt in November last year.

SG to the rescue after Solactive ditches Finvex indices

International | Indices

03 Feb 2021 by Marc Wolterink

The French bank steps in to protect more than US$650m invested in structured products on Finvex indices, having to trigger a fall-back option after the index provider went bankrupt.