North America News

DPL: bridging the gap between insurance product manufacturers and distributors

North America | Industry

22 Feb 2019 by Pablo Conde

DPL is an intermediary platform for the registered independent adviser (RIA) market aimed at closing the gap between some of the country’s insurance carriers and financial advisors. SRP spoke to chief executive officer David Lau (pictured) about how the increased connectivity between product providers and distributors can support the increasing demand for indexed annuities.

Index roundup: EU demographic change index gains traction & Chinese investors bet on USD/HKD rate

International | Indices

18 Feb 2019 by Jihye Hwang

Chinese investors flock to structured deposits linked to the USD/HKD exchange rate, a demographic change related benchmark gains momentum, Nasdaq offers a crypto market indices data and a mortgage pricing index for the US market launches

USA Market Review - January 2019

North America | Market Reviews

14 Feb 2019 by Yordan Ivanov

A total of 1,431 structured products from 34 different providers and worth $4.9 billion were added to the SRP USA database in January

Insurance network for advisors bolsters commission-free indexed-annuity offering

North America | Products

13 Feb 2019 by Pablo Conde

Jackson National follows Security Benefit in joining DPL's platform to offer advisory variable and fixed index annuities, the carrier’s first partnership targeting independent RIAs

ETP roundup: investors focus on defensive plays, fund fees

International | Products

12 Feb 2019 by Jihye Hwang

A new ETF investor survey shows that smart beta ETFs are eating up assets from mutual funds, while defensive plays gain interest. The cloud computing sector emerges as a key investment theme.

Canada Market Review - January 2019

North America | Market Reviews

11 Feb 2019 by Veselin Valchev

Canada’s structured products market continued to climb in January, although the number of new products that struck over the course of the month (265) was the second smallest over the past year, and 20% lower on an annual basis

Incapital’s Rhodes: new direct sales team will expand equity presence

North America | Industry

08 Feb 2019 by Pablo Conde

Incapital last week launched a new advisor sales team after its market-linked products business hit US$5.5 billion record sales.

RJO: a Linkedin request that ended up in the launch an OTC structured products desk

North America | Features

07 Feb 2019 by Pablo Conde

SRP interviews Melisa Culbertson, R.J. O’Brien financial executive director and senior vice president, OTC Structured Products, about the new business and how it complements its existing options and futures offering

Incapital launches advisor sales team as market-linked products hit US$5.5 billion record sales

North America | Industry

31 Jan 2019 by Pablo C Conde-Herman

The US firm has launched a new distribution channel to serve more financial advisors as demand grows