North America News

SRP Americas 2019: Desjardins hails ‘best ever year’ for structured products

North America | Conferences

13 May 2019 by Marc Wolterink

Desjardins has won ‘best distributor’ in Canada at this year’s SRP Americas awards. SRP considered 473 structured products from the bank with strike dates between March 1 2018 and February 28 2019.

Exclusive: Axio snaps up Luma’s parent company wholesale operations

North America | Industry

10 May 2019 by Pablo Conde

The US structured products distributor moves to expand the reach of its distribution channel.

US distributors in the limelight as new mis-selling cases arise

North America | Regulations & Legal

08 May 2019 by Jihye Hwang & Pablo Conde

Investors are turning to investment fraud law firms to recover losses from structured notes.

Product snapshot: US fixed indexed annuities in focus

North America | Products

01 May 2019 by Tim Mortimer - Future Value Consultants (FVC)

The US fixed indexed annuity (FIA) market continues to attract interest and a variety of different offerings are available today. This sector combines structured product features to provide returns within an insurance wrapper.

GS’ Q1 figures drop in spite of market stabilisation

International | Industry

01 May 2019 by Amélie Labbe

Chief executive officer David Solomon (pictured) said he was pleased with the bank’s performance in the first quarter, ‘especially in the context of a muted start to the year’.

USA Market Review - March 2019

North America | Market Reviews

30 Apr 2019 by Yordan Ivanov

A grand total of 1,659 structured products from 34 different providers and worth $4.9 billion were added to the SRP USA database in March compared with 1,763 products with a sales volume of $5.4 billion which were added during the same month in 2018. Six hundred and seventeen products matured during the month releasing $2.8 billion back onto the market.

BofA remains stable on back of consumer banking performance

North America | Industry

30 Apr 2019 by Amélie Labbe

Its global markets and global wealth units reported a drop in figures in spite of the bank launching in March the highest selling structured product in the US market

Annuities: new three-year FIAs targets retail, institutional channels

North America | Products

26 Apr 2019 by Pablo Conde

Great American Life debuts short-term annuities; Securian targets banking channel; accumulation annuities to outpace income-focused products

JP Morgan Q1 2019: record income and revenues

North America | Industry

23 Apr 2019 by SRP News

The bank reports record income and revenues in first quarter while remaining the number one structured product provider in US.