North America News

SEC’s new best interest standard causes confusion

North America | Regulations & Legal

14 Jun 2019 by Amélie Labbe

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new best interest rule for broker-dealers has stirred some controversy in the US investment community.

Raymond James: Platforms will help us move to the next level

North America | Industry

13 Jun 2019 by Pablo Conde

The US investment banking firm is seeking to leverage Simon Markets to expand its annuities and structured notes offering and market reach.

RJ boosts annuities range, deploys Simon for structured notes

North America | Products

12 Jun 2019 by Pablo Conde

US investment banking company Raymond James notes that every time the market has a hiccup, sales of index and structured annuities jump by 15-20%.

New SG risk control prop play debuts in US annuities market - Update

North America | Indices

10 Jun 2019 by Pablo Conde

Legacy Marketing Group debuts volatility control index developed by Société Générale and Columbia Threadneedle Investments ‘fusing together annual crediting and multi-year upside'.

New first-of-its-kind annuity offers bull/bear structure

North America | Products

04 Jun 2019 by Pablo Conde

Great American Life has partnered with Raymond James to develop a new indexed annuity play targeted at US distributors seeking market exposure for their clients in bull and bear markets.

SRP Americas: Amazon and Google will join structured products space within five years

North America | Conferences

04 Jun 2019 by SRP News

SRP Talks, where speakers present their thoughts on product ideas and themes affecting the structured products industry, were a new feature during the SRP Americas Conference 2019 on May 22 in Chicago.

SRP Americas: Advisers are key to make structured products mainstream

North America | Conferences

03 Jun 2019 by SRP News

SRP Talks, where speakers present their thoughts on product ideas and themes affecting the structured products industry, were a new feature during the SRP Americas Conference 2019 on May 22 in Chicago.

SRP Americas: Client interest centers around risk management

North America | Conferences

31 May 2019 by Jihye Hwang

With the return of volatility to the market, investors’ focus is shifting towards low beta strategies, according to participants at ‘Where is the indexing market heading?’ panel at SRP Americas Conference 2019 on May 22 in Chicago.

USA Market Review - April 2019

North America | Market Reviews

31 May 2019 by Yordan Ivanov

Some 1,666 structured products from 34 different providers and worth $5 billion were added to the SRP USA database in April compared with 1,510 products with a sales volume of $4.9 billion which were added during the same month in 2018. Five hundred and eighty-seven products matured during the month releasing $2.5 billion back onto the market.