Latin America News

Mexico Market Review – July 2019

Latin America | Market Reviews

28 Aug 2019 by Martina Tsvetkova & Marc Wolterink

A total of 878 products worth a combined MXN33.85 billion (US$1.78 billion) struck in Mexico during July, a 34.4% increase on June. The exchange rate of the Mexican peso against the US dollar remained the leading driver of activity: the currency pair was the underlying in 97% of the investment strategies.

Brazil Market Review - Q2 2019

Latin America | Market Reviews

31 Jul 2019 by Martina Tsvetkova & Marc Wolterink

The Brazilian market for structured retail products saw 111 new issuances and 703 maturities during the second quarter of 2019.

Exclusive: BBVA Mexico appoints global structured solutions head

Latin America | People

29 Jul 2019 by Pablo Conde

The Spanish bank promotes fixed income solutions executive to take on the structured products team covering Latin America.

Mexico Market Review – June 2019

Latin America | Market Reviews

23 Jul 2019 by Martina Tsvetkova & Marc Wolterink

Six hundred and fifty-three structured products, from six different providers and worth a combined MXN25.4 billion (US$1.3 billion), were issued in Mexico in June. The number of strategies that struck in the first half of the year totalled 4,138, which corresponds to a 134% increase in annual terms.

Exclusive: UBS poaches Barclays head in ETN push

International | People

18 Jul 2019 by Pablo Conde

The Swiss bank has appointed a new head of public distribution for the Americas to push the exchange-traded notes (ETN) business forward.

BNP Paribas appoints new head of Americas PB&D sales

International | People

08 Jul 2019 by SRP News

The French bank has appointed a new head of private banks and distributors (PB&D) sales within its Americas global markets team as the head of Americas cross-asset distribution departs

Mexico Market Review - May 2019

Latin America | Market Reviews

25 Jun 2019 by Martina Tsvetkova & Marc Wolterink

Some 841 products with combined sales volume of MXN43.6 billion (USD2.2 billion) struck in Mexico in May compared to 689 offerings in April, a 22% month-on-month increase in terms of new strategies.

SRP Americas: Technology is helping the market to move to the next level but will not replace relationships

International | Conferences

23 May 2019 by Pablo Conde

A panel of senior executives from market leading product manufacturers debated about the competitive landscape and provided insight into how the industry should address the challenges to continue growing the market during SRP’s Americas Conference 2019 on May 22 in Chicago.

Mexico Market Review - April 2019

Latin America | Market Reviews

21 May 2019 by Martina Tsvetkova & Marc Wolterink

The SRP Mexico database closed April 2019 with 687 new structured products made available to the market through six different providers. The investment environment was predominantly risk-averse and oriented toward short-term strategies.