Latin America News

Americas: Top five issuers for 2019

International | Products

12 Dec 2019 by Yordan Ivanov

As we approach the end of 2019, we look at the most active providers of structured products in the Americas and what products they offered throughout the year.

New issuer enters Brazil’s structured products market

Latin America | Industry

28 Nov 2019 by Martina Tsvetkova & Pablo Conde

Brazil’s brokerage firm XP Investimentos, one of the leading distributors in of the country’s structured investment products market, has launched Banco XP after receiving an operational license by Banco Central do Brasil in October.

Mexico Market Review, October 2019: sharp increase in short-term strategies

Latin America | Market Reviews

26 Nov 2019 by Martina Tsvetkova & Marc Wolterink

Issuance of structured products on the Mexican market is growing stronger with foregn exchange rates being the main driver of activity and independent range structures finding renewed demand in October.

Exclusive: B3 - Foreign providers have taken the Brazilian market to a different level

Latin America | Industry

19 Nov 2019 by Pablo Conde

The Brazilian market is moving from a plain vanilla set up dominated by local banks to a ‘very different and competitive’ market.

Mexico Market Review – September 2019

Latin America | Market Reviews

25 Oct 2019 by Martina Tsvetkova & Marc Wolterink

Six hundred and eighty-seven products with aggregated sales volume of MXN23.9 billion (US$1.2 billion) had strike dates in September – in line with figures for the previous-month, when the volumes stood at MXN24 billion (from 737 products).

Deutsche appoints Americas head of global products & solutions

International | People

24 Oct 2019 by SRP News

The bank hires structured products veteran to develop new products and expand the ESG offering for its wealth management division in the Americas.

Brazil Market Review - Q3 2019

Latin America | Market Reviews

18 Oct 2019 by Martina Tsvetkova & Marc Wolterink

Ninety-two structured retail products worth an estimated BRL6.5 billion (US$1.6 billion) were issued in the third quarter of 2019 in Brazil.

Mexico Market Review – August 2019

Latin America | Market Reviews

26 Sep 2019 by Martina Tsvetkova & Marc Wolterink

The Mexican structured products market experienced another strong month in August with 736 structures striking – worth a combined MXN24.42 billion (US$1.2 billion) – which adds up to a total of 5,757 products launched over the course of the year.

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.