Latin America News

Mexico: Monex roars ahead as BBVA Bancomer doubles product issuance

Latin America | Industry

05 Mar 2020 by Lavanya Nair and Pablo Conde

2019 was a year of stagnation in terms of growth for the Mexican economy with about 0.1% contraction in the first three quarters. Despite minimal signs of a recovery the structured products market retains its good health with product issuance and sales growing two-fold.

Mexico Market Review, January 2020: income products report substantial growth

Latin America | Market Reviews

02 Mar 2020 by Martina Tsvetkova

Five hundred and seventy-one products from six different providers and with a combined sales volume of MXN34 billion (USD1.9 billion) struck in Mexico in January.

Buy-side view: Peru - new markets, new players

Latin America | Industry

26 Feb 2020 by Pablo Conde

Slowly but surely structured products continue to expand their footprint across markets and regions with a number of new advisors becoming advocates of these products as an alternative to existing investments and a way to get higher yields while protecting capital.

Brazil Market Review, Q4 2019: XP announces plans to disrupt financial system

Latin America | Market Reviews

31 Jan 2020 by Martina Tsvetkova

Sixty-five structured retail products with an estimated sales volume of BRL1.3 billion (US$300 million) struck in Brazil during the last quarter of 2019, bringing the total number of issuances for the year to 845.

Mexico Market Review, December 2019: Low-risk foreign exchange strategies in demand

Latin America | Market Reviews

24 Jan 2020 by Martina Tsvetkova

Five hundred and seventy products from six different providers and with an aggregated sales volume MXN29.8 billion (US$1.6 billion) had a strike date in December, according to the SRP Mexico database.

Mexico Market Review, November 2019: stable currency levels impact market

Latin America | Market Reviews

20 Dec 2019 by Martina Tsvetkova

Six hundred and seventeen products from seven different distributors and worth a combined MXN41.8 billion (US$2.1 billion) struck in November in Mexico. The figures represent an increase of approximately 26% in terms of sales volume compared to the previous month.

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.