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Monex retains lead in Mexico despite challenging year
Latin America | Industry
10 Mar 2021 by Lavanya Nair

The financial group suffered a 31% fall in issuance and a 20% decrease in sales with 960 structured products valued at MXN 49.2 billion (US$2.4 billion) during the fourth quarter of 2020, compared with 1,403 products in Q4 19 worth MXN 62.2 billion.

Exclusive: XP debuts commodities prop play via structured note
Latin America | Products
05 Mar 2021 by Lavanya Nair

Brazilian investment firm XP Investimentos is launching a COE (certificate of structured operations) linked to a customised commodity global exchange-traded fund (ETF).

Peru: share baskets take centre stage as sales volumes tumble
Latin America | Products
01 Mar 2021 by Lavanya Nair

Inflows coming to the market from institutional and private banking clients ‘repatriating’ capital might turn that flow back to offshore markets.

Mexico Market Review, January 2021: a good start to the year
Latin America | Market Reviews
28 Feb 2021 by Martina Tsvetkova

Mexico’s structured products market started the year at a strong pace with 503 new issuances worth a combined MXN28.1 billion (US$1.4 billion) in January.

XP: Amazon deforestation, Covid triggered ESG adoption
Latin America | Products
24 Feb 2021 by Lavanya Nair

In the follow up of a two-part interview on the Brazilian structured products landscape, Rafael Miranda at XP Investimentos details the shift of investor focus to the unlikely pairing of sustainability and video gaming during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Brazil’s XP boosts COE issuance, deploys systematic indices
Latin America | Indices
23 Feb 2021 by Lavanya Nair

SRP caught up with the Brazilian investment bank to explore how the structured products landscape unfolded in Brazil during the turbulent year that was 2020.

Mexico: BBVA’s structured note issuance hit by rate fluctuations
Latin America | Industry
17 Feb 2021 by Lavanya Nair

The Spanish bank’s Mexican arm, BBVA Bancomer has reported a decline its structured note issuance during the fourth quarter of 2020 amid radical fluctuations in FX and rates which caused customer interest to dwindle.

XP structured products sales surge
Latin America | Industry
16 Feb 2021 by Lavanya Nair

The Brazilian bank has reached a record-breaking figure in assets under custody (AUC) at the end of 2020, as well as 2.8 million active clients.

Brazil Market Review, Q4 2020: tech stocks emerge as winners in 2020
Latin America | Market Reviews
31 Jan 2021 by Martina Tsvetkova

The Brazilian structured products market almost halved in size by sales volume in 2020 compared to the previous year, according to SRP data.