Latin America News

Mexico Market Review, March 2021: USD/MXN remains strong as interest rates unchanged

Latin America | Market Reviews

30 Apr 2021 by Martina Tsvetkova

There were 482 new products worth a combined MXN23.9 billion (US$1.8 billion) listed on SRP’s Mexico database in March.

Mexico Market Review, February 2021: Forex volatility could offer good returns

Latin America | Market Reviews

23 Mar 2021 by Martina Tsvetkova

There were 483 striking products worth a combined MXN28.5 billion (US$1.4 billion) in the SRP Mexico database in February.

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.