Tag: Cryptocurrency
HK crypto exchange rolls out leverage structures
Asia Pacific | Technology
16 Sep 2019 by SRP News
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex’s new offering aims to create a crypto-derivatives market that imitates the way traditional stock exchanges.
Institutional crypto investors embrace customisable protection
International | Industry
26 Jul 2019 by SRP News
In an industry first, institutional digital asset players use a derivative product to directly hedge the volatility of bitcoin; new crypto ETFs and ETNs provider enters the market; first bitcoin-denominated bond launched.
UK watchdog moves to ban ‘unsuitable’ crypto-derivatives and ETNs to retail investors
Europe | Regulations & Legal
03 Jul 2019 by Pablo Conde
The regulator considers these products to be ill-suited to retail consumers who cannot reliably assess the value and risks of derivatives or ETNs that reference certain cryptoassets.
Germany Market Review - May 2019
Europe | Market Reviews
02 Jul 2019 by Aleksander Petkov
The investment landscape of the German market for structured products did not change direction in May, as instruments linked to single share underlyings continued to domimnate their single index counterparts with two times more capital absorbed and products available.
Underlyings: Gold makes a comeback
International | Products
17 Jun 2019 by Jihye Hwang
Gold is in focus amid heightened market uncertainties, while trading terminals prepare to offer cryptocurrency data and Facebook has been kicked out of S&P’s ESG benchmark.
Vontobel boosts crypto suite
Europe | Products
06 Jun 2019 by SRP News
The Swiss bank has launched a new open-ended Ripple certificate aimed at investors in Switzerland and Germany
Indices: S&P Dow Jones adds to global ESG benchmark series
International | Indices
22 May 2019 by Jihye Hwang
S&P Dow Jones Indices adds 22 regional and country benchmarks to its global environmental, social and governance (ESG) index family, Morningstar rolls out a suite of bond indexes, a new cryptocurrency benchmark is out and CME re-launches a pork belly index.
Crypto structures pile up as market cap surges
International | Products
17 May 2019 by Pablo Conde
New products for professional and self-directed investors are reaching the market as demand for alternatives to direct investment in cryptos surges.
Technology: a catalyst for delivering new products and indices
International | Technology
15 May 2019 by Pablo Conde
From quantitative trading to blockchain certification, the impact of technology in the industry is helping to build the future of investing.