Tag: Cryptocurrency
View from the top: Diginex on boosting the visibility of crypto assets in the structured products market
International | Products
21 May 2020 by Pablo Conde
The financial industry’s transition into the digital era has opened up opportunities for equity derivatives executives who can transfer skills and knowledge as structured products become an appealing vehicle to design and deliver crypto investment products.
Amun deploys new fully-hedged bearish token
International | Products
14 May 2020 by Pablo Conde
The major news of this week was the third halving of bitcoin on Monday 11 May which saw its block reward dropping from 12.5 BTC to 6.25 BTC - marking a significant milestone in the cryptocurrency’s history.
Coronavirus and Bitcoin: the crypto derivatives threat
International | Products
25 Mar 2020 by SRP News
The large and sharp drawdowns seen around crypto assets over the last two weeks have raised questions about the nascent industry’s ability to handle this kind of situation and to prosper in a non risk-on environment.
Kenetic Trading: structures taking advantage of selling vol will be winners for next six months
Asia Pacific | Industry
20 Mar 2020 by Lavanya Nair & Pablo Conde
As market volatility spikes amid growing concerns on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, SRP spoke with David Wills (pictured), chief executive officer of cryptocurrency linked structured products platform, Kenetic Trading.
Bridging the gap: securitisation, cryptos join to create new investment products
Europe | Industry
05 Mar 2020 by Pablo Conde
Gentwo and Cardano have reached a cooperation agreement aimed at creating the basic infrastructure, based entirely on Cardano, to launch new financial products.
Swiss Stock Exchange: more than 40 international issuers have joined Connexor
Europe | Industry
30 Jan 2020 by Pablo Conde
Traders believe digital assets and AI will reshape the trading industry with almost two-thirds stating growing interest from clients to trade digital assets, according to Six Q4 2019 survey of participants operating on the Swiss stock exchange.
GSR targets mining counterparties with customised structured product suite
International | Industry
09 Jan 2020 by SRP News
The liquidity provider’s partnership with mining services company Interhash allows miners to protect against losses and earn yield on inventory via risk management solutions.
UniCredit: retail networks have become extremely important
Europe | Industry
10 Dec 2019 by Pablo Conde
UniCredit has increased its market share in Germany by 42.5% year on year although sales which stand at €1.43 billion remain flat. SRP spoke to Dominik Auricht (pictured), head of public distribution sales at the bank, about products, trends and where the German market is going.
Amun: does the market need another Eurostoxx50 structure?
Europe | Features
05 Dec 2019 by Pablo Conde
In the second of a two-part interview, exchange-traded product (ETP) veteran and managing director at Swiss financial technology and crypto asset ETP issuer Amun, Laurent Kssis (pictured), talks about how structured products can be a catalyst for the adoption and access to crypto and digital assets.