Tag: Structured products
FSMA: KIDs often too technical, difficult to understand
Europe | Regulations & Legal
06 Jul 2021 by SRP News
The Belgian regulator expects the sector to improve the quality of the key information documents (KIDs) provided to retail investors.
HSBC (part 2): some product variations are more unique to wealth customers
International | Products
02 Jul 2021 by Pablo Conde
Philip Kurtenbach, global head of wealth structured products at HSBC Wealth & Personal Banking, talks about balancing out risk and complexity, the role of technology in expanding the market and improving processes, and the bank’s short-term plans and focus.
HSBC: Covid has accelerated customer sophistication
Asia Pacific | Products
01 Jul 2021 by Pablo Conde
HSBC has had a busy 2021 on a number of fronts.
Belgian investors shy away from structured products, life-wrapped products suffer
Europe | Products
24 Jun 2021 by SRP News
The low and sometimes even negative interest rates have led investors to look for alternative asset classes.
Valuations: navigating market conditions and portfolio management
International | Products
23 Jun 2021 by Tim Mortimer - FVC
In this article, we look at the role of independent valuations in structured products to enable distributors and investors to connect the start and end points of structured products.
Underlying issues: building an ESG index for structured products
International | Indices
22 Jun 2021 by SRP News
Sustainable and ESG indices have increased their visibility in the structured products market significantly over the last five years with the Covid pandemic accelerating the shift towards the green economy and fueling the development of new ‘sustainable’ underlyings.
Rising bond yields may trigger structured product shake-ups
International | Industry
28 May 2021 by Lavanya Nair
As the US 10-year treasury yield hovers above 1.6% we look at the impact bond yields have in the structured products market.
JPM issuance vehicle posts 2020 profit, monitors Libor fallbacks
International | Products
25 May 2021 by SRP News
The Dutch domiciled issuance vehicle for structured products reports an 80% increase in fee and commission income for 2020.
Monex structured product volumes buckle
Latin America | Industry
21 May 2021 by Lavanya Nair
The Mexican financial group has seen its sales of structured products in the retail market more than halved in the first quarter of 2021.