People: former Natwest Markets head joins Morgan Stanley

International | People

22 Jan 2021 by SRP News

Harsh Shah, former global head of financial institutions origination and solutions at NatWest Markets in London, has joined Morgan Stanley as head of fixed income division (FID) solution sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (Emea).

Product wrap: green indices, infrastructure, and 5G

International | Products

22 Jan 2021 by Marc Wolterink

In this week’s wrap, we look at a selection of structured products with strike dates between 17-23 January 2021.

Top distributors in Apac 2020: DBS Bank and HSBC take the lead

Asia Pacific | Products

05 Jan 2021 by Summer Wang

The two banks capitalised on the significantly high number of non-flow and non- leverage products distributed in 2020 - 4,123 and 3,402, respectively. South Korean securities houses and Thailand’s Phatra Securities saw their selling activities subdued in line with the overall shrinking of the domestic markets.

People: Vontobel makes changes at the top

International | People

04 Dec 2020 by SRP News

Vontobel has announced changes to its senior management team following the departure of Axel Schwarzer who is stepping down from his operational role after 10 years.

Apac 2020: foreign banks dominate

Asia Pacific | Products

30 Nov 2020 by Summer Wang

As 2020 comes to an end, we look at the top five issuers in the Asia Pacific region in terms of issuance and sales, as well as the types of products and the exposure they offered to their clients.

People: SG, Natixis confirm equity derivatives headcount reduction

International | People

20 Nov 2020 by SRP News

Société Générale has announced ‘several organisational adjustment projects’ linked to the implementation of the restructuring announced at the beginning of August aimed at reducing the risk profile of the credit and equity structured products business.

Latest: HSBC’s AiPEX5 debuts in China

International | Industry

18 Nov 2020 by SRP News

HSBC China has launched four structured deposits linked to the bank’s widely publicised AI Powered US Equity 5 Index (AiPEX5) after being rolled out in Singapore and Malaysia.

China Market Review, September 2020: HSBC and Hang Seng target new indices

Asia Pacific | Market Reviews

31 Oct 2020 by Maria Kocheva

Three hundred and seven structured products worth an estimated CNY37.6 billion ($5.7 billion) had strike dates in September.

SRP in brief: of the importance of resilience

International | Industry

19 Oct 2020 by Amélie Labbe

Revolving doors continue at large global banks, while Chinese regulators tighten rules for structured deposits further