Tag: Positive impact finance
SRP Europe 2021: SG racks up €15bn on decrement, and counting
Europe | Conferences
18 Mar 2021 by Pablo Conde
SocGen has received several SRP accolades in this year’s SRP Europe Awards including Best House, Europe, Best House, Equity, Best House, Autocall, Best House, Interest Rates, Deal of the Year - Positive Impact Note on Solys Euro Evolution Fund Awards.
Exclusive: GS rolls out sustainability programme, launches first positive impact note
International | Products
01 Mar 2021 by Pablo Conde & Lavanya Nair
The US investment bank is the latest manufacturer to develop a programme to use proceeds from structured products for social causes.
Credit Suisse, MSCI debut ‘positive impact’ green notes
International | Products
09 Dec 2020 by Pablo Conde
The Swiss bank has launched its inaugural structured notes with green use of issuance proceeds.
SG PB’s 'produits de partage': investors push philanthropy theme
Europe | Products
11 Jun 2020 by Nikolay Nikolov
The new product - produit de partage - includes a double donation mechanism with Société Générale paying an amount equal to 10bps of the initial investment to associated charities, plus a subsequent donation linked to performance.
SG: Providers and investors evolve along with ESG market
International | Industry
07 Apr 2020 by Pablo Conde
The French bank appears as the issuer of 160 live ESG structured products with a combined sales volume of some US$1.9 billion, according to SRP data.
BBVA makes first foray into ESG structured product space
Europe | Industry
02 Dec 2019 by Pablo Conde
The Spanish bank will invest the proceeds invested from customers in companies that are considered sustainable based on certain criteria for inclusion, which will determine the green, social or sustainable nature of the investment.
Van Lanschot Kempen structured product results shrink
Europe | Industry
27 Aug 2019 by SRP News
The Dutch bank reports a lower result from structured products in merchant banking while interest income shrunk six percent in the wake of persistently low interest rates as conditions in the first half of 2019 were ‘turbulent’ according to its chairman Karl Guha (pictured).
Crelan, Société Générale launch positive impact target note
Europe | Products
15 Aug 2019 by Marc Wolterink
The Belgian bank is distributing a structured product that is linked to the UN initiative for positive impact finance and offers exposure to a sustainable index.
Financial, societal returns can go hand in hand, research finds
International | Industry
26 Mar 2019 by Marc Wolterink
There is growing demand among investors to contribute to better world as research shows one-fifth of listed companies globally make positive impact