Tag: Buy-side
European trade body partners with UK specialist provider in push to train advisers
International | Regulations & Legal
08 Oct 2020 by Pablo Conde
Feifa teams up with UK specialist structured products provider Idad in a move to help advisers increase their knowledge of structured products.
SRP France 2020: human interaction remains key despite tech progress
Europe | Conferences
28 Sep 2020 by Monika Ilcheva & Pablo Conde
Structured products distributors had to gear up their game to continue serving their clients during the lock down.
New US DoL rules draws ire of indexed annuity providers
North America | Regulations & Legal
24 Sep 2020 by Lavanya Nair & Pablo Conde
The Federation of Americans for Consumer Choice (FACC) is pleading with its members to combat the US Department of Labor’s (DoL) most recent sales standards regulation.
Exclusive: Lamassu - expanding the market via intermediation
Europe | Products
04 Sep 2020 by Pablo Conde
Lamassu Capital has entered the UK market as a structured product boutique offering product analysis and strategic advice for professional investors that invest in or want to provide structured products to their clients.
Fortem targets European investors as SP fund hits €200m
Europe | Industry
24 Aug 2020 by Marc Wolterink
The UK firm is looking to expand its Irish registered fund of structured products into continental Europe.
Buy-side view: Peru - new markets, new players
Latin America | Industry
26 Feb 2020 by Pablo Conde
Slowly but surely structured products continue to expand their footprint across markets and regions with a number of new advisors becoming advocates of these products as an alternative to existing investments and a way to get higher yields while protecting capital.
Outlook 2020: ESG, digitalisation and diversification
Europe | Industry
19 Feb 2020 by SRP News
SRP asked four market players about their plans and expectations for 2020.
Former SG head of UK IFA sales joins structured products boutique
Europe | People
22 Oct 2019 by SRP News
Hilbert Investment Solutions has appointed Zak de Mariveles (pictured), founder and chairman of the UK Structured Products Association (UK SPA) as a non-executive director.
Buy-side view: Electronic platforms not the right tool for small distributors
Middle East & Africa | Industry
24 May 2019 by Pablo Conde
In the second part of an interview with structured products specialist firm Lombard Investment Solutions, the two co-founders and managing directors, Charif Ben Romdane (pictured) and Nicolas Indych – formerly of Commerzbank – discuss the lack of appeal of issuing platforms for some buy-side players, the firm’s offering and why structured products have a place in any investment portfolio.