Tag: Covid-19
Japanese structured products market withstands coronavirus test
Asia Pacific | Products
04 Jun 2020 by Veselin Krastev
Despite being close to the epicentre of the Covid-19 outbreak, Japan’s structured products market has remained somehow stable.
Spain Market Review, April 2020: Ibex plummets
Europe | Market Reviews
04 Jun 2020 by Bilyana Yanakieva & Marc Wolterink
Some 29 structured products with combined estimated sales of €233m had strike dates during April.
South Korea Market Review, April 2020: adapting to the status quo
Asia Pacific | Market Reviews
03 Jun 2020 by Lachezara Tsenova
Some 1,467 products were issued in the retail segment in April, a 21% increase from the previous month.
France: Covid-19 v GFC - plus ca change
Europe | Products
02 Jun 2020 by Nikolay Nikolov
The French structured products market was not impacted negatively by the sanitary crisis triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic as suggested by a 73% increase in issuance during the February-April 2020 period compared to the same period last year. ESG demand remained strong with new payoffs deployed to capitalise on the market environment.
Canada: RBC issuance up by 20% but BMO/CIBC dip
North America | Industry
01 Jun 2020 by Lavanya Nair & Pablo Conde
Canadian financial institutions Bank of Montreal (BMO), Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) have announced underwhelming results for the second of quarter of 2020.
Belgium: Covid-19 v GFC, an analysis
Europe | Industry
01 Jun 2020 by Monika Ilcheva & Marc Wolterink
Sales of structured products during the period surrounding the market crash of mid-March were down 26% compared to the same period of 2019. We look at issuance and sales volumes across markets in the immediate aftermath to assess the impact of the recent market turbulence.
Intesa Sanpaolo structured product sales rise in Q1
Europe | Products
28 May 2020 by SRP News
The Italian banking group’s structured products sales are up 22% quarter-on-quarter, according to SRP data.
Milleis, Goldman team up on capital-protected play with post-Covid component
Europe | Industry
28 May 2020 by Nikolay Nikolov
Milleis Protect 90 is a 10-year autocallable medium term note (MTN), which brings together capital protection, an enhanced coupon and a donation to a fund fighting Covid 19.
Commerzbank bows out, EMC sale lowers balance sheet complexity
International | Products
26 May 2020 by SRP News
With the economic completion of the sale of its equity markets & commodities division to Société Générale, the German bank has ‘reduced its complexity’ and ‘freed up capital’ for its core business areas.