The issuers and associations below are recognised by SRP for their authority in the structured product space. They are the leaders of the industry, and internationally recognised for their expertise, leadership and commitment to deliver the best solution to their clients.
BMO
BMO Capital Markets is a leading, full-service North America-based financial services provider offering equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisitions advisory services, securitisation, treasury management, market risk management, debt and equity research and institutional sales and trading. BMO Capital Markets has approximately 2,400 professionals in 30 locations around the world, including 16 offices in North America. BMO Capital Markets is a member of BMO Financial Group (NYSE, TSX: BMO), one of the largest diversified financial services providers in North America with US$532.1 billion total assets and over 45,000 employees as at January 31 2017.
Website
www.bmo.com
Société Générale
Société Générale is one of the largest European financial services groups. Based on a diversified universal banking model, the group combines financial solidity with a strategy of sustainable growth, and aims to be the reference for relationship banking, recognised in its markets, close to clients, and chosen for the quality and commitment of its teams. Société Générale’s teams offer advice and services to individual, corporate and institutional customers in three core businesses: retail banking in France; international retail banking, insurance and financial services to corporate; and corporate and investment banking, private banking, asset management and securities services.
Website
www.societegenerale.com
SPIS
The Swedish Structured Investment Products Association (SPIS) was formed in 2008 as part of the Swedish Securities Dealers Association. The aim was to create common guidelines for the marketing material of structured products, these guidelines resulted in the SPIS industry code. SPIS main mission is to promote a healthy, efficient and competitive market for structured products, and SPIS works continuously to increase investors, regulators and other community stakeholders confidence in the industry by promoting transparency, comparability and understanding of structured investments.
UK Structured Products Association
The UK Structured Products Association (UKSPA) is a membership organisation established in 2009 by the leading manufacturers of structured products in the UK. It has grown to 16 members today, who represent a significant majority of the overall UK structured products market. The UKSPA provides a unified voice for its members, working with regulators, financial advisers and other trade bodies. It serves a number of important functions including engaging with regulators, developing best practice guidelines, educating the investment community and providing a useful source of information for manufacturers, financial advisers and retail investors within the UK.