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Spotlight – Europe Q1 2025 (part 3): issuance declines as rates-linked cap prot loses steam

11 July 2025

Spotlight – Europe Q1 2025 (part 3): issuance declines as rates-linked cap prot loses steam

The number of non-equity products with capital protection has decreased with non-protected participation gaining ground year on year.

Custom indices: dynamic strategies head-to-head

09 Jul 2025

Custom indices: dynamic strategies head-to-head

In this article we compare the characteristics and performance of two similar underlying strategies sold in the US market via structured products.

Q2 crash and rebound: only five percent of Nvidia-linked products at risk of loss

08 Jul 2025

Q2 crash and rebound: only five percent of Nvidia-linked products at risk of loss

In this analysis, we explore how close yield enhancement autocallable products came to breaching their knock-in barriers or crossed them following the market correction and rebound earlier this year as a result of the new tariffs introduced by the US administration.

Europe Q1 2025 (part 2): equities remain dominant

04 Jul 2025

Europe Q1 2025 (part 2): equities remain dominant

Equity underlyings continued to dominate the structured products landscape in Europe during the first quarter of 2025.

Europe Q1 2025: higher sales driven by Swiss recovery

27 Jun 2025

Europe Q1 2025: higher sales driven by Swiss recovery

In the first quarter of 2025, the European market achieved a strong rebound in both issuance and sales volumes.

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27 Jun 2025

Analysis: extracting, aggregating and enriching the option Greeks

In this article, we look at how aggregation of different Greeks...

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11 Jun 2025

Inverse autocallable BRCs: playing the downside

Inverse autocallable barrier reverse convertibles are one example of...

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06 Jun 2025

Europe: bearish Phoenix take over as fixed income notes lose steam

Interest rate-linked structured products continue to play a key role...

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28 May 2025

Rho: a key parameter in interest rate-sensitive environments

The previous articles in this Greek textbook series explored Delta,...

Spotlight on Apac: underlying sector trends in Q1 2025 – single stocks

23 May 2025

Spotlight on Apac: underlying sector trends in Q1 2025 – single stocks

Nvidia leads the pack as the most-used underlying in the technology sector in the Asia Pacific ex-China region in Q1 2025.

France 2024 (part 3): decrement indexes closer to risk thresholds

20 May 2025

France 2024 (part 3): decrement indexes closer to risk thresholds

In the third and final part of the analysis of the French structured product market, SRP sheds light on the knock-in levels used in the market in 2024.

France 2024 (part 2): structured products versus ETFs

19 May 2025

France 2024 (part 2): structured products versus ETFs

In the second part of our analysis of the French market, we compare how structured products performed relative to a passive fixed income investment in 2024.

Spotlight on France 2024: returns maintain at high levels

16 May 2025

Spotlight on France 2024: returns maintain at high levels

Structured products maturing in the French market returned an average annualised coupon of 8.3% during 2024.