Structured Products/News
French regulator bears down on unlicensed brokers
Autorité des Marchés Financiers aiming to prevent losses among speculative investors
CCPs mull equity swaps clearing solutions
Progress slowed by lack of standardisation and fear of triggering regulatory mandate
Industry questions FCA's structured products proposals
Lack of standardised model could mean different projections for identical structured products
People: OCC rings the changes amid revamp
Two senior execs and two independent directors join equities clearing giant
French regulator urges clarity on structured products ratings
Risk comparisons must be made easier under Priips KID, says AMF
EU structured products reforms lack co-ordination, says industry
JAC calls on regulators to co-ordinate cost disclosure rules in KID with Mifid II
People: RBS's head of equity derivatives trading joins BNP Paribas
Kieron Smith joins French bank after structured products acquisition
UKSPA contests EU stance on liquidity risk ratings
Structured products trade body declines to include liquidity risk metric in ratings
Esma to step up smart beta scrutiny
Regulator set to focus on backtesting and replicability of index products
Issuers face big legal bills under EU prospectus plans – Icma
Trade body says issuers will face unnecessary legal and compliance bills under Esma plans
Finra maintains scrutiny of retail structured products
Regulatory body to focus on rate-sensitive products and protection for retail clients
S&P launches low-volatility index for structured products
Underlyings' liquidity aids issuers in pricing and hedging
Continuous advice is the new norm, say private bankers
Regulatory changes and customer expectations have transformed structured products advice
Internal compliance inertia leads to SEC fines for HSBC
$12.5 million fine for cross border activities with US clients
European regulators issue fresh Kid proposals
ESAs propose visual representations of risk in key information document
Backtesting has a place in structured products market
Regulatory panel suggests backtesting internally is best practice
Koris platform brings transparency to European ETFs
Online platform tracking ETF replication quality launched by Koris
European ETFs break annual inflows record with two months to spare
The region's exchange-traded funds take in $56.2bn by end of October
SEC gives green light to Eaton Vance’s active ETMFs
US SEC exempts exchange-traded managed funds from disclosure protocols
Risk premium strategies favoured over beta commodity indexes
Dynamic strategies performing better in current environment
UKSPA launches structured product classification system
Four-digit codes allow investors to compare structures
SEC rules against non-transparent active ETFs
Regulator blocks BlackRock and Precidian's request in landmark ruling
Swiss trade bodies issue new transparency guidelines
SSPA and SBA update rules on fees and prospectuses
New social media index includes fast-entry IPO rule
Solactive Titans index offers exposure to high-cap social media stocks