SPi data shows the structured note market reached $194 billion in 2024, a milestone that underscores how quickly these products are moving into broader advisor use. But as adoption accelerates, the ...

Discover the advantages and risks of principal-protected notes (PPN), a fixed-income product that ensures your principal with ...

The brokerage industry’s self-regulator is launching a so-called sweep exam looking at how firms are handling their compliance obligations on certain high-risk assets.

Structured Notes and Buffer funds are sleep-well-at-night products designed to protect investors from market drops. Brokers and nervous investors love them, despite their complexity and fees. Talk to ...

Citi has issued its inaugural digitally native structured note on Euroclear's Digital Financial Market Infrastructure (D-FMI) Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Platform This type of transaction is a ...

A version of this article first appeared in Total Derivatives. Total Derivatives is the prime source of real-time news and analysis of the global fixed income derivatives markets. Authors: ...

Consistent with its mission of investor protection, FINRA announced today that it will review firm practices regarding higher-risk structured products, specifically non-principal protected “worst-of” ...