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 ...
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority said on Tuesday that it will review how firms supervise their concentrations in higher-risk structured products, specifically non-principal protected ...
While the vast majority of financial advisors have incorporated liquid alternative investments into their clients' portfolios, they may be ignoring one illiquid opportunity in the current environment.
FINRA will examine how firms supervised worst-of structured notes from 2022 through last year, focusing on best interest compliance ...
The brokerage industry’s self-regulator is launching a so-called sweep exam looking at how firms are handling their ...
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Cerulli Associates' recent report predicts substantial growth for structured notes, debt securities linked to underlying assets, in the upcoming year, prompting advisors to take heed of this emerging ...
Question: We have over $500,000 invested with a certified financial planner (CFP) we like — most of it in very safe bonds to generate a little income. We are also into structured notes that generate ...
Structured investments, also known as structured notes, are a combination of a bond, which can provide downside protection, and a derivative, which provides leveraged upside benefits, allowing ...
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 ...
In mid-May 2026, Toronto-Dominion Bank completed and announced several fixed-income offerings, added a range of complex structured notes, and saw Raymond James upgrade its rating to Outperform while ...
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" ...