SRP. "SRP Americas 2024 Awards: the winners revealed" - External link. This link will open in a new window. SRP News. [cited September 27, 2024].
Structured Retail Products (SRP), a division of Euromoney Global Limited, is a research firm founded in 2001 in England, providing news, data, research, event and training services related to structured products. SRP provides manufacturer and distributors awards. On the manufacturer side, the manufacturers with both more than 10 striking products and more than 10 maturing products, during the April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024 period present in the SRP database were in contention to win one of the manufacturer awards, the contenders with the top ratings winning the awards. For the Best House awards, ratings are calculated by taking each contender’s results with the following weightings: annual sales as in SRP’s database in the year to the end of March 2024 with a 75% weighting; and survey score with a 25% weighting, the survey score being based on the average rating across various criteria given to each contender by the survey respondents. Desjardins received the Best House, Canada award, the Best House, Capital Protection award and the Voice of customer award. For the distributor awards, all distributors with both more than 10 striking products and more than 10 maturing products, during the April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024 period present in the SRP database were in contention to win, the contenders with the top ratings winning the awards. For the Best Distributor awards, ratings are calculated by taking each contender’s results with the following weightings: annual sales as in SRP’s database in the year to the end of March 2024 with a 50% weighting; and sales-weighted average performance as in SRP’s database for products maturing or expiring in the year ending March 31, 2024 with a 50% weighting. Desjardins received the Best Capital Protected Distributor, Americas award, the Best Distributor, Canada award and the Best Performance award. All rights reserved.

Structured Products Intelligence (SPi), a division of the WSD Group, is a company based in London, England, that provides market intelligence, reference data and lifecycle information for the structured product industry. SPi awards prizes to Canadian financial institutions that offer structured products. Financial institutions whose structured product lineup had the largest market share, the most diversification and the highest return in the SPi database for the period from May 1, 2023, to April 30, 2024, were in the running for several awards. The award went to the financial institution with the highest score. For the Best Principal Protected Issuer award, the scores were calculated based on each financial institution's results using the following weightings: 1/3 market share by volume sold, 1/3 on innovation and diversification and 1/3 average performance of expired and matured products for the period.

MTN-i is a real-time news, data and analytics platform providing global private debt market coverage, focussed on MTNs (Medium Term Notes), private investments, and structured notes based in the U.K. It has been analyzing and recognizing MTN market performance with MTN Awards since 2003, before launching Americas and Asia Pacific Awards in 2010. All notes and activity must be from 12 months prior to the date of submission to be valid. Among the different categories, the Investor Solutions category relates to notes or series of notes that addressed investor needs in a ground-breaking way, whether the biggest deals of the year or smaller transactions that seeded new trends. The diversification of exposures is a trend that has transcended the pre- and post-coronavirus eras as investors have accelerated their search for new structures and underlying. Desjardins is one of four recipients in the Opening Avenues of Diversification, Investor Solutions category (capital guaranteed international equity exposure Notes), for having brought greater international equity exposure to its market.

Principal protected notes may not be suitable for all investors. Important information is contained in the information statement and oral disclosure document for each principal protected note. Documents regarding note issues are provided on the summary page for each issue. Before purchasing investments, investors should read these documents carefully and discuss the investment's suitability with their investment advisor or dealer representative. The notes can only be purchased in the Canadian jurisdictions where they are legally distributed, and only from people who are registered and authorized to sell them. Investments in these notes carry certain risks. Returns on notes are determined by the change in value of the underlying assets over the course of the term. There may be no return payable to the investor. Returns cannot be determined before maturity and past performance is not indicative of future returns. Some notes may be subject to caps, participation rates or other limits affecting returns. For principal protected notes, the full principal amount is only repaid at maturity.

Non-principal protected notes may not be suitable for all investors. Important information is contained in the base shelf prospectus, prospectus supplement and pricing supplement for each non-principal protected note. Before purchasing investments, investors should read these documents carefully and discuss the investment's suitability with their investment advisor or dealer representative. The notes can only be purchased in the Canadian jurisdictions where they are legally distributed, and only from people who are registered and authorized to sell them. Investments in these notes carry certain risks. Repayment of the full principal amount is not guaranteed and depends on the performance of the reference portfolio. You could lose part or virtually all of your initial investment. Returns on notes are determined by the change in value of the underlying assets over the course of the term. There may be no return payable to the investor. Returns cannot be determined before maturity and past performance is not indicative of future returns. Some notes may be subject to caps, thresholds, participation rates or other features affecting returns.

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