As you can see, the site has had very little activity in many months.  This is due in part to the lack of support of the issuers in providing information for this site.  Most of the content has come from industry people and not created by USSI.

 So, in short, there has been nothing to say.  However, there have been changes.

 Bank of America completed its acquisition of LaSalle and has since merger that operation into Incapital.  That has contributed to the decrease in information for this site which was very well supported by LaSalle.

 We will contiue this site in the hopes that we receive support of the industry.  If you are a securities professional, you can help by gettting the word out to your supplies of Structured Products.  Only with industry support can this site improve.

 Here's hoping...

The  objective of the SPA Nomenclature is to create a standard 'naming' convention in order to help the consumer better understand how products are classified.  

One paper covers application of the initiative to the compliance side of the business while the other discusses application in sales and marketing.

The papers can be assessed in the Education section but are also linked below as is a link to the SPA Nomenclature Initiative document.

Application of SPA Nomenclature in Sales & Marketing - Glenn Burnett - Zia Corporation

Practical Compliance Applications of  SPA Nomenclature Initiative - Wendy Goetz - Get The Net, LLC

SPA Nomenclature Initiative - SPA